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Cover of the book 'Hello!'
Hello!

Illustrated by Tony Flowers

Book
NLA Publishing book
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.

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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.

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Video
Author Leigh Hobbs poses with his children's book 'Mr Badger and the Boubles Grand Hotel'. He holds the book cover, which features an illustration of a bespectacled badger in a red jacket standing before a grand hotel under a starry night sky. Behind him, an artwork of the same badger character is visible.
Leigh Hobbs: a creative life

Join the iconic author and illustrator Leigh Hobbs in conversation as he explores his artistic evolution and celebrates the publication of his twenty-first book.

Event
Collection guide
Maple-Brown Collection

614 books and pamphlets, mostly published overseas in the period 1850–1950, including children’s books, novels, atlases, scripture readings, prayer books, hymn books, works on theology, school textbooks and some historical works.

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The front cover of the book 'Marion and the Forty Thieves' showing children on a ship
Marion and the Forty Thieves

Sarah Luke

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NLA Publishing book
Sketch of boy riding a horse through a forrest fire, with black ink and messy colouring
Meet the 'Courageous Kids'

Get introduced to the seven stories in Courageous Kids and Their Amazing Adventures by Stephanie Owen Reeder and Liz Duthie.

Blog
Cover of the book 'My Australia'
My Australia

Julie Murphy, illustrated by Garry Fleming

Book
NLA Publishing book
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.

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Cover of the book 'New Year Surprise!'
New Year Surprise!

Christopher Cheng, illustrated by Di Wu

Book
NLA Publishing book
Front cover of a red leather book

John Ireland and Thomas Teller, The shipwrecked orphans : a true narrative of the shipwreck and sufferings of John Ireland and William Doyley, who were wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, on an island in the South Seas, 1845, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-50459466

O'Neill Collection

1534 children's books written by Australians, with significant Australian content, or with an Australian as one of the main characters, published between 1813 and 1981. They include novels, short stories, picture books, plays, poetry and non-fiction books.

Collection guide
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.

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