The Latest Breaking News from the National Library of Australia

Did goats or French champagne inspire the Australian billy cart?

Which story do you think sounds most plausible?

The Canberra Times · Jul 24

I found my family and myself in the National Library's archives

From the weird and wonderful to the deeply personal, the library really is a Tardis.

The Canberra Times · May 19

Whitlam, Vietnam and colour TV: how Australia was redefined by the ‘hinge year’ of 1975

National Library of Australia’s exhibition explores intense transformations during one of the most pivotal years in country’s history

The Guardian - AU · Aug 1, 2025

Australia's national institutions to receive $535 million in federal budget funding to reverse 'damage and decay'

The federal government announces it will allocate $535.5 million over the next four years to Australia's nine National Collecting Institutions, which have long been vocal about funding neglect.

ABC News · Apr 4, 2023

Trove secures funding as federal government comes to rescue of National Library of Australia's digitised archive

Funding for the country's largest digitised archive has been announced, after months of the National Library of Australia calling for more financial support.

ABC News · Apr 2, 2023

Australian War Memorial funding dwarfed that of other cultural institutions in Coalition’s final years

Memorial given more than $600m in last two years of Morrison government, as the nation’s peak collecting museums languished

The Guardian - AU · Mar 30, 2023

Work begins on National Library land renewal despite tree's pest status

The trees are regulated due to their impact on waterways.

The Canberra Times · Mar 22, 2023