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Today Monday 25th June, 2018

Boomalli

Saturday 23 June 2018 to Sunday 23 September 2018

Posters from the Aboriginal Artists Co-operative.

A black, red and yellow graphic of feathers splayed in a pattern

Australian Inspiration (On tour in NSW)

Saturday 21 January 2017 to Thursday 28 June 2018

Charlestown Library
16-28 June 2018

Hand coloured print of the Waratah flower
On Tour

May Gibbs: celebrating 100 years (On tour in NSW)

Saturday 19 August 2017 to Thursday 16 May 2019

Coonamble & Narromine Libraries
26 May-7 June 2018

A colour watercolour illustration of babies popping out of wattle flowers.
On Tour

Satire in the time of war, 1914-1918 (On tour in NSW)

Saturday 21 January 2017 to Thursday 10 January 2019

Maitland Library
26 May-7 June 2018

Illustration of boxing Kangaroo and solider by Hal Eyre
On Tour

What A Life! Rock Photography by Tony Mott (On tour in NSW)

Saturday 11 June 2016 to Sunday 30 December 2018

National Archives of Australia, Canberra
21 June-9 September 2018

ACDC perform live
On Tour

Tomorrow Tuesday 26th June, 2018

Boomalli

Saturday 23 June 2018 to Sunday 23 September 2018

Posters from the Aboriginal Artists Co-operative.

A black, red and yellow graphic of feathers splayed in a pattern

Australian Inspiration (On tour in NSW)

Saturday 21 January 2017 to Thursday 28 June 2018

Charlestown Library
16-28 June 2018

Hand coloured print of the Waratah flower
On Tour

May Gibbs: celebrating 100 years (On tour in NSW)

Saturday 19 August 2017 to Thursday 16 May 2019

Coonamble & Narromine Libraries
26 May-7 June 2018

A colour watercolour illustration of babies popping out of wattle flowers.
On Tour

Satire in the time of war, 1914-1918 (On tour in NSW)

Saturday 21 January 2017 to Thursday 10 January 2019

Maitland Library
26 May-7 June 2018

Illustration of boxing Kangaroo and solider by Hal Eyre
On Tour

What A Life! Rock Photography by Tony Mott (On tour in NSW)

Saturday 11 June 2016 to Sunday 30 December 2018

National Archives of Australia, Canberra
21 June-9 September 2018

ACDC perform live
On Tour

Upcoming

What A Life! Rock Photography by Tony Mott (On tour in NSW)

Saturday 11 June 2016 to Sunday 30 December 2018

National Archives of Australia, Canberra
21 June-9 September 2018

ACDC perform live
On Tour

Australian Inspiration (On tour in NSW)

Saturday 21 January 2017 to Thursday 28 June 2018

Charlestown Library
16-28 June 2018

Hand coloured print of the Waratah flower
On Tour

Satire in the time of war, 1914-1918 (On tour in NSW)

Saturday 21 January 2017 to Thursday 10 January 2019

Maitland Library
26 May-7 June 2018

Illustration of boxing Kangaroo and solider by Hal Eyre
On Tour

May Gibbs: celebrating 100 years (On tour in NSW)

Saturday 19 August 2017 to Thursday 16 May 2019

Coonamble & Narromine Libraries
26 May-7 June 2018

A colour watercolour illustration of babies popping out of wattle flowers.
On Tour

Boomalli

Saturday 23 June 2018 to Sunday 23 September 2018

Posters from the Aboriginal Artists Co-operative.

A black, red and yellow graphic of feathers splayed in a pattern

Talk: History, Her Story, Our Story

Wednesday 27 June 2018 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm

On the 200th anniversary, hear the stories of the colonial convict women that worked at the Parramatta Female Factory. This history, her history, is our story.

Photo of Parramatta Female Factory Worker

Preserving your Family History: Photographs

Thursday 28 June 2018 - 10:30am to 12:30pm

A seminar dedicated to the long-term care of printed photographs.

Four women talking

Scholar Talk: The Sydney Wars – Conflict on the Cumberland Plain

Tuesday 3 July 2018 - 11am to 12pm

Historian and curator, Stephen Gapps, draws on letters, diaries and official records to discuss the Cumberland Plain and its critical role in Governor Macquarie's expansion of the early colony of New South Wales.

Parramatta, Port Jackson, c 1809, watercolour after George William Evans, PXD 388 Vol 3 no 5