Share the Story of James Cook and His Voyages
This appeal closed on 31 March 2017. Any donations received after this date will be directed towards The National Library of Australia Fund, which supports conservation and digisation of the Library s collection.
Donate online or phone the Development Office on 02 6262 1336 to make a donation. Donations over $2 are tax-deductible.
Read about our Cook treasures from the Rex Nan Kivell collection on display in the Treasures Gallery in our Behind-the-scenes blog.
Captain James Cook, F.R.S. (179-?), nla.gov.au/nla.obj-135953591
James Cook’s
Endeavour journal is perhaps the most famous item in the Library’s collection, the first manuscript to be acquired for the Library, purchased from a London auction in 1923 on the instructions of Prime Minister Stanley Bruce. In 2001 it became one of the first two Australian items to be inscribed on the UNESCO international register for the Memory of the World, with the Mabo Papers, also
Help us share the story of Australia s currency
This appeal closed on 31 July 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.
The National Library is full of surprises, among them being a small but significant collection of rare colonial currency, including convict-era promissory notes (which took the role of a circulating currency when coins were unavailable) and the first Commonwealth banknotes created following Federation.
This year, the Library s annual appeal is seeking your support to research, preserve and digitise rare notes from our collection. The funds raised will bring new knowledge about these historically significant items to light, through the interpretation and description by a numismatic expert. Once this work is completed these treasures will be available online to inspire, delight and educate all Australians for generations t
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National News Pivotal time: Museum obtains key 1854 Lincoln letter
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) An 1854 letter hinting at Abraham Lincoln s transition from prairie legislator to political powerhouse, donated to the state of Illinois, was unveiled Thursday at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
by Associated Press
Jul. 2 2021 @ 11:05pm
Abraham Lincoln s signature at the bottom of a 1854 handwritten letter donated to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum by Guy Fraker, of Bloomington, Ill., attorney, author and Lincoln collector, during a ceremony at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Ill., Thursday, July 1, 2021. Abraham Lincoln s 1854 letter to Elihu Powell says that he has decided not to serve as a state representative again and according to scholars meant that he had his sights on the U.S. Senate. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)
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Christina Shutt, executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, hugs Guy Fraker, of Bloomington, Ill., attorney, author and Lincoln collector, after a ceremony in which he donated a 1854 handwritten letter from Lincoln for the collection of the ALPLM during a ceremony at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Ill., Thursday, July 1, 2021. Abraham Lincoln s 1854 letter to Elihu Powell says that he has decided not to serve as a state representative again and according to scholars meant that he had his sights on the U.S. Senate. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP) July 01, 2021 - 2:56 PM