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Library and Archives

Library and Archives

The Rodney Seaborn Library

The Rodney Seaborn Library is a specialist library for NIDA students, graduates and staff located in the NIDA building in Kensington. We are also open to the general public, by appointment.

Created in 1980, the Rodney Seaborn Library is now one of Australia’s leading performing arts-based libraries.

Library Catalogue

The NIDA Archives

The NIDA Archives collects, organises and preserves archival records created by or relating to NIDA.

As a valuable resource for research, teaching and education, the Archives supports NIDA’s role as Australia’s leading national educator in the dramatic arts.

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NIDA acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the sacred lands, from the mountains to the sea, on which we learn and tell stories.

The lands of the Bidjigal, Gadigal, Dharawal and Dharug peoples. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present.