National Library of Australia

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legal deposit library national library reference library

The National Library of Australia is the country’s largest reference library and principal repository of Australia’s documentary heritage, including books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, and digital collections.

Aliases (1)

Council of the National Library of Australia ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legal deposit library → national library → reference library →
architect	Walter Bunning →
architecturalStyle	Modernist →
buildingCompleted	1968 →
collectionSize	over 10 million items →
collectionType	books → digital collections → manuscripts → maps → music → newspapers → oral history recordings → photographs →
collects	Asian studies materials → Indigenous Australian materials → Pacific region materials →
country	Australia →
established	1960 →
governedBy	Council of the National Library of Australia →
governingAct	National Library Act 1960 →
hasDirectorGeneral	Marie-Louise Ayres →
hasFunction	digitisation of collections → preservation of documentary heritage → provision of reference services → support for research →
hasIdentifier	ISIL AU-ANL →
hasOnlineService	Trove →
hasReadingRooms	Main Reading Room → Newspapers and Family History Reading Room → Special Collections Reading Room →
hasWebsite	https://www.nla.gov.au/ →
legalDepositScope	Australian publications → electronic publications →
locatedIn	Australian Capital Territory → Canberra → Parliamentary Triangle →
locatedOn	Parkes Place →
maintains	Australian National Bibliographic Database →
numberOfFloors	7 →
openedToPublic	1968 →
overlooks	Lake Burley Griffin →
parentDepartment	Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts →
predecessor	Commonwealth Parliamentary Library →
role	national bibliographic agency → principal repository of Australia’s documentary heritage →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Canberra → Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra →	contains
Lake Burley Griffin →	adjacentTo
National Library of Australia ("Council of the National Library of Australia") →	governedBy