Canberra, Australia
National Library of Australia
The National Library of Australia, formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act 1960 for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the Australian people", thus functioning as a national library. It is located in Parkes, Canberra, ACT. Created in 1960 by the National Library Act, by the end of June 2019 its collection contained 7,717,579 items, with its manuscript material occupying 17,950 metres of shelf space.
- City
- Canberra
- Country
- Australia
- Category
- Museum
- Suggested visit
- About 120 minutes
More places in Canberra
- National Gallery of Australia
- Parliament House, Canberra
- Lake Burley Griffin
- National Museum of Australia
- Australian War Memorial
- Mount Stromlo
Background: Wikipedia