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Celebrating 30 years of the Library Foundation

The Foundation has provided ongoing funds for important acquisitions, conservation work, exhibitions, fellowships, awards and educational programs. 

Oil painting. Panoramic scene of a harbour.

Critics' Christmas Picks

It's a time for gathering, eating and heading to the beach - along with enjoying the company of a good book.

Critics' Christmas picks photo - A Maigret Christmas

Exploring Dyarubbin

A list of Aboriginal placenames was a trigger for seeking the ‘real secret river’.

A landscape photograph depicting a misty river as viewed through a break in tree cover.

Library secures ‘holy grail’ of Australiana

A rare 17th century Spanish document – considered amongst the most valuable of all printed Australiana – has just been acquired by the Library and is now on display.

Pedro Fernandes de Queirós

Collection buzz

Hassall Family Papers made available for transcription

Using our online transcription tool, anyone can now contribute to transcribing the valuable Hassall Family Papers. 

Hassall Family Diaries 1859 1865

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’