Blogs

Award-winning author Debra Dank writes about our need for Aboriginal stories.

Shining a light on five celestial favourites from the collection. 

A recently acquired vintage photograph by an influential early-twentieth-century photographer shows one of the first depictions of bodysurfing.

George Haddad writes about the anarchist within. 

Shining a spotlight on five of our favourite swimming suits from the collection.

Learn more about the research projects they are working on.

Author Fiona Murphy writes about coming out as Deaf for the Library's Openbook magazine.

A photo essay on the Koori Knockout by leading First Nations photographer Barbara McGrady.

A recently acquired set of prints shows what state-of-the-art technology looked like in Medici Florence.

In celebration of spring, here are five of our favourite wattle images from the collection.

Anna Glynn reveals what she did while she was the Library’s artist in residence.

The journal of an obscure society devoted to pithy sayings takes a roundabout route to the Library.

A new project brings out-of-print books back to life.

The Tintex Girl brightened a world dulled by rationing.

Generations of students and scholars have entered the grand hushed interior — now known as the Mitchell Library Reading Room — with a sense of awe.

We managed to ask Matthew Abbott a few questions as he sat on a train travelling to Amsterdam to attend the grand opening of the World Press Photo Exhibition.