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Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue sitting in an armchair and smiling

Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue, image by Leanna King, courtesy of the Lowitja Institute

Speeches of Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue now available online
04 Feb 2025

The Library has recently digitised the speeches of Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue AC CBE DSG.

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Woman, Margaret Burn, standing with a microphone in front of the Special Collections Reading Room, the opening of which is decorated with ribbons and balloons

Margy Burn at the opening of the Special Collections Reading Room in January 2015

Congratulations to former Assistant Director-General Margaret Burn
03 Feb 2025

Margaret Burn was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her service to library and information science.

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Dr Ken Henry AC

What’s On in February 2025 at the National Library
30 Jan 2025

Learn something new at the National Library this February.

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Hanho Times newspapers spread over a table, with focus on the 3-year anniversary issue
Now online: South Korean community newspaper the Hanho Times
29 Jan 2025

See some of the stories contained in the Hanho Times Korean community newsletter.

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Black and white photo of a man sitting on a balcony railing near the ocean, looking into a very long telescope

Fairfax Corporation, Signal Master Alf Gibson looking through a telescope at the South Head Signal Station, Sydney, 28 July 1927, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-163109733

 

​​Mike Bowers curating exhibition of Fairfax Photo Archive images at the National Library of Australia​
28 Jan 2025

The Library has invited renowned Australian photojournalist Mike Bowers to select favourite images from the Fairfax Photo Archive for a new exhibition.

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Title page of a landscape oriented printed book: ornate engraving featuring musical performers. Scene is framed by theatre curtains.

James Hook, Guida di Musica: Being a Complete Book of Instructions for Beginners on the Harpsichord or Piano Forte, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn8650184

The Excellencies of Musick: Highlights from the Jamie and Michael Kassler Collection
03 Dec 2024 - 17 Aug 2025

Enter the musical world of seventeenth and early nineteenth century Britain with rare prints, books and manuscripts.

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Treasures Gallery
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Photo portrait of Dr Ken Henry AC

Dr Ken Henry AC

2025 Ann Moyal Lecture: Dr Ken Henry AC
11 Feb 2025

Join us for the 2025 Ann Moyal Lecture presented by Dr Ken Henry AC.

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Flagship lecture
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A sepia group photo of the 10 young men in the Nowra softball team, including Frank Moorhouse. Photo-shopped onto the photo on the bottom right corner is a purple circle with white writing reading 'Friends event'

Frank Moorhouse [middle front], 1954, courtesy Matthew Lamb.

Author talk: Frank Moorhouse: Strange Paths with Matthew Lamb
12 Feb 2025

Join the Friends of the National Library and biographer Matthew Lamb as he delves into young Frank Moorhouse's life.

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Author talk: The Season with Helen Garner
20 Feb 2025

Join Helen Garner in conversation with Beejay Silcox, as she discusses her new book The Season.

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