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works - books , serials , newspapers , maps , posters , music and printed ephemera - but also online publications and unpublished material such as manuscripts , pictures and oral histories .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books serials newspapers maps music ephemera ( small unimportant things that are not usually kept ) online publications unpublished material like manuscripts , pictures and oral histories .