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Book cover with blue text reading 'The Snow Wombat' and an illustration of a wombat walking through snow on a bright cloudless day

Susannah Chambers, The snow wombat, 2016, nla.cat-vn7049949

What to read this winter
27 Jun 2024

Get some winter book recommendations to suit all reading moods.

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Smiling woman with short black hair and a fringe sitting at a table where several black and white photos of a woman are spread out
Researching a biography of scriptwriter and playwright Eleanor Witcombe
24 Jun 2024

Learn about the fascinating career of Eleanor Witcombe with 2023 National Library Fellow and biographer Eleanor Hogan.

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A small globe positioned to show Australia and it's shagreen case

John Cary, William Cary and Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, Cary's pocket globe agreeable to the latest discoveries, 1791, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-234207821

Around the world: Maps and globes at the Library
20 Jun 2024

Enjoy a glimpse of the Library's extensive maps collection.

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Special collections reading room Sam Wallman 2023 creative arts fellow
The Pink Bans: Labour union activism and LGBTIQA+ rights
13 Jun 2024

Hear from comics-journalist, cartoonist and 2023 Creative Arts Fellow Sam Wallman about his research at the Library.

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Woman wearing a dot print shirt, glasses and a black head scarf holding some booklets in an aisle of shelves

2024 Asia Study Grant recipient Dr Anita Dewi

Libraries in Indonesia: Definitions, regulation and evolution
05 Jun 2024

Learn about the research of 2024 Asia Study Grant recipient Dr Anita Dewi.

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interior - stacks legal deposit crime magnifying glass
Arresting scenery: Capturing time and place in crime fiction writing
23 May 2024

Explore some of the crime-fiction reads in the collection and how they can help readers learn more about Australian culture, history and place.

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Artistic image of a blonde woman with light eyes smiling slightly in front of a pink and orange background

Image of a model on the cover of Vogue Australia magazine

A brief look into the history of Australian fashion
17 May 2024

Strut down the catwalk of Australian fashion history with the Library’s collection.

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Three colourful advertisements, including a board game, photoshopped on a black and white background

James, Billy & Swallow & Ariell Ltd., Cut yourself a piece of cake and make yourself at home, 1923, nla.obj-178550052. MacRobertson (Firm) issuing body & Specialty Press, MacRobertson's Max-Mints alphabet book (Melbourne, Vic), 1927, nla.obj-278715145. Sanitarium Health Food Company, Wheat-convoy, c.1940, nla.obj-498265913.

Wacky, weird and wonderful marketing
14 May 2024

Dive into the world of wacky advertising from decades past.

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Title page of the musical score for Mozart's Marriage of Figaro

W.A. Mozart (1756–1791), Boosey and Sons’ Complete Edition of Mozart’s Opera, Figaro, for Voice and Pianoforte, with English and Italian Words, London: Boosey and Sons, 1854–1864, Hince Collection (Music), MUS Hince 2 collection M 76, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn8596647

Figaro!
02 May 2024

Searching for the 18th-century character in the Library's rare books and music collections.

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Rows of very tall, large bookshelves (stacks) in a warehouse

The National Library of Australia’s Hume storage repository.

The history of legal deposit: Sixteenth century France to the Library today
24 Apr 2024

Learn about the evolution of legal deposit and how it works in Australia today.

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Two costume designs, one for a man the other for a woman, with annotations. The man's costume features a blue and green shirt with puffy sleeves, a brown vest, boots, a blue hat and an optional blue cloak. The woman's costume is an orange gown with a small headpiece.

Costume and set sketches - Twelfth Night, 1968, from the papers of Kristian Fredrikson, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3139276048

Kristian Fredrikson costume designs for the plays of William Shakespeare
18 Apr 2024

Explore the crossover of two masters of their crafts with these beautiful sketches and designs.

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Sepia toned photo of soldiers sitting in a trench writing letters

J.P. Campbell, Writing in the trenches, [Anzac soldiers sit in their shelters in the trench and write letters home, June? 1915], nla.obj-146168464

Letters to home from the First and Second World Wars
16 Apr 2024

Take a look at some of the letters sent from overseas to friends and family back in Australia during the First and Second World Wars.

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