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What’s got us talking

80Hz Sound Lab

‘Listen’ to a selection of paintings from the Library’s Paintings from the Collection exhibition.

80Hz Sound Lab homepage

Better read if dead

Did you enjoy our spooky Dead Central exhibition? Here are our top reading recommendations.

Critics' Picks photo - Dead Central

Kids’ Audio Guide

View artworks through the eyes of these talented young students with our new Kids' Audio Guide. 

Eresource update: Access Australia Newsbank

Are you looking for diverse articles from current Australian newspapers - national, regional and local? We've got news for you.

Collection buzz

Recently acquired portrait of Nicolas Baudin

Nicolas Thomas Baudin (1754–1803) was a cartographic surveyor and naturalist who led a French expedition to the southern parts of the Eastern Hemisphere between 1800–04. 

The 1946 Bathurst Grand Prix

View amazing photos from the 100-mile motor race which attracted a crowd of around 30,000 people. 

Across the curator’s desk - Sedition: A political poster dilemma

A small selection of striking political posters from the 1960s, 70s and 80s from the Library's massive collection of 10,000+ Australian posters. 

Sedition posters

Across the curator’s desk: Bob Graham’s original artwork from ‘The Wild’ (1986)

Maria Savvidis, Curator in the Library’s Research and Discovery Team, shares an original illustration from a well-loved Australian children’s book.

 

Bob Graham’s original artwork from ‘The Wild’