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15 unusual facts about National Library of Australia


Australian Council of Film Societies

John produced all seven editions of the ACOFS 16mm Catalogue (two were in conjunction with the National Library of Australia) and the first Catalogue of the NLA Film Study Collection (with Andrew Pike).

Canberra 400

Cars then entered the turn 14 and 15 section, which is a continuous sweeping right-hander, past Lake Burley Griffin and under Commonwealth Avenue bridge before running past the National Library of Australia and back onto Langton Crescent and past the start/finish line.

Harold S. Williams

Harold and Jean Williams maintained close links with the National Library of Australia from then on.

In June Williams wrote that he had decided to present "his library of books, photographs and associated items as a gift" to the National Library of Australia.

The bulk of the book component of the collection was sent to the National Library of Australia in 1978.

The latter wrote to Williams in April 1969 expressing his strong desire for the collection to be associated with "the collections the National Library of Australia is developing so rapidly in relation to Japan and indeed to the greater part of Asia".

The works on Japan in this consignment were listed by subject on a microfiche catalogue entitled "Japan: Books in the Harold S. Williams Collection", issued by the National Library of Australia in 1981.

Henry Gritten

A View of Hobart (1857) by Gritten hangs at the National Library of Australia at Canberra.

He is represented in the National Gallery of Victoria and Connell collections, Melbourne, the Mitchell Library, Sydney, and the Commonwealth National Library, Canberra.

James Gay Sawkins

The Honolulu Museum of Art, Mission House Museum (Honolulu, Hawaii) and the National Library of Australia (Canberra) are among the public collections holding works by James Gay Sawkins.

LibraryThing

Library sources supply MARC and Dublin Core records to LT; users can import information from 690 libraries, including the Library of Congress, National Library of Australia, the Canadian National Catalogue, the British Library, and Yale University.

Philip Callan

Papers to this effect can be obtained from the National Library of Australia and correspondence from and to Mr Walter Callan can be seen in Prime Minister Deakins' Papers which are also available from the National Museum of Australia.

Shah Commission

A copy of the report of the commission is held by National Library of Australia.

Sonya Hartnett

According to the National Library of Australia, "The novel for which Hartnett has achieved the most critical (and controversial) acclaim was Sleeping Dogs" (1995).

Trial of Strength

A copy of Trial of Strength is also currently housed at the National Library of Australia (ID: 10524074) and is open to the public for viewing.


Alan Moir

His work is held in several collections including the National Library of Australia, the National Museum of Australia, the National Library of New Zealand, the State Library of New South Wales, the State Library of Queensland, the State Library of Victoria, and the Private Collection of Kofi Annan (the former Secretary- General of the UN).

Jane Cannan

Cannan's sketchbooks and letters are in the collections of National Library of Australia, the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, and Trinity College, Oxford.