Australiana Collections
The Australiana Collections comprise books and some serials, newspapers and pamphlets published in Australia or on Australian subjects or by an Australian author.
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Arthur Upfield Collection
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AX Collection of Australiana
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Ian McLaren Collection
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Sir Russell and Lady Grimwade Collection
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Communist Party of Australia Collection
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Melbourne University Publishing Collection
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Joyce Thorpe Nicholson Australian Women Collection
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Douglas Taylor Collection of Pulp and Popular Fiction
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The University Collection
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John Willis Gay and Lesbian Fiction Collection
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Thesis Collection
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Sophie Ducker Botany Collection
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Hawthorn Press Collection
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Lonely Planet Collection
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Romance Fiction Collection
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Sir Robert Menzies
The largest of the Australiana collections - the AX collection - originated from books that were formerly on the Library's open shelves. The three other collections of Australiana general works which complement the AX collection - the McLaren Collection, Meanjin Books and the Grimwade Collection - originated from the private libraries of three donors.Also included amongst the Australiana collections are any works that have emanated from the University of Melbourne: the Thesis Collection, the University Collection and the Melbourne University Press collection, and the several collections named after the individual or the organisation who has donated them.