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Upcoming scheduled online maintenance in March and April 2025
12 Feb 2025

The National Library is undertaking scheduled online maintenance throughout March and April.

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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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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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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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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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Wheelchair accessible
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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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Book launch: Blue Poles by Tom McIlroy
03 Mar 2025

Join journalist Tom McIlroy as he discusses his book Blue Poles: Jackson Pollock, Gough Whitlam and the Painting That Changed a Nation.

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Canberra Day Oration 2025: Gary Humphries AO
12 Mar 2025

The Canberra & District Historical Society proudly present the 2025 Canberra Day Oration.

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