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Cover of children's book 'Ayaiga: Neighbour and Hero'

The remarkable story of Alawa man Ayaiga celebrated in new book

15 Jan 2026

New narrative non-fiction book for children released by NLA Publishing.

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Hand drawn costume designs of characters for The Girls of Gottenberg

Album of costume designs for a production of Carmen up to data, ca. 1892, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1906313 and Costume designs for The Girls of Gottenberg, c. 1910, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-133118274

Announcing the recipients of the 2026 National Library of Australia Fellowships, Scholarships and Creative Arts Fellowship

14 Jan 2026

Congratulations to the 17 recipients of National Library of Australia Fellowships, Scholarships and Creative Arts Fellowship in 2026. 

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Detailed illustration of a 2 storey brick house with a woman at the front door, and people walking along the path out front

Hardy Wilson, House in Campbell Street, Hobart, 1916, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-147889204

Public Domain Day 2026

02 Jan 2026

Read about works and manuscripts in our collection that are now in the public domain.

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A photograph of the Library’s Treasures Gallery. The William Shakespeare display is on the left-hand side of the image. The Fred Ward card catalogue is on the right-hand side of the image.

National Library of Australia Treasures Gallery.

Welcome to Treasures 2025

12 Dec 2025

Explore our new Treasures Gallery exhibition opening Saturday 13 December.

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detail of cover of Air travel and holiday with illustration of two women driving a car past some boats

Cover of Air travel and holiday, vol. 1, No. 3 (cropped), March 1948, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3997211269

Destination Trove: Travel magazines now online

12 Dec 2025

Pack your bags for a trip through new travel serials, now on Trove.

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detail of illustration of crowd listening to a man on stage

Hume-Cook, James, Liberal, Division of Bourke, VIC (detail), 1910, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3548960192

Australian democracy finds a home on Trove

04 Dec 2025

Explore election ephemera from 1901 to 1970s, now online.

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A stack of old papers and reports spread over a desk.

Annual reports from the Adelaide Repertory Theatre collections.

Community Heritage Grant: Adelaide Repertory Theatre

03 Dec 2025

Learn about the Adelaide Repertory Theatre, recipient of a 2025 Community Heritage Grant.

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Three objects lie across this image on a black background. A card box, three playing cards with fortunes written on them, and an instruction sheet.

Zinga Lee and M.P. (Marmion Percy) Adams, Zinga Lee fortune-telling by cards, by the original Zinga Lee, 1900, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6891115

Where are the books?

03 Dec 2025

New Treasures Gallery exhibition answers some of our frequently asked questions.

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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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