Sarah Luke

Our Maps collection includes around 1 million maps, from early European charts to current mapping of Australia, in print and digital form.

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In 1877, meteorologist and astronomer Henry Russell produced the first published weather map for the colony of New South Wales.

We explored early modern maps with cartographic historian Chet Van Duzer.

614 books and pamphlets, mostly published overseas in the period 1850–1950, including children’s books, novels, atlases, scripture readings, prayer books, hymn books, works on theology, school textbooks and some historical works.

View historical maps overlaid on a modern map.

Our Manuscripts collections are wide ranging and provide rich evidence of the lives and activities of Australians who have shaped our society.

Papers and photographs related to Clark's life and work as an Australian historian of renown.

The Library is committed to promoting standards of conduct and behaviours that are required of all APS employees by the APS Values, Employment Principles and Code of Conduct. 

About 500 books, pamphlets, reports, leaflets, circulars, reprints and transcripts, mostly published 1920–1950, relating to communism, the labour movement and international politics. About half are Australian.