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What’s got us talking

Talking Deadly: My Grandmother's Lingo

Jake Duczynski, our second Talking Deadly speaker for 2018, gave a talk on the making of My Grandmother's Lingo, an animation contributing to the revitalisation of Marra language. 

Jake Duczynski sitting on a chair talking to an audience

Eresource update: Australasian Video Online

Australasian Video Online contains over 500 hours of HD-quality documentary and educational films.

It's available in the Library, or online for NSW residents with a current Library card.

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New galleries opening

Come face to face with history when our new Michael Crouch Family Galleries open on Saturday 6 October.

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The Rugby League News (1920-1954)

The Library’s set of Rugby League News, 1920-1954, has been digitised and is available on Trove.

Cover of Rugby League News, 18 July 1936

Collection buzz

A celestial pocket globe to complete the pair

The Library has recently acquired a celestial pocket globe from c1791 by London globemakers John and William Cary. 

Cary's New Celestial Pocket Globe 1791

Recent acquisitions on printing and papermaking

The Library actively collects material relating to the publishing industry, including the history of printing, paper making, book binding, intaglio, lithography and other production techniques.

Coloured pattern containing red, blue and yellow shapes

How we remember

One hundred years after troops landed at Gallipoli, the Library commissioned five professional photographers to document what the people of New South Wales did on 25 April 2015.

Alexander Burnett Hector and his colour music invention

The Library recently acquired thirteen colourful drawings on paper created by Alexander Burnett Hector, a distinctive Sydney individual who some would label as eccentric.

Illustration by Alexander Burnett Hector

Across the curator’s desk: Anarchist newspapers of John Arthur Andrews

Anna Corkhill, Curator in the Library's Research and Discovery team, shares a collection of rare anarchist newspapers from the late 19th century. 

Anarchist publications by John Arthur Andrews

An allegory of the British Empire

Allegoria sull’impero Inglese (An allegory of the English Empire) is a fine example of persuasive cartography that adds to and complements the Library’s extensive map collection.

An allegory of the English Empire

Across the curator’s desk: Nauru album 1920-1953

Senior Curator, Geoff  Barker, shares a rare album of early Nauru photographs compiled by T. H. Cude.

Nauru photographs compiled by T H Cude

A manuscript on vellum

Maggie Patton, Manager of the Library's Research and Discovery team, shares a rare religious text from the first half of the sixteenth century.

A manuscript on vellum

Featured events

Author Talk: Pierre Bayard & Caroline Julliot

Saturday 23 June 2018 - 2pm to 3pm

This presentation aims to promote public awareness of a significant trend in literary theory — detective criticism. We challenge the idea that writers can flawlessly master the fiction they create, especially when it comes to crime stories. 

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Aisling: Exploring Irish Poetry

Saturday 23 June 2018 - 6pm to 7:30pm

Join academics, authors, musicians and performers as they pay tribute to the Irish poetic genre known as Aisling.

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Preserving your Family History: Photographs

Thursday 28 June 2018 - 10:30am to 12:30pm

A seminar dedicated to the long-term care of printed photographs.

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Talk: Professor Ian Gadd - The Forgotten History of the Dog-Ear

Saturday 7 July 2018 - 2pm to 3pm

Professor Ian Gadd will trace the history of folding the corner of a page, from the 16th century onwards, revealing a hitherto unexplored area of readerly engagement.

Professor Ian Gadd headshot