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Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, including one full page and a cartoon, about the Gamboa family

Album of newspaper cuttings relating to the Gamboa family from the Papers of the Gamboa family, 1949–99, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn997866

Gamboa: A family defined by race
11 Dec 2024

Follow the story of Lorenzo Gamboa and his fight to return to his Australian-born wife and children after his deportation in 1946. 

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Sappho Hildegard von Bingen Aphra Behn rare books
Great female writers of centuries past: Sappho to Aphra Behn
15 Dec 2023

Explore early women writers in the Library's rare books collections up to the year 1700.

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interior stacks oral history fellowship Alice Garner 2023
Have you heard about Mavis Robertson?
13 Mar 2024

NLA Fellow Dr Alice Garner recently dove into the oral history collection to explore the remarkable life and legacy of Mavis Robertson AM.

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Man with brown hair and a grey and brown beard sitting at a table with a large map spread over it
Historical trauma, hidden Christianity and world heritage
25 Mar 2024

Hear from NLA Fellow Dr Gwyn McClelland about his research and time at the Library.

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The National Library of Australia building at dusk, lit up with colourful projections.
Home: Enlighten 2024 at the National Library
01 Mar 2024

Learn about our Enlighten 2024 illuminations and find your home at your National Library.

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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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Michael Raditya standing in the Main Reading Room and smiling

2025 Asia Study Grant recipient, Mr Michael Haryo Bagus Raditya

Indonesian dangdut music: Evolution, connections, perception
01 May 2025

Learn about how 2025 Asia Study Grant recipient Michael Raditya used the Library's collection grow his research on the Indonesian music genre dangdut.

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Dr Tets Kimura smiling and sitting at a table in the Special Collections Reading Room with material relating to Japanese fashion spread out in front of him

2023 National Library of Australia Fellow, Dr Tets Kimura

Japanese fashion: History, evolution, influences and meaning
27 Nov 2024

Hear from Dr Tets Kimura about his research, his time at the Library and what he’s doing next.

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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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A woman stands in a classroom gesturing at piles of readers laid out on the tables in the classroom.

Vivien Johnson, Charlotte Phillipus in the Papunya School’s Luritja Piipa in May 2010, courtesy of the photographer.

New book, Wangka Wakaṉutja: The Story of the Papunya Literature Production Centre
16 Mar 2026

Explore the remarkable achievements of the Papunya community to record and teach their language and culture.

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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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Bill Mihalopoulos
Q&A with 2021 National Library Fellow Dr Bill Mihalopoulos
11 Apr 2023

We spoke to Dr Bill Mihalopoulos about his research using the Harold S Williams collection and time at the Library. 

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