Dr Eleanor Hogan presented a lecture on her 2023 National Library Fellowship research into the brilliant career of award-winning dramatist and scriptwriter Eleanor Witcombe.

This special concert performance salutes our 70th anniversary as custodian of Australia's folksong heritage and oral history.

We examined the arrival and early practice of photography in the Australian colonies.

The Library and Story Dogs presented a family day to celebrate the launch of the National Library’s latest picture book, Dog Beach.

A special screening of the award-winning documentary The Last Daughter.

A special National Reconciliation Week screening of the documentary Still We Rise (2022, 59 mins, unclassified).

The Friends of the Library delve into the craft of writing a biography with Troy Bramston.

The Friends of the National Library invited Dianna Nixon of Music Theatre Projects Ltd to share her 9 year journey uncovering the life and work of the playwright, Millicent Armstrong.

Comedian and self-proclaimed architecture nerd Tim Ross picked up the microphone to bring to life his acclaimed ABC TV series with a brand new stage show, somewhat predictably titled, Designing a Legacy Live 2023. 

A conversation of First Nations photographers with Uncle Mervyn Bishop, Prof. Wayne Quilliam, Aunty Barbara McGrady, Tiffany Garvie, Michael Jalaru Torres, and Tamati Smith.