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…
  • Library
  • …lies at an elevation of 609 metres (1,998 feet)
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • …has 5 floors
  • Opening hours:
    Monday–Friday: 8:30 AM–5:00 PM
    Saturday and Sunday: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
  • Description: national reference library in Canberra, Australia
  • Also known as
    “Australia. National Library”
    “Australian National Library”
    “National Library”

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Canberra's downtown area, is what is now Walter Burley Griffin's design for a Centre.

National Library of Australia

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Latitude
-35.29649° or 35° 17′ 47″ south
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149.12951° or 149° 7′ 46″ east
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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: “澳大利亞國家圖書館”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Nasional Australia”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca nazionale australiana”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • Russian: “Australian National Library”
  • Russian: “Национальная библиотека Австралии”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “National Library of Australia”
  • Serbian: “Nacionalna biblioteka Australije”
  • Serbian: “Национална библиотека Аустралије”
  • Slovenian: “Avstralska narodna knjižnica”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Nacional de 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”
  • Welsh: “Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Awstralia”
  • Yue Chinese: “澳洲國立圖書館”
  • “library.gov.au”
  • “NLA”

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