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photograph of Nancy Millis

Damian McDonald, Portrait of Nancy Millis, 1999, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-144499251

Oral history: Emeritus Professor Nancy Millis

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Professor Nancy Millis was an Australian microbiologist who worked and studied microbial growth and the fermentation process.

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man working on huge gears

Wolfgang Sievers, The gears gears for the mining industry, Vickers Ruwolt, Burnley, Melbourne, 1967, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136505226

Documenting modern Australia

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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.

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A photo of a smiling woman dressed in black
2024 Ann Moyal Lecture: Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla

The 2024 Ann Moyal Lecture delivered Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla, titled A smart vision for a sustainable future: SMaRT technologies and MICROfactories™ creating sustainable materials and products from waste.

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Academy of the Social Sciences 2023 Symposium

The 2023 Annual Academy of Social Sciences Symposium, Digital Society: Social science perspectives for a better future, explored critical issues surrounding our current and future digital world

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Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station 1969

Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station, 1969, trove.nla.gov.au/work/231236532

Writing a history of Australian communication

Hear from Hugh Tranter, author of Southern Signals, about the history of Australian communication technology.

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2023 NLA Fellow Dr Adam Sundberg, 26 May 2023
Below the surface: Marine bio invaders

Dr Adam Sundberg talks about his experience studying the environmental effects of marine bioinvasions through the study of ballast water.

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Whats On genevieve bell
2023 Ann Moyal Lecture: Professor Genevieve Bell

The inaugural Ann Moyal Lecture delivered by Professor Genevieve Bell, titled Messages Pass Through: Retelling Stories of the Overland Telegraph Line.

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cartoon of a man gesturing to a diagram of the uranium atom

Stewart McCrae, "Of course, in the matter of uranium, it's a case of the atom splitting people!" [Nuclear physicist giving a lecture on the uranium atom], 1963, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-145842939

The use and influence of science

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This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: Science for Year 9 students. It draws on the Library's Oral History and Folklore Collection, which has recorded the thoughts and stories of thousands of influential Australians from all disciplines.

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Osborne Collection

About 200 American books and a smaller number on the French Revolution and Napoleon, plus 15 letters by 18th- and 19th-century scientists and physicians.

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