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Australian poet and journalist Zora Cross caused a sensation in 1917 with her book Songs of Love and Life.

The installation is made up of around 1,700 plaques depicting the names and soil samples of each suburb in NSW that were provided as home addresses by WWI enlistees.

Digital photographs face immediate danger of loss and fragility when compared with their tangible, physical counterparts. Without proactive management and digital stewardship over time we could lose our ability to tell our stories and share our collective memories.

The Library recently established the Digital Preservation Lab as a dedicated room for processing born-digital collections.

A few examples of how our born-digital and digital photographs are being used.

The new Migrant Employment Legal Service (MELS) is now available for migrant workers across NSW.

Students from Plunkett Street Public School showcase their photographic skills in an exhibition held at the State Library.

Top Critics’ Picks for lovers of Dead Central – just in time for Halloween.

View artworks through the eyes of these talented young students with our new Kids' Audio Guide. 

Legal Aid NSW have recently updated some of their most popular pamphlets.

Recently acquired by the Library is this beautiful, highly detailed drawing of French Commander Nicolas Baudin, c 1802, by Nicolas-Martin Petit.

Are you looking for diverse articles from current Australian newspapers - national, regional and local? We've got news for you.

Nangs is a slang term for nitrous oxide, a colourless gas that people use to feel intoxicated or high.

Help is available for seniors.

A thylacine sighting isn't the most unexpected or shocking event in Krissy Kneen's latest title in the Critics' Picks collection.