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.
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
Robert Petrick The lyre-bird schottische 1864
T.W. Thurban The cuddley bears 1918
Frederick Ellard
Tito Palorma
H.A. Thomson
Carl Demangate
Vincent Davies
Cole's music of the animals edited and arranged by Christabel
1880-1889
Robert B. TheobaldMarking 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.