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An illustrated book cover with 3 kangaroos and 3 emus in the foreground surrounded by native flora, with a lake and trees in the background

 Joseph Lycett, Views in Australia, or, New South Wales & Van Diemen's Land delineated, in fifty views with descriptive letter press, dedicated by permission to the Right Honble. Earl Bathurst, 1824, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1022559244

Lycett Collection

An album with 20 watercolours and 22 individual watercolours by Joseph Lycett. Most of the pieces focus on studies of Aboriginal people and drawings of native plants.

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First Australians
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.

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A silver polished kettle with ornate cutouts and inscription and printed crest. It has a tealight underneath.

Charlotte & Edward Barnard, Rebecca Emes, Silver kettle and spirit lamp given by Queen Charlotte to Sir Joseph Banks, 1813, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-138405433

Joseph Banks Collection

Sir Joseph Banks was a pioneering botanist and explorer whose travels with Captain Cook helped shape our understanding of the natural world and influenced scientific exploration in Australia.

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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.

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Jensen Collection

553 books from the 19th to mid-20th century with a particular strength in botany and gardening, among many other subjects.

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John Carnemolla - Lord Howe Island Aerial The Most Southerly Coral

John Carnemolla, Lord Howe Island Aerial: The Most Southerly Coral Reef in the World

Introducing the World Heritage Sites of Australia (2nd edition)

Hear from author Peter Valentine about some of Australia's most stunning sites.

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Watercolour painting of a red flower with green leaves and stem on a brown background

Adam Forster, Telopea speciosissima, 1916 Oct, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-135505809

Forster Collection

911 water colours by Adam Forster of Australian flowers, painted between 1916 and 1927.

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Protester holding a placard that reads, Our Future is in Your Hands

Leigh Henningham, Protester holding a placard that reads, Our Future is in Your Hands, during the School Strike 4 Climate rally, Melbourne, 21 May 2021, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2956718607

Environmental protests

Use this guide to help find and access resources in our collection about Australia's climate action protests, anti-mining protests and the Franklin Dam blockade. 

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Two colourful birds standing on branches eating fruit

Ellis Rowan, [Lorikeets (Geoffroyus heteroclitus)], 1917, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-138740512

Ellis Rowan Collection

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.

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Cowlishaw Collection

1809 books and serials, published in Australia, Europe and America, relating to gardening, horticulture, botany and agriculture.

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The Birds of Australia Gould - Printed plate
Conserving John Gould’s Australian Bird Pattern Plates

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

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2023 NLA Fellow Dr Adam Sundberg, 26 May 2023
Below the surface: Marine bio invaders

Dr Adam Sundberg talks about his experience studying the environmental effects of marine bioinvasions through the study of ballast water.

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