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The book cover of 'Flora' by Tania McCartney and a sketchbook with colouring pencils.

School holiday activity: Nature Journalling - Tue 1 Oct, 1pm - 2pm

01 Oct 2024 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm

As flowers blossom across Canberra, join us these school holidays to create nature journals!

Kids and families

Lower Ground 1

For kids and families

School holiday event

Past event

Booked out

School holiday activity: Nature Journalling - Tue 1 Oct, 10am - 11am

01 Oct 2024 | 10:00am - 11:00am

As flowers blossom across Canberra, join us these school holidays to create nature journals!

Kids and families

Lower Ground 1

For kids and families

School holiday event

Past event

Booked out

Two people in a night time parade dressed up in large, intricate, colourful costumes.

William Yang, Ron Muncaster & Jacques Straetmans, Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, 1994, nla.obj-136859182

Happy Mardi Gras: An evening with William Yang

27 Sep 2024 | 6:30pm - 10:30pm

Distinguished Australian photographer William Yang joined us for a special evening at the Library.

Bookplate café

Past event

Talks and ideas

Places limited

A crowd of people on a stage holding placards.

Sabine Friedrich, John Shortis, Moya Simpson and the Worldly Goods Choir performing 'Something Worth Fighting For’ at the 2024 National Folk Festival

Something Worth Fighting For: Aussie protest songs with John Shortis

26 Sep 2024 | 6:30pm - 8:45pm

John Shortis presented his 2024 National Folk Fellowship research into Australian protest songs.

Theatre

Past event

Talks and ideas

Fellowship talk

Places limited

Three framed photographs on a blue wall with a wave pattern at the bottom, along with text reading 'Exhibition', 'Hopes and Fears' and 'Australian Migration Stories'

Migration history day at the National Library

24 Sep 2024 | 9:30am - 5:15pm

A full-day seminar on Australia's migration history.

Foyer

Theatre

Past event

Workshops and seminars

Seminar

Book cover for 'Flora' by Tania McCartney which features colourful illustrations of Australian plants, on a pink background with large text reading 'Book Launch' and 'Explore our remarkable flora with Tania McCartney'

Book launch - Flora: Australia’s Most Curious Plants

22 Sep 2024 | 10:30am - 11:15am

Local award-winning children's author and illustrator Tania McCartney launched her newest book.

Foyer

NLA Bookshop

Books and authors

Book launch

For kids and families

Past event

Samuel Ireland (etcher), Portrait of William Shakespeare (detail) in W.H. Ireland, Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments Under the Hand and Seal of William Shakespeare, 1796, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn482564

Fakespeare: The story of the Vortigern hoax

20 Sep 2024 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Dr Kate Flaherty, senior Lecturer in English and Drama at ANU, and actors from Bell Shakespeare uncovered one of the most amusing and successful literary hoaxes of all time.

Online

Theatre

Past event

Talks and ideas

A desert and skyline with the words Clever Country

Clever Country: An Aboriginal perspective on landscape

18 Sep 2024 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm

The Friends of the National Library of Australia and the ACT Monaro Riverina Branch of the Australian Garden History Society (AGHS) held their annual joint lecture, presented by Adj. Professor Margo Ngawa Neale.

Online

Theatre

First Australians

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Talks and ideas