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The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia and its principal Sydney-based artists - Julian Ashton, A. Henry Fullwood and Frank Mahony - transformed the way settler colonial Australia was seen both here and around the world.

The Library is unable to provide specialist advice about how to care for personal or family archives, but there are a number of resources which can help.

We hold one of Australia’s largest collections of performing arts materials.

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Sydney’s first theatre was said to be opened in 1796 and was managed by Robert Sidaway.

Oral history interviews with people involved in all aspects of forest and around photographs depicting various aspects of forests and forestry work.

About 1225 books published in France from the 17th-20th centuries, including the writings of great, popular and minor writers.

Stephanie Owen Reeder, illustrated by Ingrid Bartkowiak

14,000 books and pamphlets about numerous subjects such as Australian poetry and literary criticism, English and Scottish poetry, Greek and Roman literature, Australian history, labour history and religion. Also includes personal papers of Pearce and other Australian writers.

In partnership with PhotoAccess ACT, we are celebrating the launch of NLA Publishing's new book, Australia's Dogs with free outdoor 'pawtrait' sessions at the Library.

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This resource is aligned with the Australian Curriculum: Civics and Citizenship for Year 8 students. It adopts an inquiry-based learning approach that develops a student’s understanding of Australians’ rights, freedoms and opportunities to participate in Australia’s democracy.