Back Nasionale Biblioteek van Australië Afrikaans المكتبة الوطنية الأسترالية Arabic مكتبة اوستراليا الوطنيه ARZ Biblioteca Nacional d'Australia AST Avstraliya Milli Kitabxanası Azerbaijani Австралия милли китапханаһы Bashkir Национална библиотека на Австралия Bulgarian नेशनल लाइब्रेरी ऑफ ऑस्ट्रेलिया Bihari Biblioteca Nacional d'Austràlia Catalan Australská národní knihovna Czech
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| Established | 23 March 1961 |
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| Reference to legal mandate | National Library Act 1960 |
| Location | Canberra, ACT |
| Coordinates | 35°17′47″S 149°07′46″E / 35.296379°S 149.129448°E |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Books, magazines, pictures, photographs, maps, sheet music, manuscripts, websites |
| Size | 6.93 million items |
| Criteria for collection | Publications made available to the Australian public |
| Legal deposit | Digital and hard-copy Australian published materials |
| Other information | |
| Budget | A$57,800,000 (2015–16) |
| Director | Marie-Louise Ayres |
| Staff | 400 (2016) |
| Website | www |
| References: [1][2][3][4] | |
The National Library of Australia is Australia's largest reference library. It was started by the National Library Act. The library has to keep and develop a national collection of library material. This includes a broad and complete collection of library material about Australia and the Australian people. It is in Canberra, the capital of Australia.
- ↑ "NATIONAL LIBRARY ACT 1960 - NOTES". www.austlii.edu.au. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ↑ "NLA Annual Report 2015-2016 | National Library of Australia" (PDF). nla.gov.au. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ↑ "CDP - How we collect". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ↑ "National Library of Australia and Surrounds, Parkes Pl, Parkes, ACT, Australia (Place ID 105470)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. Retrieved 22 March 2019.