Join veteran photojournalist Mike Bowers in conversation with two of Australia’s greatest photographers: Lorrie Graham, and Rick Stevens.

421 photographs taken in the period 1858–1910 in Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania and South Australia, mostly of public buildings, street scenes, rural scenes and events.

This collection-in-focus display contained highlights from the Library’s Joyce Evans Archive.

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.

Over 10,000 black and white negatives and colour transparencies, about 1000 exhibition prints, several photograph albums, a group of stereographs, plus maps, diaries and personal papers.

About 6500 lantern slides, glass negatives and photographs, mostly of Australian ships, especially sailing ships.

Browse photographs from the 1956 Melbourne Olympics to learn the top tips for how to watch a sports game.

National Library of Australia

Explore the art of photojournalism with highlights from the Fairfax Photo Archive.

Mike Bowers

Find family photos and piece together dates and places from the many clues they contain. 

Module

This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: Design and Technologies standards for Year 5 and 6. It draws on the Library’s Wolfgang Sievers Collection to explore how photography, design and industry have transformed modern Australia, encouraging students to investigate how technologies are developed, used, and understood in social and environmental contexts.