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Black and white photo of a small child playing with a wooden box and a hammer

C. R. Gotts, Philip Gotts, playing with a wooden box, 1921, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-144214274

Thinking outside the box: Creative approaches to family history research
01 Aug 2025

See our outside-the-box strategies to help you uncover the hidden branches of your family tree.

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Mountain biker in full gear riding a rocky, dirt path

Mandy Lamont, Remy Blair riding in the All-Mountain Enduro race during the Cannonball Mountain Bike Festival, high alpine Panorama trail, Thredbo, New South Wales, 2025, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3613430477

Documenting regional sport and competitive events
31 Jul 2025

Score! We’ve commissioned photos of different sports in Australia, including rock climbing, mountain biking and woodchopping.

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Photo close up of a European honey bees on the honeycomb of a beehive

Mark Jesser, European honey bees on a brood frame containing capped and uncapped cells at an apiary near Griffith, New South Wales, 2025, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3668129443

Picturing beekeeping in Australia
24 Jul 2025

The latest buzz at the Library is that 50 new photos of beekeeping in Australia are now available online. 

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Katherine Parr’s handwriting and signature in a copy of A Sermon of Saint Chrysostom

Katherine Parr’s handwriting and signature in a copy of A Sermon of Saint Chrysostom (1542). Image by permission of Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe

What’s On in August 2025 at the National Library
24 Jul 2025

Literature and history take centre stage at the Library this August.

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A group of children playing on a large swing

Wolfgang Sievers, Children on a swing at Tom Price, Western Australia, 1975, nla.obj-160837526

New exhibition opening soon - 1975: Living in the Seventies
23 Jul 2025

50 years on, we look back on this amazing year and reflects on what it was like to live in the seventies.

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An man sits in an empty grandstand

Image courtesy Anne Algar

Deadly Dialogues: Bringing Them Home Oration with Kutcha Edwards
06 Aug 2025

*Places limited* 

Kutcha Edwards delivers the inaugural Bringing Them Home Oration.

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First Australians
Deadly dialogues
Talks and ideas
Places limited
An man sits in an empty grandstand

Image courtesy Anne Algar

Deadly Dialogues: Bringing Them Home Oration with Kutcha Edwards
06 Aug 2025

*Places limited* 

Kutcha Edwards delivers the inaugural Bringing Them Home Oration.

Event
First Australians
Deadly dialogues
Talks and ideas
Places limited
Katherine Parr’s handwriting and signature in a copy of A Sermon of Saint Chrysostom

Katherine Parr’s handwriting and signature in a copy of A Sermon of Saint Chrysostom (1542). Image by permission of Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe.

Gorgeous books and royal annotations
07 Aug 2025

What did Katherine Parr and Henry VIII write in their books? Hear Professor Micheline White delve into the marginalia left in their personal books.

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Coloured image featuring headshots of two women smiling at the camera. In the middle of the image is a collection of four sketches of Australian animals.

Stephanie Owen Reeder and Ingrid Bartkowiak

Science Week Online Learning Peculiar Parents Author Talk
13 Aug 2025

Learn about the features, habitat and behaviours of some truly peculiar Australian animals in this interactive online learning session.

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Education/learning
For kids and families

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