Hear about the Australian Sikh Games, and how Library staff gained new collection items, connections and knowledge.

Emma Allen and Sher Rill Ng

On Tuesday 24 October 2023, the Director-General of The National Library of Australia, Dr Marie-Louise Ayres, delivered an update for researchers.

Hear from comics-journalist, cartoonist and 2023 Creative Arts Fellow Sam Wallman about his research at the Library.

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This topic encourages students to research why European naturalists and scientists first thought the platypus was a faked animal.

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Henry Lawson is celebrated as one of Australia’s greatest poets. 

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Since ancient times, most documents were written by hand. If multiple copies were needed, it would mean making multiple handwritten copies; even with a team of scribes, this was time consuming. It also meant that information could be difficult to read, depending how good a scribe’s handwriting was.

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Race to the Gold Diggings of Australia is a boxed, children’s board game produced in England around 1855. It is the earliest known board game that has Australia as its theme.

New narrative non-fiction book for children released by NLA Publishing.

Use this guide to access resources related to the 1967 Referendum's questions and results, the significance of the 'Yes' vote, related misconceptions about voting rights and its lasting impact.