National Library of Australia

Summary subject collecting information (definitions of the ALG collecting levels are available for reference):

Anthropology [Basic]

    Comments: Overseas collection generally at basic level. Contains works by acknowledged major writers in the field of anthropology & spans a wide range of geographical regions. Stronger holdings for Australia (including materials in pictorial collections), PNG & Pacific. Good coverage of Asia, particularly Indonesia, with materials on customs, culture, costume, etiquette & folklore well represented. H. Otley Beyer collection includes rare Filipiana & gives historic depth to Philippine ethnography holdings.

- Cultural anthropology (general) [Study - Intermediate]

- Social Customs [Basic]

- Costume and personal appearance [Minimal]

- Customs of life cycle and death [Minimal]

- Folklore [Minimal]

- Physical anthropology [Minimal]

- Human Races and Physical ethnology [Minimal]

Highlights of the collection: The National Library of Australia holds a comprehensive collection of material relating to Australia and the Australian people. The Library's collections of Australiana have developed into the nation's single most important resource of materials recording Australian cultural heritage. The Library collects Australian materials of all kinds - not just works in print form - books, serials, maps, music and ephemera - but also online publications and unpublished material such as manuscripts, pictures and oral histories. The Library also has considerable collections of general overseas and rare book materials, as well as world-class Asian and Pacific collections which augment the Australiana collections.

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