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Rima Febriani sitting on an armchair in the Main Reading Room

Rima Febriani, 2025 National Library of Australia Asia Study Grant Scholar

The archive of desires: Tracing sexual knowledge in Indonesia
18 Jun 2026

Learn about National Library of Australia Asia Study Grant Scholar Rima Febriani’s research exploring how ideas about sexuality developed in postcolonial Indonesia.

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A woman with red hair and glasses holding a book with the fold out pages

Caitlin Hughes, 2025 National Library of Australia Scholar

Regional identity and contemporary expression in Eastern Indonesian arts
15 Jun 2026

Learn about 2025 National Library of Australia Scholar Caitlin Hughes’ research into interdisciplinary art in Indonesia. 

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A watercolour painting showing a view of bushland through a gap in a rock wall

Watercolour painting by Eirene Mort

How a photograph inspired a biography
03 Jun 2026

Sylvia Martin has spent decades writing about women who lived in the early part of the 20th century. Find out how a photograph sparked the inspiration for the subject of her latest biography Double Act.

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A man in a blue shirt leaning over a desk with papers and books

Dr Matthew Lamb, 2026 National Library of Australia Fellow

A ramble through the mind of an adolescent
28 May 2026

Learn about National Library of Australia Fellow Dr Matthew Lamb’s research into the life and juvenilia of legendary Australian writer Frank Moorhouse.

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A woman in a grey jacket with a pink and black undershirt holding sepia collection material in the Special Collections Reading Room at the National Library of Australia

Stephanie Lee, 2025 National Library of Australia Scholar

Improving desert fire management with culturally directed science
19 May 2026

Learn about 2025 National Library of Australia Scholar Stephanie Lee’s research into Indigenous rangers' "right-way" fire practices.

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A man wearing an orange jumper while holding photographs in his hands in the Library's Special Collections Reading Room

Dr Samuel White, 2025 National Library of Australia Fellow

Keeping the Peace of the Realm
13 May 2026

Learn about 2026 National Library of Australia Fellow Dr Samuel White's research into the historical use of military call-outs and the decision-making processes behind deploying troops in Australia.

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A braille alphabet chart. Each letter of the alphabet is in a large white circle with the corresponding braille code for that letter below it. The background of the chart is blue.

Braille Alphabet, courtesy Braille House

Community Heritage Grant: Braille House
01 May 2026

Learn about Braille House's journey through the Community Heritage Grants program.

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Yellow poster with the black and white image of a group of children on pavement outside a building with the sign 'Murawina' on it, picture is captioned 'Aboriginal pre-school, Sydney, NSW', above the image the poster is titled 'Just this? - or Justice' in large font, underneath the image at the bottom of the poster says 'National Aborigines Week 7-13 July 1975', in the bottom right hand corner in tiny font is signed 'National Aborigines Day Observance Committee'

Designed by an unknown artist, Just This? — Or Justice: National Aborigines Week, 1975, https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/3044575

50 years of NAIDOC
13 Mar 2026

Breakfasts, bold voices, and a groundbreaking poster: step inside the first-ever NAIDOC Week in 1975 and meet the community of women who transformed a local children’s program into a national call for justice.

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Black and white photo of Miriam Hyde sitting at a piano

David Franklin, Portrait of Miriam Hyde, 1988, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136237933

Uncovering her story: Digitised collections of influential Australian women
27 Feb 2026

Explore the papers and collections of remarkable Australian women online.

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A woman stands on the right-hand side of this image holding a cleaning tool and applying it to a plaque. A man is on the left-hand side watching the cleaning process.

Associate Professor Nicole Tse undertaking some test cleaning of a plaque while Michael Lam looks on

Community Heritage Grant: See Yup Society
18 Feb 2026

Learn about the See Yup Temple, recipient of a 2025 Community Heritage Grant.

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Woman with dark hair, Suprawee (Earn) Asanasak, standing in the stacks of the Library smiling and holding a book

2024 Asia Study Grant recipient Miss Suprawee (Earn) Asanasak

Painting a picture of 19th and 20th century Thai law
18 Feb 2026

Hear about Suprawee (Earn) Asanasak 2024 Asia Study Grant research. 

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Women holding placards and protesting in the street

John McKinnon, Women carry placards at the International Women’s Day march, Melbourne, 1975, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-137045864, Courtesy of the Australian Information Service

Celebrating International Women's Day: A look back to International Women's Year
12 Feb 2026

This International Women's Day we take a look back at International Women's Year and the feminist movement in 1975.

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