We asked Australians with Indian heritage to help us build our collection and these materials are now online. 

Learn about the items collected during the Indian Diaspora in Australia collecting project from curator Cherie Carter and material donor Dr Lariane Fonseca.

The National Library of Australia is calling on Australians with Indian heritage to add their story and experiences to the national collection.

These indexed List of File Titles are made available in accordance with the requirements of the Senate Order for the Production of Indexed Lists of Departmental and Agency Files.

Heather Rose and Karen Viggers kicked off the 2025 Canberra Writers Festival program at the National Library.

Juno Gemes, Djon Mundine and Michael Aird shared their own personal histories as friends, colleagues and collaborators, telling the true history of Australia.

Who will be the winners of the 2024 Prime Minister's Literary Awards?

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Throughout human history, societies have grown, matured, and then collapsed, making way for new innovations, people and philosophies to begin the cycle again, building on what came before. The history of Medieval Europe is no different: it has its roots in the collapse of the western Roman Empire in 456 CE.

ArtsNational Canberra and Susan-Kay Williams present a lecture exploring the fascinating history of how dyes were discovered and produced up to the 18th century.

Listing of immigrant diaries (1822-1895) held in the Manuscripts Collection