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Summer opening hours 2025
06 Nov 2025

Check our opening hours between 22 December 2025 and 1 January 2025 when planning your visit this holiday season. 

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A display of items from the Adelaide Repertory Theatre collection including a mannequin wearing a costume and framed photographs hanging on a wall.
2025 Community Heritage Grant recipients
05 Nov 2025

We’re pleased to announce that 50 community-led organisations will receive a Community Heritage Grant (CHG) in 2025.

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2025 Community Heritage Grant recipients announced
05 Nov 2025

50 community organisations receive a 2025 Community Heritage Grant.

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Dr Jorien van Beukering sitting at a table with books across it.

2024 National Library of Australia Scholar Dr Jorien van Beukering

Exploring the unacknowledged children of Colonial Indonesia with Dr Jorien van Beukering
04 Nov 2025

Hear from one of our 2024 National Library of Australia Scholars about her research in the Indonesian collection. 

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Two newspaper front covers in a display case. The headline on both reads, 'Vietnam waifs fly in'.
Elaine Moir: ‘The waif smuggler’ during the Vietnam War
27 Oct 2025

Exploring 1975: The Vietnam War and Operation Babylift

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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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Australian Cyclists riding through a village, the street lined by spectators, during the Tour de France bicycle race, 1928, nla.obj-150936915 
 

What's On in November 2025 at the National Library
21 Oct 2025

Music, theatre, cycling, photography and much more happening at the Library this November.

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Tanya Hosch appointed to the National Library of Australia Council
10 Oct 2025

The National Library of Australia is delighted to welcome Tanya Hosch to its Council.

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Researching your family history remotely: Discovering the Library’s eResources
08 Oct 2025

Online genealogy resources make it easier than ever to dive into your family history from the comfort of home. 

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Book cover featuring an abstract work by artist J.W. Power
Study of avant-garde artist J.W. Power to be released by NLA Publishing
02 Oct 2025

The remarkable and little-known story of Australia's most accomplished artist of the interwar European avant-garde.

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Katherine Bennell-Pegg standing next to plant samples in a lab

Louise Whelan, Portrait of Katherine Bennell-Pegg for the Women in the space industry pictures collecting project, Adelaide, South Australia, 2024, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3445292386

Women in the Space Industry collection launched online
01 Oct 2025

Explore oral histories and portraits of trailblazing Australian women working in the space industry.

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Book cover with the title 'This is Us' in large white text, the subtitle 'Essential Australian Poems for Young People' is red text and illustrations of Australian children on an orange background
This is Us: an essential addition to every young person's bookshelf
01 Oct 2025

New poetry collection from NLA Publishing is an essential addition to every young person’s bookshelf.

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