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What's On in March 2026 at the National Library
19 Feb 2026

Our March event program brings science, history, biography and art to the Library, along with a healthy sprinkle of Shakespeare.

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Side by side images of Patricia Clarke, on the left she is seated facing a microphone. On the right she is using a typewriter.

(L) Dr Clarke being interviewed at her home in 2022 for the Bold Types podcast; (R) Dr Clarke working for the News and Information Bureau c.1955

Vale Dr Patricia Clarke
11 Mar 2026

The National Library of Australia notes the recent passing of Dr Patricia Clarke – writer, historian, editor and trailblazing journalist.

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Multiple photographs, including portraits of Jim Sharman and portrait of Magenta from Rocky Horror Picture Show pasted onto a single page in a visual diary

Visual Diary 5 - Photo Portraits in Papers of Jim Sharman, c.1970s, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3652108145

“It’s Astounding”: The Legacy of Frank van Straten AM
02 Dec 2025

With a generous bequest from Frank van Straten AM, the Library has brought Jim Sharman’s visual diaries and an original Rocky Horror Picture Show script online for the 50th anniversary of the film’s release.

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Photograph of employees at BHP steelworks viewed through a cast steel tilting frame of a slag post.

Frank Hurley, BHP Steelworks, Newcastle, 1950, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-159226742

“A symphony in stone that will long be remembered”: Around Australia with Frank Hurley
12 Mar 2025

Learn about iconic photographer and film maker Frank Hurley and explore some of his photographs from around Australia.

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Old newspapers form the background, with bright red letters reading 'Bold Types' on top.

The Bold Types Podcast.

​​New National Library of Australia Bold Types podcast​
19 Apr 2024

The voices of Australia’s gutsy women journalists are being brought to life in a new season of the National Library of Australia’s podcast, Bookmark This.  

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Rows of desks and computers in the Library's Main Reading Room. A large globe is in the foreground.
​​National Library of Australia and Trove systems affected by user credential harvesting​
23 Jan 2023

The Australian Cyber Security Centre has advised the National Library of Australia that a small number of National Library and Trove login credentials were involved in a data breach.

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Black and white photo of a man sitting on a balcony railing near the ocean, looking into a very long telescope

Fairfax Corporation, Signal Master Alf Gibson looking through a telescope at the South Head Signal Station, Sydney, 28 July 1927, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-163109733

 

​​Mike Bowers curating exhibition of Fairfax Photo Archive images at the National Library of Australia​
28 Jan 2025

The Library has invited renowned Australian photojournalist Mike Bowers to select favourite images from the Fairfax Photo Archive for a new exhibition.

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A man in cricket whites and a hat holding a cricket stump and looking upwards.

Steve Holland,  Australian cricketer Shane Warne holding a cricket ball and stump at the end of the Fourth Test of the Ashes Series, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, 28 December 2006 [detail], nla.gov.au/nla.obj-137980452

​​Grit & Gold: Tales from a Sporting Nation kicks off at the National Library of Australia​ 
06 Jun 2023

Every weekend sporting contests around the country generate stories that we tell and retell.

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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

​​Fellowships 2026: Explore, question, discover and share​
17 Mar 2025

Applications for 2026 National Library of Australia Fellowships and Creative Arts Fellowships open on 17 March 2025.

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Three pieces of ephemera from the 2023 Referendum

A selection of publicly donated referendum items in our collection.

​​Collecting the 2023 Referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice​
24 May 2023

The National Library of Australia is calling on all Australians to help collect campaign material from the 2023 Referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.

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Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station 1969

Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station, 1969, trove.nla.gov.au/work/231236532

Writing a history of Australian communication
21 Sep 2023

Hear from Hugh Tranter, author of Southern Signals, about the history of Australian communication technology.

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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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