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A black and white image of 5 dogs in an old fashioned open top car.

Five bulldogs clambering out of an open top car, New South Wales, c.1930s, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-162452856, courtesy Fairfax Syndication

New NLA Publishing title set to get tails wagging
23 Mar 2023

Australians love dogs—big dogs, little dogs, fluffy couch potatoes and hardy working dogs.

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Illustrations of people and a horse playing instruments and dancing

Illustration from 'Captain Thunderbolt's Recital'

New NLA Publishing children’s book based on a bushranger story
28 Jun 2023

This is one of the unexpected stories of Fred Ward aka Captain Thunderbolt, who was known as the ‘gentleman bushranger’.

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Three framed photographs on a blue wall with a wave pattern at the bottom, along with text reading 'Exhibition', 'Hopes and Fears' and 'Australian Migration Stories'
New exhibition opens this week at the National Library of Australia
25 Jul 2024

Hopes & Fears: Australian Migration Stories showcases how migrants, who have come from all parts of the globe, have helped to make Australia one of the most diverse nations in the world.

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Portrait photograph of Margaret Tucker MBE

'Portrait of Mrs. Margaret Tucker', c.1976, State Library of Victoria, H2019.87/4, Courtesy Dennis Mayor

New edition of Margaret Tucker’s autobiography to be released by NLA Publishing
19 Mar 2024

Margaret Lilardia Tucker MBE was a significant Aboriginal activist and one of the first Aboriginal women to publish for mainstream audiences.

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Hot air balloon flying over a huge lake and desert area that stretches out towards the horizon at dawn

Andrew Chapman, Hot air ballooning over Lake Eyre when the lake is in flood, South Australia, 30 June 2010, nla.obj-138042325

Natural wonders around Australia
17 Jan 2024

Explore natural landmarks including lakes, caves, beaches and forests around Australia with the Library's collection.

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Black text reading 'Library Council' on a blue background
National Library welcomes two new Council appointments
26 Mar 2025

The National Library of Australia in Canberra has welcomed the appointment of two Council members.

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Black text reading 'Library Council' on a blue background
National Library welcomes two Council appointments
07 Mar 2025

The National Library of Australia in Canberra has welcomed the appointment of two Council members.

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Mobile phone screen showing the Trove website
National Library welcomes announcement of ongoing Trove funding
03 Apr 2023

National Library welcomes announcement of ongoing Trove funding

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An open notebook with handwritten text in black ink

Handwritten manuscript for Old Blastus of Bandicoot from the Papers of Miles Franklin 1887-[ca. 1931], nla.gov.au/nla.obj-229628535

National Library releases out-of-copyright works
02 Jan 2025

Explore items in the National Library’s collection that enter the public domain this year, including the unpublished works of Miles Franklin and Chester Wilmot.

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Woman looking at items in a filing cabinet in library stacks
National Library of Australia set to evolve national resource sharing
07 May 2024

The Library is making it easier for Trove Partner organisations to provide inter-library loan and document copying service to their patrons.

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A laptop sitting on a desk with a stylised purple book on the screen.
National Library of Australia launches modernised Catalogue
31 Jul 2023

The National Library of Australia has launched its modernised Catalogue making it easier for patrons to search the Library’s collections.

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A silver and wooden plaque, glass trophy and framed certificate for the 2024 CBCA Laurie Copping Award given to the National Library
National Library awarded the CBCA Laurie Copping Award
16 Aug 2024

We are honoured to have received the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Laurie Copping Award for Distinguished Services to Children's Literature in the ACT.

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