To celebrate his latest book What a Ripper! 60 everyday objects that shaped Australia, Tim Ross was joined on stage by one of the designers featured in the book, Mary Featherston.

The Library is proud to welcome our newest Council member Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt AO.
 

Explore the decades-long, remarkable efforts of the Papunya community to record language and culture and keep it alive. 

Vivien Johnson, Charlotte Phillipus and Samantha Disbray

A vast repository of over 4,000 books, primarily in Chinese, covering history, culture, politics, and religion. Collected between 1950 and 2000, it includes rare texts from Taiwan and China, reflecting the richness of Chinese scholarship. 

Dive into the world of wacky advertising from decades past.

The Vryonis Collection is a comprehensive archive of around 1,600 books and periodicals on Byzantine history, art, literature, and the Greek Orthodox Church, along with its interactions with Islamic and Slavic cultures. Spanning languages such as English, Greek, Turkish, and more.

Explore letters written by Dorothy Richmond about her experience travelling to Europe with the 1924 Australian Olympic team.

Library staff recently attended the Melanesian Arts and Culture Festival (MACFEST), returning with new acquisitions, knowledge and connections.

Around 270 books, pamphlets and serials, mostly published in the Philippines 1900-1965 but also some items from the USA, Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.