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Book cover for 'The Colt from Old Regret' which features illustrations of a brown horse and a white horse in the Australian bush
The Colt from Old Regret

Dianne Wolfer, illustrated by Erica Wagner

Book
On the left is a smiling woman with brown hair. In the middle is the cover of the book 'A Good Kind of Trouble' by Brooke Blurton and Melanie Saward with a drawing of a teenage girl carrying a football under her arm and a backpack on her back. On the right is a smiling woman with pink hair.
A Good Kind of Trouble with Brooke Blurton and Melanie Saward

Join Brooke Blurton and Dr Melanie Saward as they yarn about their new young adult novel, A Good Kind of Trouble, and what it means to write Indigenous-led stories for today’s young people.

Event
A pile of children's books
Creative storytelling

Module

This resource aligns to the Australian Curriculum for Year 3 English - Language, Literature and Literacy.

Digital Classroom
Pile of colourful books of different sizes by authors Kylie Tennant, Doris Pilkington, Christina Stead, Colin Thiele, Norman Lindsay and Gabrielle Wang
Australian authors in the oral history collection

Hear from Colin Thiele, Kylie Tennant, Gabrielle Wang, Doris Pilkington, Norman Lindsay and Christina Stead as they share their thoughts, memories and creative journeys.

Blog
A yellowed typewritten page saying 'Foreword' and some hand written words saying 'or both?' next to fact or fiction.

Joan Lindsay & Andrew Fabinyi, Typescripts, [ca. 1967], nla.gov.au/nla.obj-573778720

Cultural perspectives in literature

Module

This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: English for Year 7 students. The module is designed to introduce students to a variety of texts on the theme of cultural perspectives and to enable them to understand how authors, poets and cartoonists reflect their own cultural perspectives through their chosen medium.

Digital Classroom
Cover of book 'Red Dust Running' by Anita Heiss next to a picture of Anita Heiss sitting on concrete steps smiling
Book launch: Red Dust Running with Anita Heiss

Anita Heiss discussed her new book 'Red Dust Running'.

Event
Video
Woman, Dr Christina Thompson, standing in the Special Collections Reading Room, leaning on a table with a large portrait on it and smiling

Dr Christina Thompson with Willaim Hodges, Otoo, King of Otaheite [i.e. Tahiti], 1773, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-134429610

The introduction of writing in Polynesia

Learn about Dr Christina Thompson's experience as a Creative Arts Fellow researching the introduction of writing in Polynesia.

Blog
Cover of the book 'Telling Lives'
Telling Lives: The Seymour Biography Lecture 2005-2023

Edited by Chris Wallace

Book
NLA Publishing book
cover of book 'Arnott's recipes'

Arnott, Motteram, Menz Pty. Ltd., Arnott's recipes : made with Arnott's and Menz biscuits, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52840197

Ebooks research guide

This guide will help you find and view different types of ebooks in the Library collections.

Research guide
cover of book 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'

(1966). Australian dictionary of biography. Melbourne : London ; New York : Melbourne University Press; Cambridge University Press https://adb.anu.edu.au

Biography research guide

A guide to finding biographies.

Research guide
Two men, one on a ladder, looking at books on large bookshelf at the State Library of Victoria

Mark Strizic, Searching for books at the State Library of Victoria, January 1967, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-140508667

Australian literature research guide

A guide to finding Australian literature resources

Research guide
Coloured map of Victoria

Whitehead & Co. Whitehead's new map of Victoria 1877, 1877, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1915560782

De Salis Collection

Family papers and about 1600 books of the De Salis family from 1850-1920. Covering a broad range of subjects, including classics, religion, history, politics, literature, science, art, and children's books, reflecting the families intellectual interests.

Collection guide

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