Over 13,000 negatives, transparencies, and photographs of cattle stations taken between 1951 and 1961, as well as 52 British Hydrographic Office charts and maps of Australia and the Pacific and personal papers of Johnston.

Dr Penny Olsen, illustrated by Rhonda N. Garward

Penny Olsen

Tania McCartney

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Authors have used the beauty, harshness and problems of our land to tell their stories, often basing their stories in familiar locations and using their reaction to a particular environment as the central theme.

Learn more about the children's book Dog Beach and and important jobs that Aussie dogs have done over time.

Julie Murphy, illustrated by Annie White

Learn about the treatment work our conservators have recently done on thepattern plates for the supplement to The Birds of Australia by John Gould.

Professor Libby Robin launched her latest book What Birdo is That? A Field Guide to Bird People, a book that draws heavily on the National Library's collections.

An immersive read-through of this new classic, followed by a hands-on crafting activity where children could collage their own horse. 

Judith Wright, introduction by Meredith McKinney

Katherine Kovacic