Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00148:reg:1923
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Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1923
Character Range: 30840–31632

1923                                                                       The Australian section of the Parliamentary Library was given the name 'Commonwealth National Library'.  The Library acquires the Endeavour Journal of Captain James Cook, and the Ellis Rowan Collection of wildflower paintings, its first substantial pictorial collection.
1927-28                                                                    National Library and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library move to Provisional Parliament House.  Kenneth Binns succeeds Arthur Wadsworth as Librarian (until his retirement in 1947).  Part of West Block also occupied for a short time.
1930-1981                                                                  Library introduces a lending service to Canberra residents.