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Copying and re-using works with Indigenous cultural content

Copyright law applies to Indigenous works in the same way as it applies to other works, however there may be additional legal and cultural issues.

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How to acknowledge the Library in your publication

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

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James Cook & John Hutchinson & Samuel Wallis & Henry William Ferdinand Bolckow, (1768), Journal of H.M.S. Endeavour, 1768-1771, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-228958440

Rights and the Manuscripts Collection

A summary of copyright and rights in the Manuscripts Collection.

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A 1920s map of Australia showing distribution of cattle and minerals

Thomas Griffith Taylor and H. O. Beckit, The new Oxford wall maps of Australia, c.1920, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-255201355

Rights and the Maps Collection

A summary of copyright and rights in the Maps Collection.

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A drawing of a man and a woman dancing. The title of the song is 'Kangaroo Hop'.

Melville Morris & Gus Kahn, Kangaroo hop song, 1916, nla.obj-175841153

Rights and the Music Collection

A summary of copyright and rights in the Music Collection.

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Fijian Australian woman with short grey hair sitting on a rock on a beach

Leigh Henningham, Portrait of Everest Pitt, 2022, nla.obj-3110047460

Rights and the Oral History and Folklore Collection

A summary of copyright and rights in the Oral History and Folklore Collection.

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George Raper, King parrot (Alisterus scapularis), 1788, nla.obj-150068793

Rights and the Pictures Collection

A summary of copyright and rights in the Pictures Collection.

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Useful copyright resources

A list of resources about copyright law, exceptions, organisations and ways of finding copyright owners

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Finding copyright owners

How to find copyright owners

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Copying, access and publishing conditions for special collections

Special collections material may have restrictions around use.

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