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Sepia photograph of four men and a woman having a conversation in business attire.

Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia. NAA: A6180, 28/8/72/59.

International students and the Australian community

Dr Anna Kent discussed her recent Fellowship research focused on Australia's international education history.

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A smiling woman with short brown hair sits at a desk, holding open a large, detailed historical map. She wears a floral-patterned blouse and looks directly at the camera..

Dr Margaret Cook

Histories of cyclones in Australia with Dr Margaret Cook

Dr Margaret Cook presents her recent Fellowship research on cyclones, one of the most powerful and devastating natural forces experienced in the Australian climate.

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A sepia photograph of a man in traditional Japanese dress standing outside in front of a wooden dwelling structure.

Harold S. Williams in Japan, c.1920s, Papers of Harold S. Williams, 1867-2000, MS6681/5/file 54, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-234441386

Harold S. Williams and Japan with Professor Robin Gerster

Professor Robin Gerster presented a lecture on his research into the life of historian Harold S. Williams and Williams' historical research in Japan.

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A black and white image of two women. One is seated and the other is standing with her arm around the seated woman.

Students of Taisei Girls High School in Japan c.1944. Photo courtesy of Harue Goto.

Grief in World War II expressed in art and fashion with Dr Tets Kimura

Dr Tets Kimura presented a lecture on his 2023 National Library Fellowship research into how grief was experienced during the Asia-Pacific War in two different nations, Australia and Japan, and how it is identifiable in art and fashion.

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Presentation of Wool cover AWW supplement 1961
From shoddy to superfine: a material history of Australian wool with Dr Lorinda Cramer

Dr Lorinda Cramer presented a lecture on her 2023 National Library Fellowship research about the material history of Australian wool.

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Two men talking with each other, Kim Beazley and Caspar Weinberger

Australian Overseas Information Service, Portrait of Kim Beazley with Caspar Weinberger, U.S. Defence Secretary, 1988, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136622610

Fellowship talk: Defending Australian Territory

Honorary Fellow Associate Professor Andrew Carr discussed his research on the history of Australian defence policy.

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A woman wearing a grey jacket stands leaning on a table with papers in a library setting
Fellowship presentation: Early Philippine Palaeontology

Dr Pauline Basilia presented her recent Fellowship research on the contributions of H. Otley Beyer to Philippine Pleistocene research.

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A person with long hair sitting at a table in a big room with lots of papers in front of them.
Fellowship presentation: Community singing in interwar Australia

Dr Georgia Pike-Rowney presented a participatory musical lecture on her 2020 National Library Fellowship research about community singing in interwar Australia.

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A man in glasses and a green shirt with headphones around his neck is sitting at a desk in front of a computer.
Experiencing institutional 'care' with Dr David McDonald

Dr David McDonald presented a lecture on his 2024 National Library Fellowship research into better understanding the lives and experiences of Forgotten Australians and Child Migrants in institutional care.

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A sepia photograph of a man opening a drawer in a caravan

Caravans for the polio immunisation campaign. Health, Australia: photographs collected by the National Library of Australia. Box 57, Health – Polio, nla.cat-vn6185856 

Experiences of polio in 1950s Australia

Prof Catharine Coleborne presented her recent Fellowship research, focussed on her discoveries about the health and illness experiences of poliomyelitis (polio) in regional Australia across the 20th century.

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Eleanor Witcombe portrait

Eleanor Witcombe portrait, 1950, NLA MS 7739, Box 32, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2724792

Eleanor Witcombe: Her brilliant career with Dr Eleanor Hogan

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.

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A woman with brown hair is seated at a table in a well-lit indoor setting, looking directly at the camera. In front of her are some documents and a white electronic device.

Dr Joy McCann

Dr Isobel Bennett and the secrets of Australia's seashores

Dr Joy McCann presented her recent Fellowship research, focusing on Dr Isobel Bennett’s experiences as a trail-blazing female scientist in the mid-20th century.

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