National Library of Australia
national reference library in Canberra, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Established | 23 March 1961; 63 years ago (1961-03-23) |
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Reference to legal mandate | National Library Act 1960 |
Location | Canberra, ACT |
Coordinates | 35.296379°S 149.129448°E / -35.296379; 149.129448 |
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 |
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