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We're calling on you to help us collect campaign material from the 2023 Referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.

Dr Sylvia Martin

Learn more about the children's book Dog Beach and and important jobs that Aussie dogs have done over time.

Director-General, Dr Marie-Louise Ayres FAHA has announced her intention to retire in April 2026. 

122 interviews, mostly with retired drovers, recorded by Bruce Simpson and Bill Gammage between 2000 and 2006. 

The Dryer Collection includes 2286 titles, mainly monographs but also including manuscripts and music material about the history of Ireland and Australia.

About 6200 books about European literature, history and culture, mostly published in the period 1880-1960. 

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In the years leading to the outbreak of World War II, Hitler and his government’s anti-Semitism became increasingly violent.

About 4000 books, mostly published in France in the 19th and early 20th century, as well as a number of German, Italian, Latin and Greek books.