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Explore the National Library's digitised Printed Music

View over 12 000 Australian printed music items online from the 19th and early-20th centuries from the National Library's extensive Music Collection. Examine the original scores of Waltzing Matilda or our official national anthem Advance Australia Fair.

Explore our digitised printed music by viewing the selection showcased below or browse through all digitised Printed Music in our catalogue. Pay a visit to MusicAustralia to discover more digitised music from the collections of other Australian libraries and institutions. To review our progress read Printed Music digitisation - progress so far and Digitisation - overview.

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February Curator's Choice

  • Robert Guth (b. 1975) Mona Tur, 19 February 2001 Robert Guth (b. 1975), Mona Tur, 19 February 2001

Marking the second anniversary of the official apology to the Stolen Generations, the Library is making available recordings from the Bringing Them Home oral history project. In this interview, Mona Tur tells how she was threatened with removal from her mother, a traditional Antikirinja / Yunkunytjatjara woman. When she was eight years old, Mona was eventually sent to the United Aboriginies Mission at Oodnadatta, South Australia. Unlike many of her contemporaries, she was able to maintain strong links to her family and culture.