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Grey background with white text reading 'Fit to Print: Defining Moments from the Fairfax Archive' and a black and white photo of two men working on a large ship propeller

Fit to Print: Defining Moments from the Fairfax Photo Archive selected by Mike Bowers

27 Feb - 20 Jul 2025

Explore the art of photojournalism with highlights from the Fairfax Photo Archive.

Exhibition

Exhibition Gallery

Online

Assistance animals welcome

Wheelchair accessible

Blue and white cyanotype printed photo of a man sitting on a rock by a river. Photoshopped in on the top right is an organe circle reading 'Friends event'

Photography without a camera: Cyanotype printing workshop

16 Jul 2025

Join PhotoAccess tutors Eunie and Claire for a hands-on cyanotype printing workshop inspired by the Fit to Print exhibition.

Event

Friends of the Library event

Luke Cornish (E.L.K.)

Book Launch: The stencil art of Luke Cornish

17 Jul 2025

Join us for a special conversation with artist Luke Cornish, celebrating the bold, intricate, and politically charged stencil work of E.L.K.

Event

Books and authors

Book launch

Assistance animals welcome

Hearing induction loop

Wheelchair accessible

Anna-Maria Arabia OAM

Winter Tales presents Anna-Maria Arabia OAM

27 Jul 2025

Join Anna-Maria Arabia as she reflects on her life and work advancing science and the value of evidence-informed decision making in our society.

Event

Talks and ideas

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Sydney Harbour Bridge crowded with people, with Aboriginal and Australian flags being held up

Loui Seselja, Huge crowd on Sydney Harbour Bridge during the Walk for Reconciliation, Corroboree 2000, [1], nla.gov.au/nla.obj-145680129

First Australians

Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue sitting in an armchair and smiling

Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue, image by Leanna King, courtesy of the Lowitja Institute

Feminism and women leaders

Six women smiling as they play football. One has just kicked the ball.

Darren Clark, The Stronger Sisters playing football at the Tennant Creek football Grand Final, 2011, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-152960442

Sport

Vincent Lingiari addresses a crowd at a microphone while Gough Whitlam stands beside him. Several people are visible in the background, observing.

Penny Tweedie & Australian Information Service, Elder Vincent Lingiari of the Gurindji Language group, addressing the media after Prime Minister Gough Whitlam officially returns Aboriginal land at Wattie Creek, Northern Territory, 16 August 1975, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-138156433

Law and legislation

A black and white photo of a man playing a guitar on a boat

Frank Hurley, A diver entertains while on his way to the fishing grounds, 1910, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-157724827

Performing arts

Author Doris Pilkington smiling holding up copies of her books in the National Library Bookshop

Damian McDonald, Portrait of Doris Pilkington (Nugi Garimara) in the bookshop at the National Library of Australia, 28 April 2005, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-131055961

Literature and writing

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a train

Robert McFarlane, Charles Perkins travelling to University, 1963, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136494589

Government and politics

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Latest news

Advertisement for Macrobertson's chocolate for their 75th anniversary with illustrations of their various chocolates

'Advertising', The Australian Women's Weekly, 22 July 1955, nla.gov.au/nla.news-page4813566

From pantry to print: Classic Aussie brands in 'The Weekly'

10 Jul 2025

Stroll down memory lane and explore how iconic Aussie pantry staples were advertised in the 1940s and 50s.

Blog

A man with grey hair and brown and grey beard and moustache standing in front of blurred out trees

Professor Brett Sutton AO

What’s On in July 2025 at the National Library

24 Jun 2025

Escape the chilly weather at the National Library this July.

Media release

Painting of a humpback whale and its calf

Detail from Peculiar Parents book

A new picture book celebrating our diverse wildlife to be released by NLA Publishing

03 Jun 2025

Welcome to the charmingly funny and perfectly peculiar world of Aussie animal mums and dads, and their awesome kids.

Media release

Sepia-toned photo of 16 members of the Australian National Council of Women standing with Dame Maria Ogilvie Gordon on the steps in front of a building

[Members of the Australian National Council of Women with Dame Maria Ogilvie Gordon (centre front), Melbourne, ca. 1930s], nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136817881

Sharing the journey to equality online through Trove

30 May 2025

With support from Library Patrons, we have digitised the collections of some of Australia’s most remarkable women leaders.

News