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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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To the left of the image the illustrated film poster shows girls in flowing white dresses in front of a large rock formation. The right side of the image features the film title and credits and a drawing of a large house.

M.A.P.S. Lithography (1967–2009), Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975, National Film and Sound Archive, 1369712

Picnic at the Library
10 Feb 2026

Learn about our rich collections related to the Picnic at Hanging Rock film and to Joan Lindsay's 1967 book of the same name.

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Natasha Naidu standing at a desk behind a stack of books holding one open and smiling at the camera
Beyond the agreement: The regulation of Indian indentured labour in Fiji
09 Feb 2026

Learn about National Library of Australia Scholar Natasha Naidu's research into the regulation of Indian indentured labour in Fiji, 1879–1916.

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An illustration depicting a traditional Confucian story of filial piety.

A portion of the page featuring an illustration of a traditional Confucian story of filial piety from Oryun Haengsil, Volume 1, Image 163, 
nla.obj-3925957800. 

Hallyu and the Oryun Haengsil
28 Jan 2026

Learn more about the Library's exhibitions loan program, as Oryun Haengsil goes on display at Hallyu! The Korean Wave at the National Museum of Australia.

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There is a pond at the base of this image with manicured gardens stretching up the hill behind it. A semi-enclosed outdoor seating area sits halfway up the image on the right-hand side.

Part of the Cowra Japanese Garden and Cultural Centre.

Community Heritage Grant: Cowra Japanese Garden and Cultural Centre
27 Jan 2026

Learn about the Cowra Japanese Garden and Cultural Centre, recipient of a 2025 Community Heritage Grant.

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Part of the cover of children's book 'The Legend of Jessie Hickman' featuring a woman sitting on a horse, which is standing on its back legs, holding her hat up
On writing 'The Legend of Jessie Hickman'
08 Jan 2026

Author Mark Greenwood shares his process of writing NLA Publishing children’s title The Legend of Jessie Hickman.

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A photograph of the Library’s Treasures Gallery. The William Shakespeare display is on the left-hand side of the image. The Fred Ward card catalogue is on the right-hand side of the image.

National Library of Australia Treasures Gallery.

Welcome to Treasures 2025
12 Dec 2025

Explore our new Treasures Gallery exhibition opening Saturday 13 December.

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A stack of old papers and reports spread over a desk.

Annual reports from the Adelaide Repertory Theatre collections. 

Community Heritage Grant: Adelaide Repertory Theatre
03 Dec 2025

Learn about the Adelaide Repertory Theatre, recipient of a 2025 Community Heritage Grant.

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Two men kneel before rows of candles on the ground

William Yang, The last candle, AIDS vigil [The Domain, Sydney], 1994, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136864462

Hope is strength and I’m gonna fight
01 Dec 2025

Reflecting on the Australian response to AIDS Oral History Project.

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Group of 10 young children sitting under a Christmas tree with presents

Gypsy Pennefeather, Children under Christmas tree, 1995, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-143121718

Have yourself a merry Library Christmas
25 Nov 2025

Get in the holiday spirit with recipes, crafts, music and more from the collection.

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Prof. John Morrissey, 2025 National Library of Australia Stokes Fellow leaning on a table in one of the reading rooms.

Prof. John Morrissey, 2025 National Library of Australia Stokes Fellow

Human life in a wider ecosystem: Judith Wright and environmental action
24 Nov 2025

Learn about 2025 National Library of Australia Fellow John Morrissey's research into poet and environmentalist Judith Wright. 

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