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Russian lessons on 'Australian' swimming

A 1913 Russian brochure on teaching the 'Australian method' of swimming has recently been added to our collection.

Rediscovering the firsthand account of a fugitive slave

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.

Redeveloped Catalogue

The redeveloped Catalogue is now live.

Rare broadsides announcing the formation of South Australia

Learn about two broadsides recently added to our collection. 

Rare 1602 map of the Sunda Strait

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.

Public domain 2024

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

Public domain 2023

Every year, on 1 January, creative works come out of copyright and into the public domain.

'Praiseworthy' by Alexis Wright shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award

The Library nominated Praiseworthy for this significant prize.

Photographs of the anti-fashion Rational Dress Movement

The Library has recently acquired 3 photographs from a Rational Dress Movement picnic in 1895.

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