Australiana Resource Guide

This guide provides information on resources related to the Australiana Collection. It includes a selection of print and electronic resources in the State Library, as well as some useful web links.

General browsing collection

A good starting point is to browse the shelves in the La Trobe Reading Room. Books and other publications are classified under the following Dewey numbers: 

010	Bibliographies and Indexes	796.332	Football
200	Religion	796.358	Cricket
305	Aborigines	819.905	Literature – Journals
319.4	Commonwealth Handbooks	819.909	Literary Criticism
319.45	Victorian Handbooks	A820	Australian Literature
320	Politics and Government	A821	Australian Poetry
346.9945	Victorian Acts of Parliament	A822	Australian Drama
354.945	Victorian Government Gazette	A823	Australian Fiction
338	Business History	A824	Australian Essays
364	Crime	919.45	Geography and Travel – Australia
365	Convicts	920	Biographies
370	Education History	923.9	Explorers
385	Railways	940.3	World War I
387	Shipping and Aviation	940.53	World War II
398	Folklore	959	Vietnam War
400	Languages	994	Australian History
499	Aboriginal Languages	994.5	Victorian History
700	The Arts and Architecture	994.51	Victorian Local Histories
796	Sport