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Celebrate spring with these fascinating stories from the collection.

Detail: [The Kathleen Gillet in full sail], oil on card, Kathleen's voyage number 2, Thursday Island to Christmas Island, July-August 1947

Kathleen’s voyage: A love story

Passion separated by the oceans revealed in logbook love letters.

Kathleen’s voyage: A love story

W Carron, 25 May 1848, from Carron’s narrative for accompanying illustrations by Janet Hauser Sea Purslane Sesuvium portulacastrum & Coastal Jack Bean Canavalia rosea

Drawing to a close

An artist followed in the inspiring footsteps of a botanist rescued from a tragic expedition in 1848.

Drawing to a close

Inside cover of report with picture of two bottled beers and a stemmed glass full of beer, in the background two women sit on sun-terrace.

I feel like a Tooheys ... or two

Research in the Library’s manuscripts collection can be thirsty work.

I feel like a Tooheys ... or two

Illustration of a lemon with a green plant

All well & good

Twenty-first-century notions of wellness have a long lineage.

All well & good

Illustration from The Voyager’s Companion or Shell Collector’s Pilot, 1825, by J Mawe

Gifts from the sea

The timeless appeal of shells has seen them preserved in many ways over the centuries.

Gifts from the sea