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A windmill stands in a paddock surrounded by dry, yellow grass. Lake George in New South Wales is visible in the background.

Joyce Evans, Windmill on Lake George, New South Wales, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-153304178

Joyce Evans

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

Exhibition
On the right is a man holding a camera. On the left are the words 'Fit to Print: Defining Moments from the Fairfax Photo Archive'
Learn with the Curator: Fit to Print photography

Learn from our expert curators to discover stories behind Fit to Print: Defining Moments from the Fairfax Photo Archive, and the methods used to produce these slices of life from Australian history.

Learning activity for adults
Video
Collection guide
Ledgar Collection

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.

Collection guide
Grey background with white text reading 'Fit to Print' and individual photos of photographers Mike Bowers, Rick Stevens and Lorie Graham
Life behind the lens

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

Event
Video
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.

Collection guide
Cover of NLA Publishing book 'Olive Cotton' which features a black and white photograph looking up at a tree and purple along the top and bottom
Olive Cotton

National Library of Australia

Book
Cover of the book 'Our Streets'
Our Streets: The Regional Cities and Major Towns Project

National Library of Australia

Book
NLA Publishing book
Collection guide
Phillips Collection

About 350 photographs, including glass negatives, and a small number of pencil sketches, majority depicting paddle steamers sailing or moored on the Murray or Darling rivers.

Collection guide
Photo close up of a European honey bees on the honeycomb of a beehive

Mark Jesser, European honey bees on a brood frame containing capped and uncapped cells at an apiary near Griffith, New South Wales, 2025, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3668129443

Picturing beekeeping in Australia

The latest buzz at the Library is that 50 new photos of beekeeping in Australia are now available online. 

News article
Black and white photo from inside the National Bank head office. 2 ornate staircases in the middle of the image surrounded by white pillars and desks.

Wolfgang Sievers, Interior of National Bank head office, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1941, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-143527488

Sievers Collection

Wolfgang Sievers' remarkable legacy with about 19,000 prints and 52,000 negatives and transparencies captured from 1938 to 1991. His work offers an extraordinary glimpse into Australian architecture, mining, and industry. 

Collection guide
A man wearing a black and grey checkered shirt sitting at a desk with a computer and several books resting on it. He is leaning on the desk, facing forward and giving the camera a small smile
The man behind the camera: Exploring the life of Ron Maslyn Williams

Hear from 2023 NLA Fellow Deane Williams about his time at the Library researching the life and career of Ron Maslyn Williams.

Blog
Collection guide
Tregellas Collection

About 10,000 stereoscopic view cards produced by both commercial and amateur photographers in all parts of the world and a significant collection of photographic equipment and some books and journals on photography.

Collection guide

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