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The Library's manuscript collections cover all kinds of unpublished written records and many contain published and pictorial records as well. The kinds of records are extremely diverse: letters, diaries, notebooks, speeches, lectures, drafts of books and articles, research or reference files, cutting books, photographs, drawings, minute books, agenda papers, logbooks, financial records, maps and plans. The Library has been collecting manuscripts since about 1910 and it has one of the two largest collections in Australia. It currently occupies about 10 kilometres of shelving. There are over 100 manuscripts described in this guide. Further information on the Manuscript collection is available online.

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