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Hanho Times newspapers spread over a table, with focus on the 3-year anniversary issue
Now online: South Korean community newspaper the Hanho Times
29 Jan 2025

See some of the stories contained in the Hanho Times Korean community newsletter.

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Woman with curly hair standing in front of a wall of framed family photos in the Hopes and Fears exhibition
The family mantlepiece
28 Jan 2025

Learn about the mantlepiece display at the entrance to our Hopes and Fears: Australian Migration Stories exhibition.

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Photo of 'Dog Beach' author at the beach with her dog Banjo on a sunny day

Julie Murphy and her dog, Banjo, at the beach, courtesy of Julie Murphy

Down At the Dog Beach
15 Jan 2025

Learn more about the children's book Dog Beach and and important jobs that Aussie dogs have done over time.

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Black and white photo of damage to a caravan park about Cyclone Tracy, including several large tree branches on the ground and damaged caravans

Alan Dwyer, Caravan park in Darwin after Cyclone Tracy, December, 1974, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-148903604

Commemorating Cyclone Tracy through images and oral histories
08 Jan 2025

Fifty years on, see how the destruction and impact of Cyclone Tracy in Darwin 1974 is captured in our collection. 

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Man and woman in casual wear holding hands and laughing as they walk up the stairs towards the National Library entrance
2024 at the Library
19 Dec 2024

Before 2024 officially ends, let’s look back at some of the highlights of the year.

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Woman, Jacinta Mackay, sitting in front of a window looking into the Main Reading Room with a large globe on the other side

2024 National Library of Australia Scholar Jacinta Mackay

Bridging the gap between history and culturally safe nursing
16 Dec 2024

Learn about Jacinta Mackay's NLA Scholarship research using the Bringing Them Home oral history recordings.

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Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, including one full page and a cartoon, about the Gamboa family

Album of newspaper cuttings relating to the Gamboa family' from the Papers of the Gamboa family, 1949–99, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn997866

Gamboa: A family defined by race
11 Dec 2024

Follow the story of Lorenzo Gamboa and his fight to return to his Australian-born wife and children after his deportation in 1946. 

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Young woman, Maddie from NLA Publishing, standing in front of a wall of NLA Publishing books in the Bookshop

Maddie from NLA Publishing standing in front of the NLA Publishing section in the Bookshop

Christmas gift guide from NLA Publishing
28 Nov 2024

Get recommendations for the perfect gifts this holiday season from NLA Publishing.

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Dr Tets Kimura smiling and sitting at a table in the Special Collections Reading Room with material relating to Japanese fashion spread out in front of him

2023 National Library of Australia Fellow, Dr Tets Kimura

Japanese fashion: History, evolution, influences and meaning
27 Nov 2024

Hear from Dr Tets Kimura about his research, his time at the Library and what he’s doing next.

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Zoe Smith, an NLA Scholar, sitting at a table in the Main Reading Room with a pile of books and smiling

2024 National Library Scholar Zoe Smith in the Main Reading Room

Uncovering the voices that shaped cultural understandings of domestic violence
18 Nov 2024

Learn about the research of 2024 National Library Scholar Zoe Smith and what she found during her time at the Library.

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Illustration of different types of birds, including a cockatoo and kingfisher, sitting on branches

Ellis Rowan & Geo. Murray & Co., Australian birds, c. 1890, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136190048

Paradise of birds
15 Nov 2024

See some of the many talented bird artists from the 19th and 20th centuries in our collection.

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Dr Jo Langdon standing and leaning on a table in the Special Collections Reading Room with a Royal Perth Hospital Nurses uniform worn including a red cape and two pilot's helmets and goggles on it

Dr Jo Langdon with Royal Perth Hospital Nurses uniform worn including a red cape from the Papers of Robin Miller Dicks, 1943-1978, nla.cat-vn4456021, and Air pilot's cap and goggles owned by Freda Thompson, c. 1934, nla.obj-139636320

Re-presenting Australian female pilots through poetry
09 Oct 2024

Hear from Dr Jo Langdon about her research and experience as a 2024 Creative Arts Fellow.

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