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696 books and pamphlets relating to freshwater fishing mostly from Britain, as well as many from Australia, New Zealand and America.

3,300 books and serial issues in a range of languages relating to Asian and European literature, politics, history, religion and more. 

Hear Oxford academic Professor Emma Smith, the world’s leading Shakespeare scholar, discuss Shakespeare’s First Folio as part of its 400 year anniversary.

See Dr Kate Flaherty and actors from Bell Shakespeare explore the link between the books that inspired Shakespeare and Shakespeare's own work.

We held the third illustrated Shakespeare lecture and discovered the objects and stories that reveal how Shakespeare made landfall in Australia.  

Celebrate William Shakespeare's birthday with Shakespearean gems from the National Library's rare books collections.

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Explore how Second Wave feminism and social changes in the 20th century reshaped women’s rights, roles, and aspirations in society.

You can begin your search by entering your search terms into the "Search our collections" text box and clicking Search. This will show results from our catalogue, our eResources and our finding aids. From there, click the "View catalogue results" button.

We learnt about the features, habitat and behaviours of some truly peculiar Australian animals in this interactive online learning session.