Dr Tets Kimura presented a lecture on his 2023 National Library Fellowship research into how grief was experienced during the Asia-Pacific War in two different nations, Australia and Japan, and how it is identifiable in art and fashion.

Learn about the research of 2024 Asia Study Grant recipient Dr Anita Dewi.

Hear from NLA Fellow Dr Gwyn McClelland about his research and time at the Library.

Library staff recently visited Vanuatu to attend the Melanesian Arts and Culture Festival (MACFEST) 2023 in Port Vila.

Explore records of Fijian Australian life with items recently added to our collection.

The National Library's Asian language collections focus on contemporary Asia from the 19th century onwards.

During his time at the Library, Yahia’s research examined the Chinese ‘homosexual’ men’s lived experience as represented in the Australian-Chinese language newspapers, magazines, and digital media.

We spoke to Dr Bill Mihalopoulos, a Lecturer in Asian Pacific Studies at the University of Central Lancashire and a 2021 recipient of the National Library of Australia Fellowship for Japan Studies, about his time at the Library.

The Burmese collections at the National Library of Australia consist of thousands of books, journals and microfilm holdings in Burmese language and Burma/Myanmar-related materials.

Aerial photographs of Australia, the Australian Antarctic Territory and Papua New Guinea

Family papers, maps of the Hong Kong and Macau region, pictures, photographs and a large collection of books and pamphlets predominantly historical works, particularly histories of Portugal, the Portuguese colonies, China and Japan

The National Library houses the largest and most actively developing research resource on Asia in Australia, with holdings of over half a million volumes.