Biography

Alec Chisholm (1890–1977) was once famous in Australia. Although that’s no longer so, he’s a man worth remembering.

In 25 years at the State Library, our Curator of Photographs has seen four people cry.

The Australian Red Cross NSW Division archive spans over 100 years of humanitarian aid.

The photographs of George Caddy are an astonishing modernist record of Bondi Beach and its people during a remarkable era. 

The 1970s were a transformative time for northern New South Wales, especially in the regional town of Nimbin.  The 1973 Aquarius Festival changed the small country town and the surrounding region forever.

Caergwrle (pronounced Ka-girlie) is situated on the Allyn River, in one of the most beautiful rural areas of the Hunter Valley.

Aviation in Australia traces the history of flight from its infancy through to the twentieth century. 

The Jewish community in Australia has made a significant contribution to the development of Australian society and culture since the establishment of the colony in 1788. 

First hand accounts of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.

May Gibbs, author, illustrator and cartoonist, has captured the hearts and imaginations of generations of Australians with her lovable bush characters and fairytale landscapes.

The Tichborne Case has everything; a shipwreck, a massive reward, an English inheritance, a grieving mother and an outlandish butcher from Wagga Wagga.