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Hot air balloon flying over a huge lake and desert area that stretches out towards the horizon at dawn

Andrew Chapman, Hot air ballooning over Lake Eyre when the lake is in flood, South Australia, 30 June 2010, nla.obj-138042325

Natural wonders around Australia

17 Jan 2024

Explore natural landmarks including lakes, caves, beaches and forests around Australia with the Library's collection.

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Frank Hurley - Streaming through ice.jpg

Frank Hurley, Steaming through light pack-ice, passage is very slow, some hundreds of miles were passed through, [Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911 - 1914], nla.gov.au/nla.obj-141792618

NLA Publishing to release a remarkable interpretation of Frank Hurley’s Antarctic diaries

11 Jan 2024

A new title from NLA Publishing combines daily snapshots from Australian photographic pioneer Frank Hurley’s Antarctic diaries into a moving documentary poetry collage.

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A watercolour image from 1827 of an echidna. This depiction is not accurate with what we know echidnas to look like in real life.

An early picture of an echidna

11 Jan 2024

An 1827 illustration of an echidna has recently been added to our collection.

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Large wall of bookshelves with hundreds of colourful books

Indie publishing: your book in our collection

11 Jan 2024

If you are considering independently publishing your book, learn how to get your published book into the Library's collection.

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Pink book with floral imagery and text reading 'Thursdays at Orange Blossom House' and 'Sophie Green' being held up in front of a book display. Annotations surrounding the book read 'warm feelings', 'emotive and vivid writing', 'set in tropical Queensland' and 'friendship and family'

Thursdays at Orange Blossom House by Sophie Green

Staff picks for summer reading

09 Jan 2024

The librarians of the National Library have put together their top picks for summer holiday reading.

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A screenshot of Jane Austen's letter to her sister Cassandra on the right-hand side of the screen. The handwritten text correction panel is showing on the left-hand side.

Jane Austen’s handwritten letter to her sister Cassandra (dated 11 June 1799) is one of the items now available for text correction, thanks to technology that converts handwriting into text in Trove, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-229629481

Their words in your hands…

08 Jan 2024

Unlocking the words of Captain Cook, Jane Austen, Banjo Patterson and other famous and everyday people is now possible thanks to technology that converts handwriting into text in Trove.

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Woman with brown hair and eyes, wearing a brown sweater, sitting at a desk in the Special Collection Reading Room, smiling at the camera. On the desk in front of her is an old book of music.

Behind the curtain of Australian classical music

05 Jan 2024

Explore the cultural politics of Australian art music with 2023 National Library of Australia Scholar Stephanie Shon.

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Man and woman in fancy dress in front of a train station at night, with text reading 'in town tonight ... by train'

Public domain 2024

02 Jan 2024

See some of the creative works from our collections have come out of copyright and into the public domain this year.

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A watercolour illustration of an emu standing on one leg next to a nest of teal eggs

A watercolour illustration from Have You Seen My egg?

2023 media releases

31 Dec 2023

Explore our media releases from 2023, captured by the Australian Web Archive.

Media release

A black and white image of a man holding a microphone on a stand with 2 hands. He is holding the mic close to his mouth and has his eyes shut. He is wearing a black t-shirt and jeans.

Leigh Henningham, Brian Johnson, lead vocalist with AC/DC performing during the Back in Black Tour, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Victoria, 27-28 February, 1981, nla.obj-3128575954

2023 news

31 Dec 2023

Explore our news articles from 2023, captured by the Australian Web Archive.

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