Newsflash:

The Library is open over the October long weekend, with reduced hours on Monday 2 October 2023. View the long weekend opening hours here.

October long weekend opening hours

Wednesday
Wednesday 13 September 2023

The Library is open over the October long weekend, with reduced hours on Monday 2 October 2023.

NSW Premier’s History Award winners announced

Thursday
Thursday 7 September 2023

$85,000 in prize money was awarded as part of NSW History Week. 

First biography of one of Australia’s finest poets, wins nation’s richest biography prize

Wednesday
Wednesday 9 August 2023

Ann-Marie Priest’s “perceptive” and “creative” biography of the elusive Gwen Harwood, one of Australia’s finest poets, is the winner of this year’s $25,000 National Biography Award.

Shortlists announced for 2023 NSW Premier’s History Awards

Friday
Friday 4 August 2023

Eleven judges considered 186 entries across the six prize categories.

Historical town plans from across regional NSW now available online

Thursday
Thursday 20 July 2023

Over 4,600 historic plans of 460 regional towns in NSW — from Bourke to Bega — have just been digitised!