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Dr Jorien van Beukering sitting at a table with books across it.

2024 National Library of Australia Scholar Dr Jorien van Beukering

Exploring the unacknowledged children of Colonial Indonesia with Dr Jorien van Beukering
04 Nov 2025

Hear from one of our 2024 National Library of Australia Scholars about her research in the Indonesian collection. 

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Two newspaper front covers in a display case. The headline on both reads, 'Vietnam waifs fly in'.
Elaine Moir: ‘The waif smuggler’ during the Vietnam War
27 Oct 2025

Exploring 1975: The Vietnam War and Operation Babylift

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Man, Professor Robin Gerster, smiling and sitting at a table in the Special Collections Reading Room with manuscipt material in front of him

2024 National Library of Australia Fellow Professor Robin Gerster

Working with HS Williams
23 Oct 2025

Learn about National Library Fellow Professor Robin Gerster's research into the life of historian Harold S. Williams and Williams' historical research in Japan.

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Seven librarians of the National Library sitting or standing around a table talking, smiling and looking at laptops
Researching your family history remotely: Discovering the Library’s eResources
08 Oct 2025

Online genealogy resources make it easier than ever to dive into your family history from the comfort of home. 

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Group of Papua New Guineans in traditional dress, including feathered headpieces, at the Independence Day Celebration.

Terence and Margaret Spencer, Independence Day Celebration, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 1975, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-145645567

Papua New Guinea: 50 years of Independence
16 Sep 2025

Explore parliamentary debates relating to the Independence of Papua New Guinea.

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Action shot during a netball game as a women jumps up to prevent another from scoring

Rachel Bach, New South Wales player Jayda Grant preparing to shoot during the inaugural First Nations Netball Tournament, Melbourne, Victoria, 2024, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3433581878

Photographs of the inaugural First Nations netball tournament
20 Aug 2025

View photos from Australia's inaugural First Nations netball tournament, now in Trove.

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Illustration of a bunch of golden wattle

Ellis Rowan, Acacia pycnantha Benth., family Fabaceae, c. 1880, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-138784565

Australia’s hardcore flora
19 Aug 2025

Hear from author Tania McCartney about her mission to show young readers the secret superpowers of Australian plants.

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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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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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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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