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Overview

Chinese Embassy donates Chinese books to the National Library of Australia in 2005

Commitment Year•2005Country of Activity•AustraliaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•AustraliaSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2005
Start (actual)
Jan 1, 2005
End (actual)
Jan 1, 2005

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Chinese Embassy

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • National Library of Australia (NLA)

Loan description

Chinese Embassy donates Chinese books to the National Library of Australia in 2005

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2005, the Chinese Embassy in Australia donated an unknown number of Chinese books to the National Library of Australia. Among the books donated in either 2005 or 2009 (captured in Record ID#97660) is the rare "Ode to Forty Scenes of the Old Summer Palace." This book has become a treasure in the collection of the Chinese Library Department of the National Library of Australia which houses the largest collection of Chinese books in the southern hemisphere. The financial value of the donated books is unknown.