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Portrait of Nora Heysen sitting at a desk and painting

Harold Cazneaux, Portrait of Nora Heysen at work,1939, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-145509450 

Australian artists in the Second World War
15 Aug 2025

Explore 2 different examples of artistic responses to the Second World War. 

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Natasha Maimbo, a young woman of colour, standing in a mechanical engineering lab with pictures of telescopes behind her.
Celebrating women in STEM
14 Aug 2025

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

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A group of people at dusk standing beside small telescopes and pointing at the sky.

Philip Gostelow, Amateur astronomers gazing through telescopes into the night sky during the Murchison Astrofest, Western Australia, 17 August 2013, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-153314469 

Exploring the universe: Australia’s history with astronomy
12 Aug 2025

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

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Photo of women from the dance group Bollydance Dipti in pink costumes taking a selfie in a crowd

Aishah Kenton, Bollydance Dipti dancers taking a selfie at the Indian Film Festival in Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria, 17 August, 2024, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3428627828

Indian Diaspora in Australia documented through photography and oral histories
05 Aug 2025

We asked Australians with Indian heritage to help us build our collection and these materials are now online. 

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A tree lined promenade, in autumn colours
NLA Publishing to release first comprehensive biography of Charles Weston
05 Aug 2025

NLA Publishing to release first comprehensive biography of Charles Weston

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Portrait of Dr Marie-Louise Ayres
Dr Ayres to retire as Director-General
04 Aug 2025

Director-General, Dr Marie-Louise Ayres FAHA has announced her intention to retire in April 2026. 

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Black and white photo of a small child playing with a wooden box and a hammer

C. R. Gotts, Philip Gotts, playing with a wooden box, 1921, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-144214274

Thinking outside the box: Creative approaches to family history research
01 Aug 2025

See our outside-the-box strategies to help you uncover the hidden branches of your family tree.

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Mountain biker in full gear riding a rocky, dirt path

Mandy Lamont, Remy Blair riding in the All-Mountain Enduro race during the Cannonball Mountain Bike Festival, high alpine Panorama trail, Thredbo, New South Wales, 2025, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3613430477

Documenting regional sport and competitive events
31 Jul 2025

Score! We’ve commissioned photos of different sports in Australia, including rock climbing, mountain biking and woodchopping.

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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
24 Jul 2025

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

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Katherine Parr’s handwriting and signature in a copy of A Sermon of Saint Chrysostom

Katherine Parr’s handwriting and signature in a copy of A Sermon of Saint Chrysostom (1542). Image by permission of Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe

What’s On in August 2025 at the National Library
24 Jul 2025

Literature and history take centre stage at the Library this August.

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A group of children playing on a large swing

Wolfgang Sievers, Children on a swing at Tom Price, Western Australia, 1975, nla.obj-160837526

New exhibition opening soon - 1975: Living in the Seventies
23 Jul 2025

50 years on, we look back on this amazing year and reflects on what it was like to live in the seventies.

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Books and octavos of various colours and binding from the Ferguson Collection on shelves

The Ferguson Collection situated in the National Library stacks

Honouring a legacy through digitisation
22 Jul 2025

A gift from the Ralf Iannuzzi Memorial Trust is helping us to digitise some of our rarest items. 

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