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Hand holding an old notebook with handwritten text. In the background is a stack of books and an old map.

Echoes of bushranging days, 1821, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2744957

Announcing the recipients of the 2025 National Library of Australia Fellowships, Scholarships and Asia Study Grants
26 Nov 2024

The National Library has announced the 23 recipients of National Library of Australia Fellowships, Scholarships, Creative Arts Fellowships and Asia Study Grants in 2025.

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Upcoming scheduled online maintenance
21 Nov 2024

The National Library is undertaking scheduled online maintenance on 29 - 30 November and 7 - 8 December 2025.

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Stack of books, some with Christmas themes, with a greeting card that reads 'Merry Christmas' and a candy cane ornament
What’s On in December 2024 and January 2025 at the National Library
19 Nov 2024

Start planning your summer with events happening at the National Library.

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Zoe Smith, an NLA Scholar, sitting at a table in the Main Reading Room with a pile of books and smiling

2024 National Library Scholar Zoe Smith in the Main Reading Room

Uncovering the voices that shaped cultural understandings of domestic violence
18 Nov 2024

Learn about the research of 2024 National Library Scholar Zoe Smith and what she found during her time at the Library.

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Illustration of different types of birds, including a cockatoo and kingfisher, sitting on branches

Ellis Rowan & Geo. Murray & Co., Australian birds, c. 1890, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136190048

Paradise of birds
15 Nov 2024

See some of the many talented bird artists from the 19th and 20th centuries in our collection.

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Text from an old newspaper that reads 'The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots. A True Story of Slavery, Showing That Brutality is inseparable from Slavery, That the Constitution of the United States of America is the Bulwark of American Slavery, That the only hope of abolition of Slavery is in separation from the Union. By a Fugitive Slave.'

THE UNITED STATES GOVERNED BY SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DESPOTS., Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875), 25 April 1855, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60178733

Rediscovering the firsthand account of a fugitive slave
13 Nov 2024

Find out how a powerful newspaper article written in 1855 by a fugitive slave was re-published into a book and added to our collection.

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Glass x-ray bulbs/tubes laid on teal velvet in a wooden box

Cold Cathode Xray Tubes 1896, Royal Perth Hospital Museum

2024 Community Heritage Grant Recipients
12 Nov 2024

We’re pleased to announce that 55 community-led organisations will receive a Community Heritage Grant (CHG) in 2024.

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Black and white photo of a classroom full of women in nursing uniforms listening to the teachers at the front of the room who are standing in front of a blackboard and near an anatomical chart

Photograph of an anatomical chart in use in the Senior Classroom at Royal Perth Hospital, 1955, Royal Perth Hospital Museum.

2024 Community Heritage Grant recipients announced
12 Nov 2024

55 community-led organisations have received a 2024 Community Heritage Grant.

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Three young girls in white summer dresses and hats sitting at a cafe table

Harold Cazneaux, Rainbow, Jean and Beryl Cazneaux sitting at a table outside a cafe, 1914?, nla.obj-144139251

Summer opening hours 2024
04 Nov 2024

Thinking of visiting the Library around Christmas or New Year's Day? Plan your visit with our summer opening hours, from Monday 23 December 2024 to Wednesday 1 January 2025.

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Cover detail from the front cover of the book 'Dog Beach' showing dogs playing on a beach
What’s on in November 2024 at the National Library
22 Oct 2024

Rare instruments, a creative love story and celebrating dogs – there really is something for everyone at the Library this month!

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An old black and white map of the Sunda Strait decorated with pictures of navigational symbols, landmarks and ships

Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer, Afconterfeytinge van die strate oft engde van Sunda, tusschen Sumatra en Iava in Oost Indien, als oock die baye oft rede voor Bantam die hooft-stadt van Iava, tesamen met alle hare eylanden, clippen, ondiepten en sanden, alles nae t' leven net afgetogen, c.1602, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3444422116

Rare 1602 map of the Sunda Strait
21 Oct 2024

A very rare chart of the Sunda Strait – located between the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java – from 1602 has recently been added to our collection.

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Dr Jo Langdon standing and leaning on a table in the Special Collections Reading Room with a Royal Perth Hospital Nurses uniform worn including a red cape and two pilot's helmets and goggles on it

Dr Jo Langdon with Royal Perth Hospital Nurses uniform worn including a red cape from the Papers of Robin Miller Dicks, 1943-1978, nla.cat-vn4456021, and Air pilot's cap and goggles owned by Freda Thompson, c. 1934, nla.obj-139636320

Re-presenting Australian female pilots through poetry
09 Oct 2024

Hear from Dr Jo Langdon about her research and experience as a 2024 Creative Arts Fellow.

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