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

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.

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

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.

Dr Penny Olsen, illustrated by Rhonda N. Garward

Penny Olsen

Tania McCartney

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Authors have used the beauty, harshness and problems of our land to tell their stories, often basing their stories in familiar locations and using their reaction to a particular environment as the central theme.

919 watercolours and gouaches of flowers and birds of Australia and Papua New Guinea painted between 1870 and 1920, plus a small quantity of personal papers.

Learn more about the children's book Dog Beach and and important jobs that Aussie dogs have done over time.

Julie Murphy, illustrated by Annie White

Learn about the treatment work our conservators have recently done on thepattern plates for the supplement to The Birds of Australia by John Gould.