Change Lives, Support Trove
This appeal closed on 28 February 2015. Any donations received after this date will be directed towards The National Library of Australia Fund, which supports conservation and digitisation of the Library’s collection.
Trove is the National Library of Australia’s free national discovery service. Now used by 22 million people annually, Trove provides Australians – in every corner of the country - with easy access to their history and culture.
As Trove enters its fifth year, we seek your support to maintain and develop this much-loved service. To say that the advent of Trove was like a parched man in the desert suddenly coming across a lush oasis is a gross understatement. All at once a host of public libraries came to your door bringing with them an unbelievable amount of research material complete with a powerful search engine and the ability to edit and download vast amounts of data with the greatest of ease.
Help Put Lily Back In The Spotlight
This appeal has now closed. Thank you for your generous support.
The National Library of Australia is raising funds to stabilise and digitise fragile performing arts scrapbooks containing programs and ephemera from as early as the 1850s. Your generous donation will help us share this rich collection spanning theatre, vaudeville, ballet and opera, so it can be enjoyed by Australians near and far.
Nestled within the brittle pages of two of the scrapbooks are images of British actor and singer Lily Brayton. On the brink of the First World War, Lily met and married Australian actor, producer and director Oscar Asche. Together they starred in a series of successful shows, including Shakespeare’s
Share the Story of Sidney Nolan
This appeal closed on 31 July 2017. Any donations received after this date will be directed towards The National Library of Australia Fund, which supports conservation and digitisation of the Library s collection
Painter, illustrator, printmaker and set designer Sir Sidney Nolan OM, AC (1917–1992) is one of Australia’s most significant modernist artists.
A member of the artistic and literary avant-garde group the Angry Penguins, Nolan spent much of the 1940s with art patrons John and Sunday Reed at their home, Heide, where they gathered a circle of like-minded artists, writers and intellectuals. It was during this time that Nolan painted the first of his Ned Kelly series, which has become inextricably linked with the life of the bushranger in the Australian mind.
Become a Patron
The National Library has done so much for me over the years. I felt that becoming a Patron was a way for me to repay in a very small way, the many benefits I have received over the years.
Andrew Freeman, Petherick Room Reader
The Library’s Patrons provide valued support for development, conservation and digitisation of the Library s collections. They may also support specific programs such as fellowships, scholarships and public programs.
You can become a Library Patron by donating $1,000 or more. You can also become a Patron by giving regularly over time.
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Australia’s Future Fund delivers 1.7% return in 2020, warns of downside risks
Peter Costello, Chairman, Future Fund
January 27, 2021
Australia’s sovereign wealth fund Future Fund said on Wednesday that it has clocked returns of 4.9% in the quarter ended December 2020, as markets staged a strong comeback in the second half of the year.
It delivered returns of 1.7% for the entire 2020 as the initial negative returns in the year, due to the impact of COVID-19, were offset, according to the statement.
“In the second half, markets staged a strong comeback. The Future Fund navigated the early market falls well, mitigating their impact on the portfolio, and performed strongly in the second half of the calendar year,” Future Fund chairman Peter Costello said.