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Collection buzz

Take 5 stargazers

Shining a light on five celestial favourites from the collection.

Cross staff engraving by Joseph Moxon, 1686

Stars in the stacks

A rare books specialist finds that the Library holds surprises beyond the natural history books and Australiana for which its collection is renowned.

Ethel Turner gets personal

A new acquisition reveals the personal and professional lives of one of Australia’s best-known authors.

a collection of items from the Ethel Turner collection including a notepad and a photograph

The Flying Pieman of Sydney, en pointe

Anna Corkhill writes about rediscovering costume drawings for a ballet that never was.

A capital idea

Decorated initials — artworks in themselves — have a long history.

Featured events

'Reading' pictures - visual literacy skills

Thursday
Thu 24 Aug 2023
Free
Virtual excursion

Learn to crack the code and understand the secret language of picture book illustrations.

Picture books lying on top of one another
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