New collection material online reveals stories of Australia’s women scientists.

Look to the stars with stories and collections that tell Australia's role in space exploration.

Join Dr Chris Carter and the Friends of the National Library for an enlightening talk about how water is essential for human survival.

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

About 140 oral history interviews, the majority for his Maltese-Australian and Polish-Australian folklore and social history projects. Personal papers of York plus papers of the historian Michael Cigler. Also a large quantity of Maltese newspapers, student newspapers, radical pamphlets and ephemera.

About 3,000 books and pamphlets, mostly published in Britain, the majority on astronomy but also some works on geology, physics and chemistry, as well as a small group of Tanock's personal papers.

We learnt about the features, habitat and behaviours of some truly peculiar Australian animals in this interactive online learning session.

Module

This resource is aligned with the Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences (Geography), and Science for Year 4, 5 and 6 students.

Topic

During the Enlightenment, social and scientific thinking began to change. Enlightenment thinkers pushed for social change through the separation of church and state and the establishment of constitutional government. 

About 600 books and 66 serials, mainly relating to entomology and the natural sciences. Includes works on British entomology as well as Europe, North and South America. About one-third were published in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Topic

Sir Howard Florey was an Australian medical scientist.