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Design practice

DX Lab Leader Paula Bray was recently asked to provide a design brief to 3rd Year students in the UTS Visual Communication Design Practice.

SL Magazine

Read fascinating articles about new acquisitions, research discoveries and upcoming exhibitions.

Events online

Catch up on popular Library events including our B List Bookclub.

The B List with Bri Lee & Dr Liz Allen

The Diary Files

Tell us what you see, what you feel. What you had for breakfast, and what keeps you up at night.

The Diary Files

Collection buzz

What's old is new again

The Library has recently acquired a highly detailed world map, published in London in 1798. 

Evocative scenes of everyday life

The Library has recently acquired a unique oil painting by Australian artist Herbert Badham.

'The Town Band' by Herbert Badham

Limited edition photographic artists’ books

Three artists’ books — Signs & wonders by Stephen Dupont and Jacques Menasche, Farewell Angelina by Anna D’Addario and Duende by Peter Lyssiotis — were recently added to the Library’s collection.

An open book.

Cook commemoration sparks 1970 protest

On 29 April 1970 protestors marched through Sydney's CBD before making their way to La Perouse. 

Tribune negatives including meeting of FCAATSI leaders at Sydney Town Hall and protestors at Day of Mourning memorial gathering and procession in Sydney, 28 April 1970-29 April 1970

The making of Slater’s Field Guide to Australian Birds

The Library has recently acquired the extraordinary archive of  Peter Slater, one of Australia’s best-known ornithologists.

Featured events

Talking Deadly with Travis De Vries

Talking Deadly
Wednesday
Wednesday 15 July 2020 - 7pm to 7:30pm
Free
Talk

For this special Talking Deadly series hosted fortnightly by Travis De Vries, we will hear from artists whose work responds to the anniversary and legacy of Cook from a First Nations perspective.

Online

The B List with Bri Lee & Jessie Tu

The B List bookclub
Thursday
Thursday 16 July 2020 - 7pm to 8pm
Free
Talk

Join us online for The B List book club hosted by Bri Lee. 

 

Online

Curator’s Choice: May Gibbs: the comic strip story

Curator Talks
Friday
Friday 17 July 2020 - 1pm to 1:30pm
Free
Talk

In 1924 May Gibbs broke into the burgeoning Australian comic strip scene and became Australia’s first female cartoonist. 

Online

Rush for Gold - 28 July

Kids at the Library
Tuesday
Tuesday 28 July 2020 - 10am to 10:45am
Free
Talk

Eureka! We’ve dug up inspiring primary sources about the Gold Rush from the unrivalled collection of the State Library of NSW.