How is a rare book about swimming connected to an important early European map of Australia and American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin? Find out in this blog.

A very rare chart of the Sunda Strait – located between the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java – from 1602 has recently been added to our collection.

Learn about Martie’s Fellowship that will result in a documentary to be screened at the 2023 National Folk Festival.

Yahia’s research examined the Chinese ‘homosexual’ men’s lived experience as represented in the Australian-Chinese language newspapers, magazines, and digital media.

Hear from Madeline about how she was able to research her Indigenous heritage using the Ancestry Library, Trove and the Special Collections Reading Room.

Kate’s research focused on the role of popular magazines in Australian art history and arts communication in the 1950s and 1960s.

We spoke to Annisa Beta, recipient of the 2022 Asia Study Grant, on her time at the Library.

We spoke to Dr Bill Mihalopoulos about his research using the Harold S Williams collection and time at the Library. 

See some of the creative works from our collections have come out of copyright and into the public domain this year.

Every year, on 1 January, creative works come out of copyright and into the public domain.

Dive into the records of the Australian Women Pilots’ Association and some of the stories they tell about early Australian female pilots.

The Library has recently acquired 3 photographs from a Rational Dress Movement picnic in 1895.