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A variety of recently donated 2025 election campaign material laid out on a table.

Recently donated 2025 election campaign material.

Records of democracy: Federal election campaign material
30 Apr 2025

Learn about the federal election ephemera collection and how you can contribute.

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Black and white photo of two women, Dorothy Tangney and Enid Lyons, walking together towards the entrance of Old Parliament House

Photo of Dorothy Tangney and Enid Lyons entering Parliament House in 1943, from the Papers of Dorothy Margaret Tangney, 1938-1986, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3190082597

'They gave me a marvellous reception': Australian women, democracy and the 1943 Federal Election
13 Sep 2024

Explore the papers of three women involved in the 1943 Federal Election: Enid Lyons, Dorothy Tangney and Jessie Street.

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Illustration from 'The Little Refugee' by Anh Do featuring a young boy, who is smiling nervously, and a young girl who looks fridgtened

Illustration from The Little Refugee by Anh Do with Suzanne Do; illustrated by Bruce Whatley, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn5350411

2019 blogs
31 Dec 2019

Explore our blogs from 2019, captured by the Australian Web Archive.

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Detail of the cover of Miles Franklin's 'My Brillirant Career' which features a women on a horse herding sheep

Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career (detail), 1901, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1666224

2020 blogs
31 Dec 2020

Explore our blogs from 2020, captured by the Australian Web Archive.

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Manuscript map of Guangdong

Manuscript map of Guangdong: [Chaozhou fu: Chenghai - Chaoyang - Huilai - Nanao Dao fang yu tu], (1850), nla.gov.au/nla.obj-230559800

2021 blogs
31 Dec 2021

Explore our blogs from 2021, captured by the Australian Web Archive.

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Book cover of The Woman in the Library with annotations reading murder mystery, unlikely friendships, thrilling, unexpected ending and story within a story, next to a photo of the National Library Reading Room

Don't look up: the National Library's main reading room; and The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

2022 blogs
31 Dec 2022

Explore our blogs from 2022, captured by the Australian Web Archive.

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Richard Flanagan book being opened

Special presentation copy of The Narrow Road to the Deep North, London: Chatto & Windus, 2014. Image: National Library of Australia

2022 new collection item highlights
10 Jan 2023

Find out about some of the new items that were added to our collections during 2022.

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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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Bondi surf bathers life saving club community heritage grant recipient 2021

Members of the Bondi Surf Bathers’ Life Saving Club in training with a surf reel, 1939. Image courtesy of the BSBLSC.

30 years of Community Heritage Grants
22 Mar 2024

Celebrate three decades of CHG and learn about just a few of the organisations it has supported over the years.

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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 friends watch Rugby World Cup 2003 from the Rocks

Ben Rushton, Three friends in the crowd at the Rocks watching the last minutes of the live telecast of the Rugby World Cup final in 2003, nla.obj-148690668

And the crowd goes wild
19 Jul 2023

Dive into our sporting photography collections with this selection crowds that have showed up to support their favourite athletes.

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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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