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The 1297 inspeximus issue of the Magna Carta owned by the Australian nation. Courtesy of the Australian Department of Parliamentary Services.
Conservation of the Australian copy of the Magna Carta
10 Feb 2026
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6:00pm
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7:45pm
Aaron Miller, Jodah's Codex, 2022
Wizardly tomes, mysterious manuscripts and cursed volumes
09 Feb 2026
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6:00pm
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7:00pm
G.W. Wilson & Co, Portrait of Charles Dickens, c.1870, nla.obj-142385853; and book cover, Great Writers & The Cats Who Owned Them, by Susannah Fullerton
Author talk: Great Writers & the Cats Who Owned Them
05 Feb 2026
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6:00pm
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7:30pm
Assistance animals welcome
Hearing induction loop
Wheelchair accessible
Learn with the curators of the Treasures Gallery
04 Feb 2026
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12:30pm
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1:00pm
School holiday activity: Our Treasures, your treasures - 28 January, 2:00pm
28 Jan 2026
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
Assistance animals welcome
Hearing induction loop
School holiday activity: Our Treasures, your treasures - 28 January, 10:30am
28 Jan 2026
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10:30am
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11:30am
Assistance animals welcome
Hearing induction loop
Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia. NAA: A6180, 28/8/72/59.
International students and the Australian community
02 Dec 2025
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12:30pm
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1:30pm
Assistance animals welcome
Hearing induction loop
Wheelchair accessible
The craft of historical fiction
27 Nov 2025
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6:00pm
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7:30pm
Assistance animals welcome
Hearing induction loop
Wheelchair accessible
Prof Matthew Spriggs
Recovering Vanuatu's indigenous literature
27 Nov 2025
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12:30pm
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1:30pm
Assistance animals welcome
Hearing induction loop
Wheelchair accessible
2025 Bookshop late night shopping
26 Nov 2025
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9:00am
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7:00pm
Jim Sharman in conversation with Hannah de Feyter
21 Nov 2025
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6:00pm
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9:00pm
Assistance animals welcome
Hearing induction loop
Wheelchair accessible
Early Photography in Colonial Australia
20 Nov 2025
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6:00pm
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7:30pm
Assistance animals welcome
Hearing induction loop
Wheelchair accessible
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