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What’s got us talking

Share memories of your favourite corner store.

‘U. Peters corner store, George Street, Waterloo’ by Australian Photographic Agency, c 1956-1960.⁣

Read current and past issues of the Koori Mail online.

A number a magazines close to each other

Apply for a range of paid research fellowships.

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Vashti Hughes brings her one-woman show to the Library.

Headshot image of Vashti Hughes

Collection buzz

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

Sydney's Bungaree

Bungaree (c 1775–1830) is a remarkable and enigmatic figure in Sydney and Australia’s colonial history.

Bligh’s Bounty logbooks

The logbooks of William Bligh, which document the most notorious mutiny in history, were officially inscribed on the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World register.

William Bligh's Logbook

Featured events

B List Special: Rick Morton and Bri Lee

The B List bookclub
Thursday
Thursday 24 June 2021 - 6pm to 8pm
Talk

Join us for a very special B List event where Bri Lee will be interviewed by Rick Morton for the release of Who Gets to be Smart.

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The Science of Us: Understand your emotions on climate change

Science Talks
Thursday
Thursday 1 July 2021 - 11:30am to 12:30pm
Free
Talk

Join us on the first Thursday of every month during Winter for The Science of Us program run in partnership with Inspiring Australia. Hear from scientists, researchers, authors and academics on topics that help us to understand troubling human behaviour through the prism of science. 

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