A gift from the Ralf Iannuzzi Memorial Trust is helping us to digitise some of our rarest items. 

Friends of the National Library of Australia share a passion for the Library and its collections.

Robert Macklin with Dr John Gray

Papers, books, pamphlets, maps and ephemera about Ceylon, with an emphasis on the tea industry, collected by Manfred Claasz.

Around 4,000 books and serials on theosophy, Indian philosophy, comparative religion and related topics.

1809 books and serials, published in Australia, Europe and America, relating to gardening, horticulture, botany and agriculture.

Papers, maps and a large collection of photographs related to Papua New Guinea mainly from the period 1910-1940.

Professor Helen Ennis discussed her extensive writing on the work of Australian women photographers.

Find out how to access and use BDM records to link generations and branches of your family.

Photographs of Australian steamships, nine paintings and an unpublished manuscript 'Dictionary of Australian steamships' by Terence Callen.