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EVENT CANCELLED: Silent Film Festival: Breaker Morant
Sunday
Sunday, 5 April 2020 - 2pm to 4pm
EVENT CANCELLED (to be rescheduled for later in the year) - As a precaution to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the wider community, we have decided to cancel all public events including talks, guided tours and onsite learning programs from today, Monday 16 March, until Monday 13 April.
Virtually explore the many intriguing, perplexing and playful volumes waiting to be read in your State Library.
Thousands of people travel now through Central Station every day, but how many know what once lay beneath it? Dead Central will take you on a journey back to 19th century Sydney, to rediscover a place you thought you knew.
Marking the UNESCO International Year of Indigenous Languages, this exhibition builds on the Library's historical collections with stories of resilience and achievement from communities throughout NSW.
Children’s picture book illustrations from the Library's collection.
An ever changing selection of fascinating items from the Library's extraordinary collection.
More than 300 original artworks from the Library’s unique collection of landscape and portrait paintings.
Sculpture busts, miniature portraits, ceramics, coins, medals, cutlery, teacups, typewriters, convict bricks and much more!
EVENT CANCELLED - As a precaution to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the wider community, we have decided to cancel all public events including talks, guided tours and onsite learning programs from today, Monday 16 March, until Monday 13 April.
The NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, established in 1979, recognise excellence in Australian writing. Held on the first night of the Sydney Writers’ Festival, the awards recognise the best Australian writers.
EVENT CANCELLED: Superstars of the Silver Screen: Hell’s Hinges
Sunday
Sunday, 3 May 2020 - 2pm to 3:15pm
EVENT CANCELLED - As a precaution to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the wider community, we have decided to cancel all public events including talks, guided tours and onsite learning programs from April to May.
EVENT CANCELLED: Scholar Talk: The Life of Dr Eric Dark
Tuesday
Tuesday, 5 May 2020 - 11am to 12pm
EVENT CANCELLED -As a precaution to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the wider community, we have decided to cancel all public events including talks, guided tours and onsite learning programs from April to May
EVENT CANCELLED Susannah Fullerton - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Wednesday
Wednesday, 6 May 2020 - 11am to 12pm
EVENT CANCELLED Literary expert Susannah Fullerton revisits of three classic American novels and their authors. This lecture will feature The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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