Background This report offers a review of recent significant acquisitions by the Library and of collecting activities. It does not describe the large volume of acquisitions of both Australian and overseas materials that are routinely acquired through deposit, purchase or donation.
The National Library’s image collections are the photo albums of Australia. They are an invaluable archive that helps us understand the story of Australia, its country and its people. Just like with personal photo albums, images in the Library's collections, both physical and digital, reveal the communities we live in, the landscapes we inhabit, our history and moments both significant and ephemeral.
The Library acquired a copy of
I am team Australia signed by every Australian athlete who attended the 3rd Invictus Games held in Sydney in October 2018. Many of these Australian athletes are also profiled in
Unconquered : our wounded warriors, which tells the story of the veterans military service and how sport helps them overcome mental and physical trauma inflicted from their service.
Signs & wonders, a limited edition artists’ book collaboration between American writer Jacques Menasche and Australian photographer Stephen Dupont, who retraced Mark Twain’s 1867 expedition to the Holy Land 150 years later, following a route that today weaves between Israel and the West Bank.