Our rich and varied Pictures collection focuses on Australian people, places and events, from early European exploration of the South Pacific to contemporary events.

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Reading picture books is important in speech development, building literacy skills, helping children to use their imagination.

About 440 books published by William Pickering between 1820 and 1854 including reprints of classics and 17th-century Anglican religious works, plus contemporary writers of his time.

PhotoAccess tutors Eunie and Claire led a hands-on cyanotype printing workshop inspired by the Fit to Print exhibition.

View photos from Australia's inaugural First Nations netball tournament, now in Trove.

The Library has recently acquired 3 photographs from a Rational Dress Movement picnic in 1895.

The Library commissioned photographers to capture the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Four photographs of the 2022 Pacifica Youth Rugby Cup have recently been added to our collection.

Kathy Weeden, illustrated by Kim Drane

About 350 photographs, including glass negatives, and a small number of pencil sketches, majority depicting paddle steamers sailing or moored on the Murray or Darling rivers.