Commonwealth National Library
1923 – 23 March 1961
Renamed National Library of Australia in 1961.
The national (non-parliamentary) collections and services of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library, run with shared staff under the parliamentary Library Committee and including Australiana, film and, from 1952, archival functions.
Names over time
- Commonwealth National Library1923–1961
- National Library of Australia1961–present
How it came into existence
Name adopted in 1923 for the national collection side of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library, which had built a national collection since 1901 under the Library Committee of the Parliament.
- national collection
- national reference services
Changes during its life
- Commonwealth archives
How it ended
Separated from the Parliamentary Library and constituted as the National Library of Australia when the National Library Act 1960 came into force on 23 March 1961.
Reconstituted as a statutory authority under the National Library Act 1960.
Main functions
- national collection of Australiana
- national reference and lending services
- national film collection
- Commonwealth archives (Archives Division)
- national bibliography
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