Learn about the real school ship Sobraon behind Sarah Luke and NLA Publishing's children's book Marion and the Forty Thieves.

The Library has recently acquired a journal recording the first Russian Antarctic expedition in 1819-21.

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Dive into the transformative period of Japan's history as it transitioned from feudal isolation to modernisation with the decline of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Meiji Restoration.

Learn about the mantlepiece display at the entrance to our Hopes and Fears: Australian Migration Stories exhibition.

Enter the musical world of seventeenth and early nineteenth century Britain with rare prints, books and manuscripts.

A new exhibition is opening at the National Library of Australia, featuring exquisite and intriguing rare books, prints and manuscripts relating to music.

Explore some of the speculative fiction reads in the collection and how they can help future generations understand society in the time they were written.

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The Khmer Empire flourished on the rich and fertile mountains, lakes, and plains of Cambodia for 629 years.

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Writing and illustrating a children’s book involves many steps. Sometimes one person takes on both tasks, while at other times an author and an illustrator work together to bring a story to life.

The Friends of the National Library presented two of Australia’s preeminent crime writers in conversation with crime fiction reviewer Anna Steele.