The resources available for each house may be different, due to the fact the availability, organisation, and location of records vary from state to state.

The Library requests that you inform us if you wish to publish (reproduce, print, use online, broadcast, perform, display, include in a film, transmit, project, quote) a copy of an item from our rare and unique collections.

See how to deposit a publication in person, by mail and electronically.

In this interactive online learning session, students joined author Dianne Wolfer and illustrator Erica Wagner to learn how to make a book.

Useful resources for finding unclaimed money

A good place to find recently published Australian material is through the Recent Australian Publications (RAP) service from Trove.

To find an out of print book you can start by getting in contact with a second hand/antiquarian bookseller.

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.

Acknowledging the National Library of Australia as the source and citing rare and unique material accurately

Calculating the copyright term for a given work can be complicated because copyright legislation has changed over time.