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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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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 (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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Advertisement for Macrobertson's chocolate for their 75th anniversary with illustrations of their various chocolates

'Advertising', The Australian Women's Weekly, 22 July 1955, nla.gov.au/nla.news-page4813566

From pantry to print: Classic Aussie brands in 'The Weekly'

10 Jul 2025

Stroll down memory lane and explore how iconic Aussie pantry staples were advertised in the 1940s and 50s.

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A man with grey hair and brown and grey beard and moustache standing in front of blurred out trees

Professor Brett Sutton AO

What’s On in July 2025 at the National Library

24 Jun 2025

Escape the chilly weather at the National Library this July.

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Painting of a humpback whale and its calf

Detail from Peculiar Parents book

A new picture book celebrating our diverse wildlife to be released by NLA Publishing

03 Jun 2025

Welcome to the charmingly funny and perfectly peculiar world of Aussie animal mums and dads, and their awesome kids.

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