Listed below are libraries and archives that focus on sport or cover sport in their collections. The National Sport Information Centre located at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra is regarded as one of the world's leading sport information centre's. 

Australian Capital Territory

National Sport Information Centre, Australian Sports Commission

• Australia's premier sport information centre.  Areas covered include Australian sport, Olympic and Commonwealth Games, sports played in Australia, coaching, training and sports science / medicine. Books, journals, videos/dvds  and images are collected.

ACT Heritage Library

• Sport in the Australian Capital Territory including books, manuscripts and images.

National Archives of Australia 

•  Commonwealth government records relating to sport. 

National Film and Sound Archive

• Newreels, documentaries, films, sound recordings relating to sport in Australia.

National Library of Australia

• Australian sport in terms of books, journals, oral histories, manuscripts, ephemera (including Sydney Olympics) and images.  

University of Canberra Library

• University library collection on sport and related areas.

New South Wales

 
Australian Catholic University

• University library collection on sport and related areas.

Australian College of Physical Education

• University library collection on sport and related areas. 
  

Australian National Maritime Museum Library

• Specialist collection on water activities including yachting, rowing, surfing and swimming. Excellent historical collection.

Southern Cross University Library 

• University library collection on sport and related areas. 
  

State Library of New South Wales

• Sport in New South Wales including books, manuscripts and images. Davis (period 1880-1939) and E.S. Marks (period 1870-1920) Sports Collections.  Sydney Olympic Games collection. 

 
University of Western Sydney Library 

• University library collection on sport and related areas.

University of Sydney Health Sciences Library

• University library collection on sport and related areas.

University of Technology Sydney Library

• University library collection on sport and related areas. Maintains an Olympic Games Studies collection.

University of Wollongong Library 

• University library collection on sport and related areas.

Queensland

Griffith University Library

• University library collection on sport and related areas.

Queensland Academy of Sport Information Centre  

• Specialist sport collection with focus in elite sport.

Queensland University of Technology Library

• University library collection on sport and related areas.

University of Queensland Library

• University library collection on sport and related areas.

State Library of Queensland

• Sport in Queensland including books, manuscripts and images.
   

South Australia 
 

South Australian Sport Institute Coaching Resource Centre

• Specialist sport collection with focus in elite sport and coaching.  

State Library of South Australia

• Sport in South Australia. Sir Donald Bradman cricket collection.
  

University of South Australia Library

• University library collection on sport and related areas.

Tasmania

State Library of Tasmania

• Sport in Tasmania including books, manuscripts and images

Victoria

Deakin University Library

• University library collection on sport and related areas.

Melbourne Cricket Club Library

• Specialist sport collection covering Australian sports particularly cricket and Australian football. Excellent historical collection.

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Library 

• University library collection on sport and related areas.

Victorian Institute of Sport Resource Centre 

• Small specialist sport collection with focus in elite sport and coaching.

Victoria University

• University library collection on sport and related areas.
  

State Library of Victoria

• Sport in Victoria sport including books, journals, manuscripts and images. Doyle collection on the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.

University of Ballarat Library

• University library collection on sport and related areas.

 Western Australia
 

University of Western Australia Library

• University library collection on sport and related areas.

Western Australia Department of Sport And Recreation Information Centre 

• Specialist sport collection with focus in elite sport, coaching, administration and recreation.

Edith Cowan University Library

• University library collection on sport and related areas