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Two of the Library's significant manuscript
collections were selected as the first Australian entries for UNESCO's Memory
of the World register. The Endeavour journal of Captain James Cook,
the personal papers of Edward Koiki Mabo and a related manuscript collection,
the legal papers relating to the litigation by Mabo and other Torres Strait
Islander plaintiffs, were added to the register which lists documentary
materials considered to have had a major influence on the history of the
world.
The Library's Collection was enhanced by the
addition of materials in all the information formats collected by the Library.
Some significant collecting areas include:
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The Olympic and Paralympic
Games held in Sydney in 2000. As well as publications, posters, and
ephemera the Library acquired an extensive collection of photographs
documenting Games events, venues, cultural activities and visitors to the
Olympic city. Games-related web sites were preserved in the PANDORA Archive,
including the official SOCOG site, which was captured daily throughout the
Games. Many of these sites have now disappeared from the live Internet. |
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Loui Seselja (b.1948) The
Olympic Rings on the Sydney Harbour Bridge 19 September 2000
National Library of Australia Events of national significance, such as
the Sydney Olympics, are recorded by National Library photographers.
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The acquisition and
management of selected Australian online publications in the
PANDORA Archive has now become a
routine part of the Library's collecting activities. The Archive is growing
rapidly, and has more than doubled in size during the year. Two new PANDORA
partner organizations, the State Library of South Australia and ScreenSound
Australia began adding online publications to the Archive. |
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Todd McKenny as recorded at the
National Library studios, 5 December 2000 Interviewer, Bill
Stephens Photographer, Greg Pook Courtesy Todd McKenney
Oral History Collection
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Distinguished
Australians who placed their papers in the Library's Manuscript Collection, or
who were interviewed for the Oral History program, include Arlene Chai, Sir
William Keys, Phillip Adams, Sir Arthur Tange, Clare Burton, Reverend Sir Alan
Walker, Professor Peter Singer, Noel Ferrier, Galarrwuy Yunipingu, the Hon. Jim
Bacon, Richard Wherrett, Shirley Hazzard, Bishop Owen Dowling, Hugh Morgan and
Professor David Penington. |
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A large
collection of unpublished music scores and orchestral sets was donated by
Symphony Australia. These musical works, performed by ABC orchestras up to the
1960s, include unique musical manuscripts with many annotations by composers,
conductors and performers. They will be an important resource for performance
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