This is one of the unexpected stories of Fred Ward aka Captain Thunderbolt, who was known as the ‘gentleman bushranger’.

Australians love dogs—big dogs, little dogs, fluffy couch potatoes and hardy working dogs.

With the Opalgate Foundation’s support, we are creating a new lifelong learning space on our website.

Christopher Cheng, illustrated by Di Wu

A letter from Sir John Franklin to Captain John Washington from 1839 was recently acquired by the Library.

Our newspaper collections include digitised historic and modern newspapers accessible online, as well as newspapers in microform and paper formats.

Access hardcopy and microfilm newspapers, family history resources, and material from our microform collection.

Learn some useful tips and suggestions on how to use newspapers for family history research.

Over 10 000 books, pamphlets and issues of periodicals, published between the late sixteenth and mid-twentieth century. The main strength is English literature, particularly of the eighteenth century.

We create books that tell stories by and about Australians. Our titles draw on the Library's extensive collections to share Australia's culture and history.