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Learn about the history, struggles and triumphs of women in their fight for the right to vote. Reflect on how women's suffrage movement shaped democratic societies and influences political advocacy today.

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.

Brief descriptions of some of the more significant items recently added to the collections.

Module

Explore the themes of discovery, cultural encounters, and the European settlement of Australia.