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Letter from Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra, 11 June 1799

Letter from Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra, 11 June 1799, nla.obj-229629481

Jane Austen and her legacy – 250 glorious years
20 Aug 2025 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm

*Booked out*

Susannah Fullerton OAM, President of the Jane Austen Society of Australia will deliver a public lecture marking the 250th Anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth.

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Cover of the What a Ripper book and a photo of Tim Ross
What a Ripper! with Tim Ross and special guest Mary Featherston
30 Aug 2025 | 3:00pm - 4:15pm

To celebrate his latest book What a Ripper! 60 everyday objects that shaped Australia, Tim Ross is being joined on stage by one of the designers featured in the book, Mary Featherston.

Foyer
Theatre
Book launch
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Professor Helen Ennis

Professor Helen Ennis

Winter Tales presents Professor Helen Ennis
31 Aug 2025 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Join Professor Helen Ennis as she discusses her extensive writing on the work of Australian women photographers.

Conference Room
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Speakers at the Great Debate 2025
The Great Debate 2025: That Australian history unites us
09 Sep 2025 | 4:00pm - 7:00pm

Will your mind be changed? Join us for the Great Debate and the Great Student Debate during Social Sciences Week 2025.

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Christos Tsiolkas wearing a blue shirt standing in front of the ocean by a rock pool

Image credit: Zoe Ali

2025 Ray Mathew Lecture: Christos Tsiolkas
11 Sep 2025 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Award-winning author Christos Tsiolkas delivers the 2025 Ray Mathew Lecture, exploring the idea of 'Fence-sitting', and its place in the modern world.

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Books and authors
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Flagship lecture
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1789 Map of the Malabar Coast

Dalrymple Charts of the Malabar Coast

Mapping the Unknown: Cartographers' strategies for navigating uncertainty
14 Oct 2025 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Exploring early modern maps with cartographic historian, Chet Van Duzer.

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event-image-shakespeare2-2025

A. de Paszthory, Portrait of Nellie Stewart as Rosalind in As You Like It, oil on canvas, 1904, https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3022148; Broadside advertising George Musgrove’s As You Like It, Princess Theatre, Melbourne, Melbourne: Troedel, 1903, https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn107848

Shakespeare on the move: Gold rush to Great War
18 Nov 2025 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Join us for the third illustrated Shakespeare lecture and discover the objects and stories that reveal how Shakespeare made landfall in Australia.  

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