The State Library holds a vast range of material on Tasmania, in library collections and online.
Specialises in historical material - printed, manuscript and photographic - relating to Launceston and northern Tasmania.
The State Library of Tasmania holds an extensive range of Tasmanian records as well as a selection from interstate and overseas. These resources come in a variety of formats -including print, microform, CD-ROM and the Internet.
A bicentenary project, where people can add photographs and stories of Tasmania then and now
Has rich collections of printed, manuscript, pictorial and photographic material. The emphasis is Tasmanian, but the collections range very widely in their subjects.
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The Tasmaniana Library is the State Library’s “Stateiana” section. It collects and preserves Tasmanian published material
The Heritage Collections provide reference and research services to clients in Tasmania, elsewhere in Australia and around the world.
Provides access to Tasmanian Web sites that have been preserved for posterity by the State Library of Tasmania
The Tasmanian Index, which contains references to articles in Tasmanian newspapers and periodicals, began in 1966 as a card index which is still accessible in the Tasmaniana Library. The index on TALIS dates only from mid-1994, though earlier records are gradually being transferred from the cards to TALIS
Provides a framework for information provision, equitable access and use in Tasmania, and aims to increase people’s awareness of how to access and use information throughout their lives.
An outstanding collection of rare books, works of art, photographs, manuscripts, and English and European decorative arts
An online catalogue of selected holdings of 29 local history and genealogical organisations.
This site makes available online about two hundred items from the rich holdings of printed music in the State Library of Tasmania's Heritage Collections
STORS provides free long-term storage of, and access to, Tasmanian electronic documents, with a stable URL that you can link to immediately.
Your comprehensive guide to Tasmania on the web.
If you are searching for a photograph or painting to illustrate your research, the Images database will show you the range and diversity of the Heritage Collections


