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Tim Ross

Events happening in October 2023 at the National Library
27 Sep 2023

We are blooming with events for you to attend this October.

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Panoramic photo of Canberra taken from a helicopter on a clear day

Col Ellis, Panorama of Canberra taken from helicopter platform, Canberra, 2013, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-153517684

Explore Canberra in the Library’s collections
07 Mar 2025

Be inspired by these highlights from our collection to discover more of Canberra.

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Rows of shelves filled with colourful books and doorways lined down the middle
Explore ‘Bibliomania: Stories from inside and outside the book’ at the Library
12 Jul 2024

Participate in the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference 2024 at the National Library.

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Man with short black hair and black glasses in a short-sleeved checkered shirt smiling and sitting at a desk with a Chinese language newspaper on it
Exploring the experiences of Chinese migrants in Australia
27 Feb 2024

Using the Library’s English and Chinese language material, Dr Yao-Tai Li set out to examine the daily experiences of Chinese migrants since the 1970s.

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Celia Craig, a woman with very short brown hair, smiling and holding large book of sheet music with the title 'Symphonic Overture'
Exploring the letters of legendary musician Miriam Hyde with Celia Craig
11 Sep 2024

Read about Creative Arts Fellow Celia Craig's experience of exploring the papers of musician Miriam Hyde.

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A woman in a red shirt who has two lorikeets sitting on her heard, and 7 perched in front of her.

David Beal, Australia Welcomes You, c.1969, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-138063038.

Fair Dinkum: NLA Publishing releases updated edition of popular title on Aussie slang
15 Aug 2023

Australian slang unites the ‘true blue’ and the ‘dinky-di’, and separates the ‘cheeky little possums’ from the ‘happy little Vegemites’.

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Book covers side by side for the Artists of the National Library of Australia books about Olive Cotton and Wolfgang Sievers
Famous Australian artists showcased in book series from NLA Publishing
08 Jan 2025

Two new books in The Artists of the National Library of Australia series will be published in February 2025.

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Eleven people posed for a photo under the National Library's exterior colonnade.

Summer Scholars, NLA Fellows and Asia Study Grant recipients in residence at the National Library in February 2022.

Fellowships 2024: see your research come together
02 Mar 2023

Applications for 2024 National Library of Australia Fellowships, Creative Arts Fellowships and the Folk Fellowship open on 3 March 2023.

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Looking over the shoulder of woman with black curly hair as she look at the cover of an old book about knitting and wool. More similar books are scattered across the table in front of her

2023 National Library of Australia Fellow Dr Lorinda Cramer

Fellowships 2025: Find that missing piece and see your research come together
12 Mar 2024

Applications for 2025 National Library of Australia Fellowships and Creative Arts Fellowships open on 12 March 2024

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Title page of the musical score for Mozart's Marriage of Figaro

W.A. Mozart (1756–1791), Boosey and Sons’ Complete Edition of Mozart’s Opera, Figaro, for Voice and Pianoforte, with English and Italian Words, London: Boosey and Sons, 1854–1864, Hince Collection (Music), MUS Hince 2 collection M 76, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn8596647

Figaro!
02 May 2024

Searching for the 18th-century character in the Library's rare books and music collections.

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Two portrait photographs side by side. The one on the left is a sepia toned image of a woman with a 1950s hairstyle and a fur around her neck The one on the right is a black and white image of a woman with a 1950 hairstyle wearing a dark velvet-looking dress.
First Women in federal parliament - Dame Enid Lyons and Dame Dorothy Tangney
08 Mar 2023

The National Library has recently digitised two letters from the collections of Enid Lyons and Dorothy Tangney.

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Photo of rows of shelves filled with colourful books above a blue rectangle with white text reading 'Five Years' on the right and the National edeposit (NED) logo on the right
Five years of National edeposit service (NED)
16 Aug 2024

We're celebrating five years of the National edeposit service (NED).

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