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…
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Friday: 8:30 AM—5:00 PM
    Saturday and Sunday: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Library
  • Description: national reference library in Canberra, Australia
  • Also known as: “Australia. National Library”, “Australian National Library”, “National Library”, and “NLA”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Questacon and National Gallery of Australia.

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– The National Science and Technology Centre is a science centre in , Australia. It has more than 200 interactive exhibits related to science and technology. is situated 280 metres southeast of National Library of Australia.

Arts center
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The , formerly the Australian National Gallery, is the national art museum of Australia as well as one of the largest art museums in Australia, holding more than 166,000 works of art. is situated 1 km southeast of National Library of Australia.

Arts center
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The , also known as the of Australia in is a public art gallery containing portraits of prominent Australians. is situated 540 metres southeast of National Library of Australia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Parliamentary Triangle and Acton Peninsula.

Neighborhood
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The National Triangle, also known as the , is the ceremonial precinct of Canberra, containing some of Australia's most significant buildings.

Locality
The is located on the northern shore of , in the centre of , the capital of Australia. It was created when the lake was artificially built by damming the and excavating around it to create the desired shape.

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Canberra's downtown area, is what is now Walter Burley Griffin's design for a Centre. Established in 1927, this is Canberra's central business district and one of its oldest centres, surrounded by the rest of , and Lake Burley Griffin.

National Library of Australia

Latitude
-35.29649° or 35° 17′ 47″ south
Longitude
149.12951° or 149° 7′ 46″ east
Elevation
609 metres (1,998 feet)
Levels
5
Open location code
4RPFP43H+CR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 5954392
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
12902719
Wiki­data ID
Q623578
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“National Library of Australia” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Nasionale Biblioteek van Australië”
  • Albanian: “Biblioteka Kombëtare e Australisë”
  • Arabic: “المكتبة الوطنية الأسترالية”
  • Armenian: “Ավստրալիայի ազգային գրադարան”
  • Asturian: “Biblioteca Nacional d’Australia”
  • Azerbaijani: “Avstraliya Milli Kitabxanası”
  • Balinese: “Perpustakaan Nasional Australia”
  • Bashkir: “Австралия милли китапханаһы”
  • Basque: “Australiako Liburutegi Nazionala”
  • Belarusian: “Нацыянальная бібліятэка Аўстраліі”
  • Bhojpuri: “National Library of Australia”
  • Bhojpuri: “नेशनल लाइब्रेरी ऑफ ऑस्ट्रेलिया”
  • Bulgarian: “Австралийска национална библиотека”
  • Bulgarian: “Национална библиотека на Австралия”
  • Bulgarian: “Съюзна парламентарна библиотека”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca Nacional d’Austràlia”
  • Chinese: “澳大利亚国家图书馆”
  • Chinese: “澳大利亚国立图书馆”
  • Chinese: “澳洲国家图书馆”
  • Chinese: “澳洲國家圖書館”
  • Chinese: “澳洲國立圖書館”
  • Czech: “Australská národní knihovna”
  • Czech: “National Library of Australia”
  • Danish: “National Library of Australia”
  • Dutch: “National Library of Australia”
  • Dutch: “Nationale bibliotheek van Australie”
  • Dutch: “Nationale bibliotheek van Australië”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مكتبة اوستراليا الوطنيه”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Biblioteko de Aŭstralio”
  • Esperanto: “NLA”
  • Finnish: “Australian kansalliskirjasto”
  • French: “bibliothèque nationale australienne”
  • French: “bibliothèque nationale d’Australie”
  • French: “Bibliothèque nationale d’Australie”
  • Galician: “Biblioteca Nacional de Australia”
  • German: “Australische Nationalbibliothek”
  • German: “National Library of Australia”
  • German: “NLA”
  • Greek: “Εθνική βιβλιοθήκη της Αυστραλίας”
  • Greek: “Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Αυστραλίας”
  • Hausa: “Laburaren Kasa na Ostiraliya”
  • Hebrew: “הספרייה הלאומית של אוסטרליה”
  • Igbo: “Óbá akwukwo goomenti Australia”
  • Igbo: “Oba akwukwo”
  • Iloko: “Nailian a Biblioteka ti Australia”
  • Iloko: “National Library of Australia”
  • Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Nasional Australia”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca nazionale australiana”
  • Italian: “National Library of Australia”
  • Italian: “NLA”
  • Japanese: “オーストラリア国立図書館”
  • Javanese: “Perpustakaan Nasional Australia”
  • Kazakh: “Аустралия ұлттық кітапханасы”
  • Korean: “오스트레일리아 국립도서관”
  • Latin: “Bibliotheca Nationalis Australiae”
  • Latvian: “Austrālijas Nacionālā bibliotēka”
  • Ligurian: “Bibliotêca Naçionâle de Oustràlia”
  • Ligurian: “National Library of Australia”
  • Ligurian: “NLA”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Biblioteca Nasional de Australia”
  • Lithuanian: “Australijos nacionalinė biblioteka”
  • Macedonian: “Национална библиотека на Австралија”
  • Malay: “Perpustakaan Negara Australia”
  • Northern Frisian: “National Library of Australia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “National Library of Australia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “NLA”
  • Panjabi: “ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ ਦੀ ਨੈਸ਼ਨਲ ਲਾਇਬ੍ਰੇਰੀ”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه ملی استرالیا”
  • Persian: “کتابخانهٔ ملی استرالیا”
  • Polish: “Biblioteka Narodowa Australii”
  • Portuguese: “Biblioteca Nacional da Austrália”
  • Romanian: “Biblioteca naţională a australiei”
  • Romanian: “Biblioteca Națională a Australiei”
  • Romanian: “Librăria Naţională a Australiei”
  • Romanian: “Librăria Națională a Australiei”
  • Romanian: “NLA”
  • Russian: “Australian National Library”
  • Russian: “National Library of Australia”
  • Russian: “NLA”
  • Russian: “Национальная библиотека Австралии”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “National Library of Australia”
  • Serbian: “Nacionalna biblioteka Australije”
  • Serbian: “National Library of Australia”
  • Serbian: “Национална библиотека Аустралије”
  • Slovenian: “Avstralska narodna knjižnica”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Nacional de Australia”
  • Spanish: “National Library of Australia”
  • Swedish: “National Library of Australia”
  • Tamil: “ஆஸ்திரேலிய தேசிய நூலகம்”
  • Tatar: “Австралия милли китапханәсе”
  • Turkish: “Avustralya Millî Kütüphanesi”
  • Turkish: “Avustralya Ulusal Kütüphanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Національна бібліотека Австралії”
  • Urdu: “آسٹریلیا قومی کتب خانہ”
  • Venetian: “National Library of Australia”
  • Vietnamese: “Thư viện Quốc gia Úc”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Nasodnon Sulod-Barasahan han Australia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “National Library of Australia”
  • Welsh: “Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Awstralia”
  • Yue Chinese: “澳洲國立圖書館”
  • “नेशनल लाइब्रेरी ऑफ ऑस्ट्रेलिया”

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