We joined author Edmund Goldrick for a book signing event marking the release of his new book, Anzac Guerrillas.

Oral history recordings by Ros Bowden for the Women of the land and Comic artists and illustrators projects.

Overseas and Australian sheet music, including some manuscripts, with the main strengths popular songs and piano music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Professors Martin Thomas and Jon Altman discussed Martin’s new book, Clever Men.

Over 530 pamphlets collected by Meyer (Max) Zwalf on socialism and related subjects published in Europe from 1875 to 1950.

Explore the rich history of boxing in Australia through the Arnold Thomas Collection. This unique resource features over 1,000 photographs, souvenir programs, match day cards and ephemera spanning from the 1870s to the 1990s. 

Oral history interviews recorded by Neil Bennetts with leading Australian figures in a wide range of sports.

The Friends of the National Library held an enlightening talk on the joy of library tourism.

About 600 books and 66 serials, mainly relating to entomology and the natural sciences. Includes works on British entomology as well as Europe, North and South America. About one-third were published in the 18th and 19th centuries.

715 Chinese and Japanese books. Most date from the period 1911–1940, but there are some much earlier works. The main subject areas are Chinese art, epigraphy, archaeology and early history of the Chinese script. Other subjects include classical writings, Buddhism and Taoism, myths and legends.