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===Asian collections===
The library houses the largest and most actively developing research resource on Asia in Australia, and the largest Asian language collections in the Southern hemisphere, with over half a million volumes in the collection, as well as extensive online and electronic resources. The library collects resources about all Asian countries in Western languages extensively, and resources in the following Asian languages: [[Burmese language|Burmese]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Khmer language|Khmer]], [[Korean language|Korean]], [[Lao language|Lao]], [[Manchu]], [[Mongolian language|Mongolian]], [[Thai language|Thai]], [[Languages of East Timor|Timor]]ese, and [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]].

The library has acquired a number of important Western and Asian language scholarly collections from researchers and bibliophiles. These collections include:

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* Australian Buddhist Library Collection
* [[Jose Maria Braga|Braga]] Collection (Portuguese in Asia)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nla.gov.au/asian/form/braga.html |title=NLA.gov.au |publisher=NLA.gov.au |date=12 December 1984 |access-date=30 May 2012}}</ref>
* [[Manfred Claasz|Claasz]] Collection (Sri Lanka)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nla.gov.au/asian/form/claasz.html |title=NLA.gov.au |publisher=NLA.gov.au |access-date=30 May 2012}}</ref>
* [[George Coedès|Coedes]] Collection (Indo-China)<ref>[http://www.nla.gov.au/selected-library-collections/georges-coedes-collection Coedès Collection], National Library of Australia</ref>
* [[London Missionary Society]] Collection (China)
* [[H. G. Luce|Luce]] Collection (Burma)
* [[Jessie McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Rachel Human|Human]] Collection (Korea)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nla.gov.au/asian/form/documents/McLarenguide-final17-10-wholedoc.pdf |title=NLA.gov.au |access-date=30 May 2012}}</ref>
* [[Otley Beyer]] Collection (Philippines)
* [[Shozo Sakakibara|Sakakibara]] Collection (Japan)
* [[Sang Ye]] Collection (China)
* [[Walter Simon (sinologist)|Simon]] Collection (East Asia)
* [[Harold S. Williams]] Collection (Japan)
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The Asian Collections are searchable via the National library's catalogue.<ref>[http://www.nla.gov.au/what-we-collect/asian Asian collections], National Library of Australia</ref>