We’re pleased to announce that 55 community-led organisations will receive a Community Heritage Grant (CHG) in 2024.

Learn about the research of 2024 National Library Scholar Zoe Smith and what she found during her time at the Library.

I guess it’s true what they say – birds of a feather flock together! View Betty’s original watercolours for the illustrations ...

From Monday 20 November, we’re changing the way you login to our catalogue and eResources. This change will make access to our online services quicker, easier for our new users and more secure for ...

In 2022, Australian writer, academic and gay rights campaigner Dennis Altman was interviewed by Robert Reynolds for the National Library's Oral History collection, 31 years after his first oral ...

Community Heritage Grant. Recipients include the Robin Boyd Foundation, the Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research ...

The National Library of Australia acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples – the First Australians – as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land and gives respect to the Elders – past ...

For almost 140 years, the author of Australia’s first children’s book was a mystery. Known only by the description ‘a Lady Long Resident in New South Wales’, she was the subject of much speculation… ...

Whether you're still in lockdown, interstate or otherwise unable to make it to your National Library, join the #NLADigitalCommunity and dive into our online offerings. We've created some online ...

The National Library, including Bookplate Café, the National Library Bookshop and our exhibition galleries and reading rooms, will be closed on Good Friday. The reading rooms will be closed on Anzac ...

Library curators Dr Grace Blakeley-Carroll and Matthew Jones discuss the breath-taking work of Australian artist and illustrator, Ellis Rowan. While Ellis Rowan is most well known for her botanical ...

The idea of a federation of the six Australian colonies was occasionally debated among Australian politicians, officials and others from about 1850 onwards. There was support for the idea in official ...