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Substantial Collection Material Donations
- Ms Brit Andresen
- Professor Peter Beilharz
- Professor Anne Boyd AM
- Mrs Patricia Braga
- Dr Bob Brown
- Dr Brian Timothy Carey
- Ms Moira Claux
- Ms Densey Clyne
- Mrs Roseann Dale Dengate
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Department of Veterans’ Affairs
- Ms Mem Fox AM
- Ms Mara Francis
- Ms Kate Grenville
- Mr Walter Hamilton
- Mr Harry Haythorne MBE and Ms Camilla Ella
- Mr John Hoyle
- Ms Christy Kelly
- Dr Isabel McBryde AO
- Mr Alistair McComas
- Ms Sarah Macneil and Mr Andrew Macneil
- Megalo Print Studio + Gallery
- Ms Christine Milne
- Mr Alan Moir CMG
- Mr John Moses
- Mr Robert Mouatt
- Mr John Olsen AO, OBE
- Dr A. Barrie Pittock PSM
- Emeritus Professor Victor Prescott FASSA
- Mr Brian Reid
- Ms Emma Rutledge and Mr Thomas Rutledge
- Mr Alec Sandner
- Mr William Semple
- Mr Gerrit Stafford
- Mr Keith Storey
- Mrs Marceine Sweetser
- Ms Eva To
- Ms Biff Ward
- Wesfarmers Ltd
- Mr Tim Winton
Grants
- ACT Government Special Events Fund (Exhibition—Celestial Empire: Life in China, 1644–1911)
- Attorney-General’s Department (Community Heritage Grants)
- Australia–China Council (Exhibition—Celestial Empire: Life in China, 1644–1911)
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Oral History Project)
- Australian Paralympic Committee (Oral History Project)
- Brien Holden Vision Institute (Publication)
- Catalyst—Australian Arts and Culture Fund (Treasures Gallery Access Program)
- City of Melbourne (Oral History Project)
- Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Digital Classroom module)
- Museum of Australian Democracy (Oral History Project)
- National Archives of Australia (Community Heritage Grants)
- National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program (Exhibitions)
- National Film and Sound Archive (Community Heritage Grants)
- National Folk Festival (National Folk Fellowship)
- National Museum of Australia (Community Heritage Grants)
Sponsorships
National Library Partners
- Asia Society Australia
- Australia Centre on China in the World,
- Australian National University
- Eden Road Wines
- Huawei
- Optus
- Shell Development (Australia) Pty Ltd
- Wanda Group
In-kind Sponsors
- Cathay Pacific Airways Limited
- Forrest Hotel & Apartments
- Seven Network
- TFE Hotels
Bequests
- Ralf Iannuzzi Memorial Trust
- The Estate of Joan Lindsay
- The Estate of Mr Harold S. Williams
Curatorships, Fellowships and Public Programs
- Friends of the National Library of Australia Inc. (Friends of the National Library Creative Arts Fellowship)
- Friends of the National Library of Australia Inc. (Friends of the National Library Travelling Fellowship)
- James and Bettison Treasures Curatorship
- Linnaeus Estate Fellowship
- Mrs Pat McCann (Norman McCann Summer Scholarship)
- The Myer Foundation (Kenneth Myer Lecture)
- Dr John Seymour and Dr Heather Seymour AO (Seymour Summer Scholarship / Seymour Biography Lecture)
- Associate Professor Linnett Turner and Associate Professor David Turner (Kenneth Binns Travelling Fellowship)
National Library Fellowships
- Dr Patricia Clarke OAM, FAHA
- The Hon Mary Delahunty
- The Hon Martin Ferguson AM
- Mr John M. Green
- The late Dr Pamela Gutman
- Ms Jane Hemstritch
- Professor Joyce Kirk
- Ms Marjorie Lindenmayer
- Ms Yuan Yuan Liu
- Mr Brian Long
- Mr Kevin McCann AM and Mrs Deidre McCann
- Mrs Janet McDonald AO
- Macquarie Group Foundation Ltd
- Dr Doug Munro
- Professor Janice Reid AC, FASSA
- Emeritus Professor Alan Robson AO
- Dr Ian Ross
- Mrs Margaret Ross AM
- Mr Doug Snedden
- The Hon James Spigelman AC
- Mr Ryan Stokes
- Ms Deborah Thomas
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