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When Sydney came to town
by Anna Dearnley
Architect Nino Sydney gave his adopted city high-end design at an affordable price.
What Pip did next
by Nicole Abadee
The bestselling writer of The Dictionary of Lost Words has a new book.
The Bard of Eccentricities
by Nathan Hobby
The centenary of writer Elizabeth Jolley’s birth prompts a literary biographer to revisit her complicated life and work.
Stars in the stacks
by Karen Attar
A rare books specialist finds that the Library holds surprises beyond the natural history books and Australiana for which its collection is renowned.
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Art & life: Cressida Campbell
by Elizabeth Fortescue
As she finalises work for her landmark exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia, Sydney artist Cressida Campbell invites Openbook into her studio.
Calling the Koori Knockout
by Brad Cooke
One of the most important sporting and cultural events on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander calendar returns.
Enemy aliens
by Kate Garrett, Andrew McNamara and Seumas Spark
Artworks — never before seen — by some of the ‘Dunera boys’ go on display in Orange, the place where many of the works were created.
Coming Out in the 70s
Gay and lesbian life went public in the 70s. Speaking up and standing out, gay men and women took to the streets proudly demanding to be seen, heard and accepted.
These chapters draw from stories and records in the Library’s collection to explore how the gay and lesbian rights movement emerged in NSW in the 1970s.