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Fifty years on, see how the destruction and impact of Cyclone Tracy in Darwin 1974 is captured in our collection. 

Two new books in The Artists of the National Library of Australia series will be published in February 2025.

The Library encourages the reporting of wrongdoing under the Public Interest Disclosure Act and will act on disclosures where appropriate and protect Disclosers from any reprisals or threats of reprisals as a result of making a disclosure.

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Family papers and about 1600 books of the De Salis family from 1850-1920. Covering a broad range of subjects, including classics, religion, history, politics, literature, science, art, and children's books, reflecting the families intellectual interests.

About 280 paintings and drawings by William Strutt dating from 1837-1900, produced in France, Australia, New Zealand, Africa and England, as well as 2 typescripts of stories by Strutt.

Large collection of papers from the politician William Morris Hughes including correspondence, official papers and reports, diaries, notebooks, newspaper cuttings, speeches, invitations and more.

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

About 3,460 books and pamphlets, mostly local, church, business and organisational histories from around Australia.