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Explore how Second Wave feminism and social changes in the 20th century reshaped women’s rights, roles, and aspirations in society.

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Examine the evolving roles women took on during the First and Second World Wars and how they impacted on women's labours, gender expectations and women's rights in Australia.

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Explore the evolution of feminist movements in contemporary Australia. Consider the impact and progress made, and challenges that remain in achieving gender equality through analysis of key feminist movements, figures and topics.

Join author Kate Fitz-Gibbon for a book signing event marking the release of her work Our National Crisis: Violence Against Women & Children.

Learn about the Prepublication Data Service application process for publications of notated music.

Get your upcoming publication listed in the National Library's catalogue, Trove and Libraries Australia.

Rare instruments, a creative love story and celebrating dogs – there really is something for everyone at the Library this month!

Dr Nicholas Ferns presented a lecture on his 2024 National Library Fellowship research into the history of the relationship between Australia and the World Bank, with a particular focus on the connections between international finance and national development.

A very rare chart of the Sunda Strait – located between the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java – from 1602 has recently been added to our collection.

722 books, pamphlets, leaflets, manuscripts, newspapers and maps, mostly written in Chinese. Mainly Christian works, plus works on the Chinese language, reprints of classical writings and works relating to the Taiping Rebellion of 1850-64.