National Library of Australia

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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.

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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 National Library of Australia self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 (enclaved within) (geographical context)
surface form: 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 Parliamentary Library of Australia
surface form: Commonwealth Parliamentary Library
role national bibliographic agency
principal repository of Australia’s documentary heritage

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Canberra contains National Library of Australia
Lake Burley Griffin adjacentTo National Library of Australia
Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra contains National Library of Australia
National Library of Australia governedBy National Library of Australia self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Council of the National Library of Australia
Parkes contains National Library of Australia
Commonwealth Place hasViewOf National Library of Australia
Canberra Balloon Spectacular nearbyLandmark National Library of Australia
Central Basin near National Library of Australia
Commonwealth Avenue Bridge hasViewOf National Library of Australia
Parliamentary Triangle contains National Library of Australia
Land Axis hasNearbyLandmark National Library of Australia
Reconciliation Place hasNearby National Library of Australia
Parkes Place near National Library of Australia
King Edward Terrace adjacentTo National Library of Australia
Australiana isCollectedBy National Library of Australia
National Library Act 1960 establishes National Library of Australia
National Library Act 1960 appliesTo National Library of Australia
this entity surface form: National Library of Australia Council
National Library Act 1960 relatedInstitution National Library of Australia
Trove operator National Library of Australia
Australian National Bibliographic Database operator National Library of Australia
Australian National Bibliographic Database maintainedBy National Library of Australia
Marie-Louise Ayres employer National Library of Australia
Marie-Louise Ayres affiliation National Library of Australia
Main Reading Room partOf National Library of Australia
subject surface form: Main Reading Room (National Library of Australia)
Main Reading Room operator National Library of Australia
subject surface form: Main Reading Room (National Library of Australia)
Main Reading Room building National Library of Australia
subject surface form: Main Reading Room (National Library of Australia)
this entity surface form: National Library of Australia main building
Main Reading Room category National Library of Australia
subject surface form: Main Reading Room (National Library of Australia)
this entity surface form: National Library of Australia facilities
Special Collections Reading Room location National Library of Australia
Special Collections Reading Room partOf National Library of Australia
this entity surface form: National Library of Australia building
Special Collections Reading Room operatedBy National Library of Australia
Newspapers and Family History Reading Room partOf National Library of Australia
Newspapers and Family History Reading Room locatedInBuilding National Library of Australia
this entity surface form: National Library of Australia main building
Newspapers and Family History Reading Room operatedBy National Library of Australia
Newspapers and Family History Reading Room partOf National Library of Australia
this entity surface form: National Library of Australia reading rooms
ISIL AU-ANL identifierFor National Library of Australia
ISIL AU-ANL appliesTo National Library of Australia
ISIL AU-ANL assignedTo National Library of Australia
this entity surface form: National Library of Australia catalogue
ISIL AU-ANL identifies National Library of Australia
this entity surface form: National Library of Australia building
ISIL AU-ANL identifies National Library of Australia
this entity surface form: National Library of Australia institution
Walter Bunning notableWork National Library of Australia
this entity surface form: National Library of Australia design collaboration