As part of our Enlighten Festival program, Wiradjuri man Larry Brandy invited children to become kangaroos, emus or hunters while learning about traditional Aboriginal culture.

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

Learn about our Enlighten 2024 illuminations and find your home at your National Library.

Dive into the works of great female writers held in the Library's rare books collection.

The Kenneth Myer Lecture invites an eminent Australian to make a significant statement on a broad subject of interest to them.

The Seymour Biography Lecture provides eminent life writers with an opportunity to explore the business and craft of biography, autobiography or memoir.

The Ann Moyal Lecture is given by a distinguished speaker on a contemporary question that draws on such fields of knowledge as science, environment, ecology, history, anthropology, art, and technological change.

Using the Library’s English and Chinese language material, Dr Yao-Tai Li set out to examine the daily experiences of Chinese migrants since the 1970s.

Dr Eleanor Hogan presented a lecture on her 2023 National Library Fellowship research into the brilliant career of award-winning dramatist and scriptwriter Eleanor Witcombe.

Nature journaling is a wonderful way to document the natural world around you and learn more about it at the same time.