View over 12 200 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. Some music is also available in Manuscripts, including original Australian scores written for ballets in the 1940-50s following the Ballets Russes tours. Pay a visit to Music Australia and Trove 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.
Varney Desmond Waiting 1925
Russ Johnston Pining 1925
Vivian Ellis If your kisses can't hold the man you love 1930
Newell Alton Why? 1929
Hermann Leopoldi When love dies 1923
W. Clarke Lonely 1920-1929
Reubert Hayes Detour! says your heart 1939-1945
Pat K. Heale Sad little eyes 1924
Leonard Hope The face on the bar-room floor 1910-1919
Kathleen S. Nelmes-Bluck The flag of liberty 1915-1918
S. McBurney The flag of union: a federation song
1901
Bertram Sinclair Our country, our flag and our King 1910-1919
Dick Stead Honour the flag of your country 1910
Flora Murchison The five starred flag 1909
Harry Taylor Australia's welcome home 1917
Victor B. Maddigan Diggery-doo... marching song 1940-1949
Albert R.Mumme For the flag: Australian patriotic song 1910-1919
Hampton Wood Australia's emblem 1891-1892 This Second World War topographic map of Kokoda shows the location of villages, tracks, a canoe route, seaplane bases and mission stations. Map images from the Library’s Digital Collection are interactive. Use the Zoom control to pan and examine details.