Explore the artistic legacy and complex history of Donald Friend through diaries, letters, and personal papers. 

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Poetry Lounge was back by popular demand! In celebration of UNESCO World Poetry Day and Women's History Month, we held an informal, online poetry evening honouring our wonderful Australian women poets.

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In this lecture, Dr Ayres explores the Western Australian chapter of the National Library story, showcasing a small snapshot of the deep and rich Western Australian related collections held at the Library.

Dr Lorinda Cramer presented a lecture on her 2023 National Library Fellowship research about the material history of Australian wool.

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This image, depicting frontier conflict, is contained in an album compiled and originally owned by Miss Eliza Younghusband.

Follow the story of Lorenzo Gamboa and his fight to return to his Australian-born wife and children after his deportation in 1946.