Lifelong learning
Finding
![Two men, one on a ladder, looking at books on large bookshelf at the State Library of Victoria](https://www.library.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/image_cards_dynamic/public/images/2024-10/collection-photo-searching-bookshelf-state-library-victoria-strizic-nla-obj-140508667-teaser.jpg?h=4a17d80e&itok=yZL_tBDL)
Mark Strizic, Searching for books at the State Library of Victoria, January 1967, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-140508667
![Man steering a large male cow that is pulling a wagon with his wife and children inside](https://www.library.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/image_cards_dynamic/public/images/2024-09/collection-photo-mallee-farmer-wagon-family-history-nla-obj-153091696.jpg?h=9f948288&itok=nfYGktrg)
Mallee farmer and family with his bullock wagon, Victoria, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-153091696
![Highly decorative double hemispherical map of the world with the four elements depicted in each corner of the map](https://www.library.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/image_cards_dynamic/public/images/2024-10/collection-map-typus-orbis-terrarum-cloppenburgh-nla-obj-231707274-teaser.jpg?h=666dc4c8&itok=ki1-KdZs)
Jan Cloppenburgh, Typus orbis terrarum, 1673, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231707274
![Black and white photo of a television studio from the 1960s, with large cameras, screens and spotlights](https://www.library.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/image_cards_dynamic/public/images/2024-09/collection-photo-televisio-station-set-sievers-nla-obj-160888519-teaser.jpg?h=7bf1b95e&itok=G1ZlhE1I)
Wolfgang Sievers & Hassel (Firm), Television set at Ballarat television station, by architects Hassell & McConnell, Victoria, 1962, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-160888519
Searching
![Three men at the peak of a mountain looking at the view with binoculars and pointing](https://www.library.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/image_cards_dynamic/public/images/2024-09/collection-photo-men-binoculars-tripod-mount-kapytar-nla-obj-162757741-intro-trove-search-teaser.jpg?h=24654252&itok=R5v8Roa6)
Herbert H. Fishwick & Fairfax Corporation, Three men with binoculars and tripod at the top of Mount Kaputar looking over the mountain range to the west, New South Wales, 1932, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-162757741
![Front page of the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, with a large image of the Australian coat of arms at the top](https://www.library.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/image_cards_dynamic/public/images/2024-09/collection-government-publication-commonwealth-gazette-first-1901-nla-obj-224669092_0.jpeg?h=a3ecc5e0&itok=aPSQRZRB)
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. 1, 1 January 1901, in which the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed from the Papers of Sir Edmund Barton, 1827-1940, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-224669092
![A newspaper stand with headlines about an attempt to kill the King](https://www.library.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/image_cards_dynamic/public/images/2024-10/collection-photo-newspaper-stand-victoria019360-nla-obj-152826154.jpg?h=b4a85326&itok=Go09Ej7k)
Newspaper stand in a railway station headlining attempt to kill King, Victoria, 1936, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-152826154
Local history
![Man resting a hand on a tree and looking at a message carved into the tree trunk](https://www.library.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/image_cards_dynamic/public/images/2024-09/collection-photo-michael-terry-lasseter-message-tree-local-history-nla-obj-149282377.jpg?h=97ff6311&itok=Xd1S0PGq)
Michael Terry examining Lasseter's message carved into a tree trunk, Lake Christopher region, Western Australia, 1932, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-149282377
![Busy street lined with building and parked cars](https://www.library.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/image_cards_dynamic/public/images/2024-09/collection-photo-sturt-street-ballarat-victoria-hurley-nla-obj-160199422.jpeg?h=c6c34367&itok=QFiLwj8y)
Frank Hurley, [Ballarat, Sturt Street] [Ballarat, Victoria], 1910, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-160199422
![Frank Hurley - House and Gardens](https://www.library.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/image_cards_dynamic/public/images/2024-09/Frank%20Hurley%20-%20House%20and%20Gardens.jpg?h=72f2151d&itok=9DtMmK2j)
Frank Hurley (1885-1962) [House and gardens, Australia] [between 1910 and 1962], nla.obj-159237448
![Landscape watercolour showing trees, hilly, grass covered terrain, few small buildings and a mountain in the distance](https://www.library.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/image_cards_dynamic/public/images/2024-10/collection-painting-canberra-camp-hill-rolland-1924-nla-obj-135217175.jpeg?h=d9d14c89&itok=6inXmDVe)
H. M. Rolland, Canberra, view from Camp Hill looking towards St. John' s Church, Mt. Ainslie in the distance, 1924, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-135217175
Introductions to the collection
![At the left of the photo, a young man with short dark hair is sitting down at a radio desk, smiling out at the camera and with his left hand he balances a record on its edge on the desk.](https://www.library.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/image_cards_dynamic/public/images/2024-09/collection-radio-ted-reeves-record-oral-history-nla-obj-138073414.jpg?h=564b72d2&itok=F9xn0ID3)
Douglas Thompson, Radio announcer Ted Reeves of 2CA radio station holding a record, Canberra, 1951, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-138073414
![Japanese print depicting scenes where Western, Japanese and Chinese people interact at a trading house](https://www.library.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/image_cards_dynamic/public/images/2024-11/collection-picture-woodblock-print-yokohama-ijin-shookan-no-zu-utagawa-japan-nla-obj-151495391-m.jpg?h=fd0f08d2&itok=sfhYb1H_)
Sadahide Utagawa, Yokohama ijin shōkan no zu, 1861, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-151495391
Personal collections
![sepia photo of a room with lots of old objects](https://www.library.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/image_cards_dynamic/public/images/2024-11/collection-photo-art-gallery-kerry-nla-obj-138638474.jpg?h=09117f09&itok=P8p-XfNq)
Charles H. Kerry, (1894), Art Gallery, Sydney, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-138638474