Hear from author Tania McCartney about her mission to show young readers the secret superpowers of Australian plants.

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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Join us for a special book launch event for Robert Macklin's definitive biography of Charles Weston.

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

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.

Oral history interviews with people involved in all aspects of forest and around photographs depicting various aspects of forests and forestry work.

81 Korean books, 44 Japanese books and 11 Chinese books. Subject matter of the Korean books ranges from history, literature and religion to cooking and gardening.

Module

Explore the connections between living things, the environments they inhabit, and the forces that shape them. 

Tania McCartney

National Library of Australia

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.