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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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A woman smiling with collection material in the National Library's Special Collections Reading Room

2025 National Library of Australia Creative Arts Fellow, Julie Gough

Fellowships 2027: Explore, question, discover and share
23 Feb 2026

Applications for 2027 National Library of Australia Fellowships and Creative Arts Fellowships open on 23 February 2026.

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Eleven people posed for a photo under the National Library's exterior colonnade.

Summer Scholars, NLA Fellows and Asia Study Grant recipients in residence at the National Library in February 2022.

Fellowships 2024: see your research come together
02 Mar 2023

Applications for 2024 National Library of Australia Fellowships, Creative Arts Fellowships and the Folk Fellowship open on 3 March 2023.

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Celia Craig, a woman with very short brown hair, smiling and holding large book of sheet music with the title 'Symphonic Overture'
Exploring the letters of legendary musician Miriam Hyde with Celia Craig
11 Sep 2024

Read about Creative Arts Fellow Celia Craig's experience of exploring the papers of musician Miriam Hyde.

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Man with short black hair and black glasses in a short-sleeved checkered shirt smiling and sitting at a desk with a Chinese language newspaper on it
Exploring the experiences of Chinese migrants in Australia
27 Feb 2024

Using the Library’s English and Chinese language material, Dr Yao-Tai Li set out to examine the daily experiences of Chinese migrants since the 1970s.

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An image of a man leaning on one arm and looking to the left. The image has a pink colour wash over it.

Tim Ross

Events happening in October 2023 at the National Library
27 Sep 2023

We are blooming with events for you to attend this October.

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A headshot of a man with white hair and wearing glasses.

Professor Glyn Davis AC

Events happening in November 2023 at the National Library
26 Oct 2023

Attend our events and learn something new this November.

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2021 National Library of Australia Fellow Dr Anna Dziedzic
Early constitutions: A new wave of governance
07 Sep 2023

Hear from Dr Anna Dziedzic about her experience as a 2021 National Library Fellow and her research about the movement of constitution texts and ideas across Oceania.

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Four ballet dancers posing with their arms out and leaning in various directions

Bodenwieser Ballet performance of Blue Danube Waltz, with Moira Claux, Elaine Vallance, Nina Bascolo and Biruta Apens, 1953, nla.obj-234841849

Capturing movement: Dance photography and Gertrud Bodenwieser
11 Apr 2024

Explore the dance style of Gertrud Bodenwieser through photographs with 2023 National Library Fellow Wesley Lim.

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Woman, Jacinta Mackay, sitting in front of a window looking into the Main Reading Room with a large globe on the other side

2024 National Library of Australia Scholar Jacinta Mackay

Bridging the gap between history and culturally safe nursing
16 Dec 2024

Learn about Jacinta Mackay's NLA Scholarship research using the Bringing Them Home oral history recordings.

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2023 NLA Fellow Dr Adam Sundberg, 26 May 2023
Below the surface: Marine bio invaders
13 Jul 2023

Dr Adam Sundberg talks about his experience studying the environmental effects of marine bioinvasions through the study of ballast water.

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Seven women in the Australian soccer uniform all cheering and hugging one another.

A section of the cover of 'The Matilda Effect'

August 2023 at the National Library
27 Jul 2023

Escape the cold this August and get involved with activities run by the National Library.

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