The Library holds the largest collection in the world of material relating to Australia and the Australian people.
It ranges from the earliest European works about the Great Southern Land to the most current publications.
The collection includes all formats of material, from books and magazines to pictures, photographs, maps, sheet music, oral history recordings, manuscript papers, ephemera and much much more!
Their FREE Library membership gives you access to a select range of e-resources, and if you are in Canberra, you can use items onsite in their reading rooms. There are also other freely accessible internet resources. Interesting eResources include:
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