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A photograph of the Library’s Treasures Gallery. The William Shakespeare display is on the left-hand side of the image. The Fred Ward card catalogue is on the right-hand side of the image.

National Library of Australia Treasures Gallery.

Welcome to Treasures 2025
12 Dec 2025

Explore our new Treasures Gallery exhibition opening Saturday 13 December.

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detail of cover of Air travel and holiday with illustration of two women driving a car past some boats

Cover of Air travel and holiday, vol. 1, No. 3 (cropped), March 1948, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3997211269 

Destination Trove: Travel magazines now online
12 Dec 2025

Pack your bags for a trip through new travel serials, now on Trove.

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detail of illustration of crowd listening to a man on stage

Hume-Cook, James, Liberal, Division of Bourke, VIC (detail), 1910, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3548960192

Australian democracy finds a home on Trove
04 Dec 2025

Explore election ephemera from 1901 to 1970s, now online.

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A stack of old papers and reports spread over a desk.

Annual reports from the Adelaide Repertory Theatre collections. 

Community Heritage Grant: Adelaide Repertory Theatre
03 Dec 2025

Learn about the Adelaide Repertory Theatre, recipient of a 2025 Community Heritage Grant.

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Three objects lie across this image on a black background. A card box, three playing cards with fortunes written on them, and an instruction sheet.

Zinga Lee and M.P. (Marmion Percy) Adams, Zinga Lee fortune-telling by cards, by the original Zinga Lee, 1900, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6891115

Where are the books?
03 Dec 2025

New Treasures Gallery exhibition answers some of our frequently asked questions.

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Treasures Gallery
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The Treasures Gallery is where you can find highlights from our physical and digital collection

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School holiday activity: Our Treasures, your treasures - 28 January, 10:30am
28 Jan 2026

This holidays, step into the magic of our refreshed Treasures Gallery and create your own keepsake box to store your personal treasures.

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School holiday activity: Our Treasures, your treasures - 28 January, 2:00pm
28 Jan 2026

This holidays, step into the magic of our refreshed Treasures Gallery and create your own keepsake box to store your personal treasures.

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Education/learning
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School holiday event
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A black and white portrait in profile of Charles Dickens, alongside a blue book cover featuring two illustrated cats

G.W. Wilson & Co, Portrait of Charles Dickens, c.1870, nla.obj-142385853; and book cover, Great Writers & The Cats Who Owned Them, by Susannah Fullerton

Author talk: Great Writers & the Cats Who Owned Them
05 Feb 2026

Susannah Fullerton discusses her newest book Great Writers & the Cats Who Owned Them.

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