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.
Views in Australia, or, New South Wales & Van Diemen's Land delineated
London : J. Souter, 1824-[1825]
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.
Collections
- AX Collection of Australiana
- Communist Party of Australia Collection
- Sophie Ducker Botany Collection
- Joan Goodwin Collection of Political Ephemera
- Sir Russell and Lady Grimwade Collection
- The Hawthorn Press
- Joyce Thorpe Nicholson Australian Women Collection
- Lonely Planet Collection
- Ian McLaren Collection
- Melbourne University Press Collection
- Robert Menzies collection
- Romance Fiction Collection
- Douglas Taylor Collection of Pulp and Popular Fiction
- Thesis Collection
- University Collection
- Arthur Upfield Collection
- John Willis Gay and Lesbian Fiction Collection
General Guides
Access and Availability
Material in the Australiana Collections may be accessed through the Cultural Collections Reading Room in the Baillieu Library. Requests for material can be made online prior to visiting the reading room. To request material, please use the Aeon request management application.