Skip to main content

Plan your visit
Join
Give
Our partners
Log In
Shop

State Library of NSW

What’s On
Research and Collections
Stories
Learning

Plan your visit
Join
Give
Our partners
Log In
Shop

Search catalogue
Search website
View old catalogue

Search catalogues

Search query

View old catalogue

Plan your visit
Join
Give
Our partners
Log In
Shop

What's On

Talks
Exhibitions
Tours
Workshops
Recorded events
Past exhibitions
Exhibition audio guides
Podcasts
More What's On

Research & Collections

Catalogues and search
Eresources
Using the Library
Research guides
Multilingual information and services
About our collections
Significant collections
Building our collections
Research and engagement
More Research & Collections

Stories

Aboriginal Australians
Art and design
Behind the scenes
Biography
Exhibitions
Exploration
History
Books and literature
Natural world
Photography
World War I
More Stories

Learning

Primary schools
Secondary schools
HSC
Kids & families
Lifelong learners
Tertiary students
More Learning

ABOUT THE LIBRARY

INDIGENOUS ENGAGEMENT

FELLOWSHIPS

Give to the Library

Opening hours

Get a library card

Ask a Librarian

Book a study room

FEATURED

News
Blogs
Podcasts
Social media posts

books

2024 NSW Premier's History Awards

Students in the GMB Reading Room

Find HSC resources

Magazine cover held up with library in the background

Autumn Openbook out now

Visit the Library's specialist sites

Public Library Services
Multicultural Services
Library Shop

DX Lab
Manuscript transcription tool
Amplify: audio transcriptions

Joseph Banks Papers
Painting by Numbers
Dictionary of Sydney

Gather
Find Legal Answers
Drug Info

181204_019_1920.jpg

You are here:

Home
181204_019_1920.jpg

Endpaper with a colourful brocade pattern.

Join the conversation

View a list of all our accounts

Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Instagram
Flickr
Pinterest
History Pin

Back to top

Contact Us

1 Shakespeare Place

Sydney NSW 2000 Australia

+61 2 9273 1414

Plan your Visit

Today's Opening Hours

Exhibition Galleries

9 am to 8 pm

Reading Rooms

9 am to 8 pm

The Library Shop

9 am to 5 pm

Shakespeare Room

9 am to 8 pm

Library Cafe

8 am to 4 pm

Friends Room

9 am to 5 pm

The Library Bar

closed

Special Collections

9 am to 6 pm

Subscribe to newsletters

Enter your email address *

Recent News

Library seeks family connected to mystery love letterMonday
12/02/2024

Landmark photography exhibition now onlineTuesday
30/01/2024

More Library News Blogs RSS

We provide advice and support to all public libraries and local councils in NSW.

Public Library Services

Free for reuse - unless otherwise stated, this content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.

You are free to copy, distribute, remix and build upon this content as long as you credit the author and the State Library of NSW as the source. For suggested attribution, see our copyright page.

To view a copy of this license visit:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

© 2024 by State Library of NSW.

About the library

Access and inclusion
Ask a Librarian
Awards
Executive
Fellowships
Foundation
Jobs at the State Library
Library Council
Media Centre
Policies
Publications
Services
Venue hire

Disclaimer
Copyright
Privacy
Right to information
Website Accessibility
Contact Us
Feedback
Site map