Penny Olsen

Module

Explore how communities evolve over time, how different cultures influence and contribute to communities, and how symbols convey meaning.

Albums and pieces of sheet music published in Australia and overseas, around 2700 books and pamphlets, mostly related to Western music, manuscript scores, papers from some composers and orchestras, and personal papers of Kenneth Hince.

Comics-journalist and cartoonist Sam Wallman presented a lecture on his 2023 Creative Arts Fellowship research into the Pink and Green Bans movement and how it will contribute to a new artwork celebrating the 1970s coalition of blue collar union workers and LGBTIQA+ people.

Delve deep into fascinating subjects with researchers, artists, writers and students from our research programs

The Friends of the National Library presented two of Australia’s preeminent crime writers in conversation with crime fiction reviewer Anna Steele.

The Friends of the National Library of Australia present an opportunity to question two of Australia’s most eminent and most productive historians.

Christopher Cheng, illustrated by Di Wu

Peter Valentine

Escape the cold this August and get involved with activities run by the National Library.