27 recordings of traditional music, recitations, folklore and oral histories made in New South Wales between 1968 and 1995.

One of the largest oral history collections in Australia with recordings of over 900 individuals in all States, as well as folk groups, singing groups, bands and choirs.

Discover the Symphony Australia Collection, featuring unpublished music by Australian composers from 1910 to 1970, including Alfred Hill, Peter Sculthorpe, and Margaret Sutherland. With chamber, choral, orchestral, and vocal pieces, as well as works from the colonial era and Eugene Goossens, this collection, donated in 2001, is a key resource in Australian music history.

108 oral history interviews recorded by Sturgess between 1976 and 1986 while writing his 2 books and working on various ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) productions.

12,569 music scores which were used in Australian cinemas in the silent film era (roughly 1896 to 1929).

About 15,500 items of sheet music and about 700 music albums from the late eighteenth century to the 1980s, as well as the personal papers of Snell.

A comprehensive collection of manuscript pencil scores, drafts of compositions, and fair copies of Sitsky's music dating from 1958 onwards.

Personal papers, manuscript scores, literary manuscripts, sound recordings and family photographs of Peter Sculthorpe, plus videos of films for which he wrote the music and television interviews.

Recordings of folk music, dance music, folklore and oral history from New South Wales and Queensland recorded during the period 1955 to 1990.

40 recordings of folk music, folklore and reminiscences from people in rural New South Wales recorded from 1983 to 1988.

80 oral history interviews with musicians, dancers and others, and recordings of songs and performances, as well as sheet music, imprints and personal papers.

We hold one of Australia’s largest collections of performing arts materials.