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the National Library of Australia.  The collection was the basis of the Library's Australian holdings.  A condition of the sale was that the Commonwealth employ him to continue a bibliography, which was achieved by way of a special Act of Parliament in 1911.  Petherick is an important figure in Australian history, and he has a special association with the Library as the home of his collection.  The association is also marked by the naming of a reading room in his honour.[82]

Ferguson was a bibliographer and judge with an early interest in Australian history and bibliography, the latter to become a major preoccupation.  His major work was the Bibliography of Australia 1784-1900.  Ferguson was closely involved in the Royal Australian Historical Society and other prominent bodies.  He was also a passionate collector of books and other items.  In 1937 he proposed that the Ferguson Collection be established within the Library and the offer was promptly accepted.  He began transferring material in 1938, and in 1954 the Library purchased his poetry collection and thereafter the numerous instalments were sold rather than donated.  In 1970, following his death, the remainder of the collection was purchased from the Ferguson family.  The Ferguson Collection is the largest and most diverse collection ever acquired by the Library, with early books on Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific forming its core.  Ferguson is an important figure in Australian history, and he has a special association with the Library as the home of his collection.[83]

Nan Kivell was born in New Zealand but lived for most of his life in England where he became an art dealer and collector.  Nan Kivell was a private collector of books, paintings prints, documents and artefacts related to Australian, New Zealand and Pacific history.  From the late 1940s he began to loan material from his collection to the then Commonwealth National Library, and in 1959 sold the collection of over 15,000 items to the Commonwealth for a modest price.  He also made subsequent gifts to the Library.  In 1966 and 1976 he was honoured by Australia.  While not Australian, Nan Kivell is an important figure in Australian history for his collecting activities related to Australia and his major contribution to Australia's cultural heritage and scholarship.  The Library has a special association with Nan Kivell as the repository of the vast bulk of his collection.  The association is also marked by the naming of a room in his honour.[84]

Kenneth Binns was a librarian who joined the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library and in 1919 was made responsible for its Australian section, later the Commonwealth National Library.  An early important acquisition in 1923 was the Endeavour journal in which Binns played a significant role.