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Escape the cold this August and get involved with activities run by the National Library.

The National Library is a reference library - you can use collection items in our reading rooms but you can't take them home.

Join Madeline and Allister as they dive into our collection and discover items from the '90s and '00s.

Liz Cosson gave her Winter Tales talk, Leading with Grit and Grace, for the Australian Women’s Archives Program (AWAP).

There were new items on display in the Library's Treasures Gallery and we hosted a mid-winter celebration.

Dive into our sporting photography collections with this selection crowds that have showed up to support their favourite athletes.

Brenda Matthews talked about her story and the process of turning it into a documentary and a published book, both titled The Last Daughter.

Dr Adam Sundberg talks about his experience studying the environmental effects of marine bioinvasions through the study of ballast water.