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What’s got us talking

Ever considered using maps to get to know your ancestors?

Learn more about the National Biography Award winners.

Explore business opportunities with Company360.

Turn your lockdown moments into history.

Collection buzz

Take 5 lighthouses

Discover some of the oldest and most unique lighthouses across NSW – from Eden to Wollongong, Norah Head to Cape Byron.

Spine tingling

Looking closely at the spine could unlock the mystery of a rare book, or it could raise more questions.

Book spines

130 years of the Kelmscott Press

William Morris (1834–1896) — British artist, designer, craftsman, writer and socialist — established the Kelmscott Press at Hammersmith, London, in January 1891.

Kelmscott Press Printers device

War diaries of George Gittoes

A selection of visual diaries of Australian artist George Gittoes, covering the period between 2001 and 2014, have been recently digitised by the Library.

Detail from Image 8, Item 24: George Gittoes art diary, ca. April 2009-ca. December 2009

Kathleen’s voyage: A love story

These beautifully illustrated logbooks record a detailed account of the circumnavigation of the world by the deep-sea cruising yacht Kathleen Gillett.

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

Featured events

Storytime Online with Tania McCartney

Storytime
Kids at the Library
Monday
Monday 13 September 2021 - 10am to 10:30am
Free
Virtual excursion

 

Join author/illustrator Tania McCartney for a smiley, chirpy, stomping storytime! 

Author/illustrator Tania McCartney

A Foreign Country: Travels through the Past

A Foreign Country: Travels through the Past
Tuesday
Tuesday 14 September 2021 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Free
Talk

This talk is presented as part of 'A Foreign Country: Travels through the Past', a series of fortnightly lectures hosted by the State Library of NSW on Tuesday evenings at 5.30 pm between 31 August and 9 November 2021

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Online

HSC Help 2021

Schools
HSC help!
Thursday
Thursday 23 September 2021 - 9:30am to 4pm
Free
Workshop

Join the State Library for a FREE help day for HSC students in the lead up to exams.  

Students in the Library

Significant Individuals: Blaxland, Wentworth & Lawson

Schools
Tuesday
Tuesday 12 October 2021 - 12pm to 12:45pm
Free
Virtual excursion

Step back in time to 1813 and follow the journey of Gregory Blaxland, William Charles Wentworth and William Lawson.

The Blue Mountain pioneers, lithograph by M. Emile Ulm, Sydney Mail, 1880, SLNSW SPF/1396