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Cover of the book 'Flight of the Budgerigar'
Flight of the Budgerigar

Penny Olsen

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NLA Publishing book
Cover of the book 'Have You Seen My Egg'
Have You Seen My Egg?

Dr Penny Olsen, illustrated by Rhonda N. Garward

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NLA Publishing book
Collection guide
Johnston Collection

Over 13,000 negatives, transparencies, and photographs of cattle stations taken between 1951 and 1961, as well as 52 British Hydrographic Office charts and maps of Australia and the Pacific and personal papers of Johnston.

Collection guide
Swimmer Bonnie Mealing with a German Shepherd dog, New South Wales, ca. 1930s.jpg

Fairfax corporation, Swimmer Bonnie Mealing with a German Shepherd dog, New South Wales, ca. 1930s, nla.obj-162211775

Katherine Kovacic on Australia's Dogs

Katherine Kovacic, the author of NLA Publishing's new title Australia's Dogs, talks about the photography included.

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a coloured map of British North Borneo

http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-742754582

Loke Wan Tho Collection

A large number of photographs and negatives taken by Loke Wan Tho on his ornithological expeditions to the Pacific, Asia and Europe in the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as papers, books and maps.

Collection guide
A portion of a handwritten poem that reads 'Invocation. Come forth from thy oozy couhc, O Ornithorynchus dear, And great with a cordial claw The stranger that longs to hear.'
Mark Twain's ode to Australian wildlife

The Library recently acquired an original draft of a poem by Mark Twain in the form of a letter.

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Collection guide
Mathews Collection

About 5000 books, pamphlets, reprints and journals published 1760-1940 in English, French, German, Italian and Russian. They relate to all aspects of ornithology in all parts of the world, with a special focus on Australian birds.

Collection guide
Collection guide
Mauritius Collection

About 2,100 books, pamphlets, government publications, tourist booklets, magazines and other works about Mauritius and the Indian Ocean. Mostly in French or English, but also a few items in Mauritian Creole.

Collection guide
Illustration of different types of birds, including a cockatoo and kingfisher, sitting on branches

Ellis Rowan & Geo. Murray & Co., Australian birds, c. 1890, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136190048

Paradise of birds

See some of the many talented bird artists from the 19th and 20th centuries in our collection.

Blog
Cover for 'Peculiar Parents' by Stephanie Owen Reeder and illustrated by Ingrid Bartkowiak, featuring illustrations of framed animal pictures on a blue background
Peculiar Parents

Stephanie Owen Reeder, illustrated by Ingrid Bartkowiak

Book
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

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

News article
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

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

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Learning activity for kids
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