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Rebecca Bateman, holding the NLA Publication, Wangka Wakanutja, in the National Library of Australia

Rebecca Bateman, and NLA Publication, Wangka Wakanutja.

Learn with the Curators of Wangka Wakaṉutja

Discover the decades-long, remarkable efforts of the Papunya community to record language and culture and keep it alive.

Learning activity for adults
Video
Book cover titled 'Geigi the stubbon boy' and authors Elliot and Michael Passi to the right of the cover
NAIDOC Week Online Author Talk ‘Geigi the Stubborn Boy’

Ahead of NAIDOC Week 2026 we celebrated Torres Strait Islander tradition and culture.

Event
Event banner for National Simultaneous Storytime, with the character Luna Roo featured in the centre
ALIA National Simultaneous Storytime 2026: ‘Luna Roo the Kangaroo Baller’

We read 'Luna Roo the Kangaroo Baller' on the 27 May!

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Exhibitions team member Nicole Schwirtlich in the galleries
Learn with the curators of the Treasures Gallery

Learn with the curatorial team behind the recently refreshed Treasures Gallery and hear some of their favourite stories behind the collections and services of the Library.

Learning activity for adults
Video
Part of the cover of children's book 'The Legend of Jessie Hickman' featuring a woman sitting on a horse, which is standing on its back legs, holding her hat up
On writing 'The Legend of Jessie Hickman'

Author Mark Greenwood shares his process of writing NLA Publishing children’s title The Legend of Jessie Hickman.

NLA Publishing book
Cover of children's book 'Ayaiga: Neighbour and Hero'
Ayaiga: Neighbour and Hero

Thomas Higgs with Colin Hall and illustrated by Wally Wilfred

Book
Cover for children's book 'Tea and Sugar Chrismas' featuring an illustration of a young child holding a wrapped christmas present standing and smiling in front of a train
Tea and Sugar Christmas

Jane Jolly

Book
Book cover with the title 'This is Us' in large white text, the subtitle 'Essential Australian Poems for Young People' is red text and illustrations of Australian children on an orange background
This Is Us: Essential Australian Poems for Young People

Libby Hathorn and Jude Fell

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Cover of children's book 'The Legend of Jessie Hickman' featuring a woman sitting on a horse, which is standing on its back legs, holding her hat up
The Legend of Jessie Hickman

Mark Greenwood, illustrated by Frané Lessac

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Illustration of a bunch of golden wattle

Ellis Rowan, Acacia pycnantha Benth., family Fabaceae, c. 1880, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-138784565

Australia’s hardcore flora

Hear from author Tania McCartney about her mission to show young readers the secret superpowers of Australian plants.

Blog
Collection guide
Davey Collection

Papers and oral history recordings conducted by Gwenda Davey on Australian folklore, with an emphasis on children's folklore.

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

Dr Stephanie Owen Reeder. Peculiar Parents. 2025. https://www.library.gov.au/discover/nla-publishing/peculiar-parents 

Peculiar Parents

Stephanie Owen Reeder, illustrated by Ingrid Bartkowiak

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