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A stack of books showing the spines of selected titles shortlisted for the 2025 Prime Minister's Literary Awards

A selection of titles shortlisted for the 2025 Prime Minister's Literary Awards

What’s On in September 2025 at the National Library

26 Aug 2025

September is a month for reflection and learning at the Library.

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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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Two men, Wilfred Burchett and Mao Zedong sitting at a small table and talking over a meal

Wilfred Burchett and Mao Zedong, c.1960, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6449149

Wilfred Burchett: A firebrand of Australian journalism

21 May 2025

With support from Principal Patron Jane Hemstritch AO, Wilfred Burchett’s papers have been made available on Trove.

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A black-and-white group photo of participants from the Asian Lesbian and Gay Pride Group at the 1994 Mardi Gras. The group wears theatrical costumes with fans and headpieces, posing together with smiling faces, showcasing cultural pride and creative expression.

William Yang, Asian Lesbian and Gay Pride Group at Mardi Gras, 1993, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-146597233

William Yang: Documenting Mardi Gras

19 Dec 2023

Learn about one of Australia's great storytellers and his photography documenting Australia’s most fabulous parade.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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