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title: National Library of Australia open data
resource: https://publicdata.au/cth/national-library-of-australia/
jurisdiction: Australian Government
catalogue_read: 2026-09-28
not_endorsed: true
---

# National Library of Australia open data

National Library of Australia lists 4 datasets on data.gov.au. 2 of them have an open licence and a file or API we can read.

## On the portals

- [Journal of the H.M.S. Endeavour, 1768-1771](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/journal-of-the-h-m-s-endeavour-1768-1771) (XML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2023-08-11)
- [National Library of Australia Sheet Music collection](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/national-library-of-australia-sheet-music-collection) (XML; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Picture Australia metadata](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/picture-australia-metadata) (XML; none stated; updated 2023-08-09)
- [Trove People and Organisations data](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/trove-people-and-organisations-data) (PLAIN, XML; none stated; updated 2023-08-09)

Full list: https://publicdata.au/cth/national-library-of-australia/catalogue.json