Original: Australian & General Collection The Library collects material produced by Australians, for Australians or about the Australian experience in all formats - not just printed works - books, serials, newspapers, maps, posters, music and printed ephemera - but also online publications and unpublished material such as manuscripts, pictures and oral histories.
Simplified: The Library collects Australian materials of all kinds including: books serials newspapers maps music ephemera (small unimportant things that are not usually kept) online publications unpublished material like manuscripts, pictures and oral histories.