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Teacher professional learning: Databases for English

Thursday
Thu 4 Apr 2024, 4.00 pm
  • series: Schools

Join our expert librarians and discover the range of eresources available at the State Library.  

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  • Film
  • Onsite
  • Free

Silent Film Festival Program

Sunday
Sun 7 Apr 2024
  • series: Silent Film Festival

Upcoming 2024 Silent Film Festival sessions at the Library. 

charlie chaplin in a spotlight
  • Workshop
  • Onsite

Fairy Poppilina workshop

Sunday
Sun 7 Apr 2024, 10.30 am
  • series: Kids at the Library

Join a magical storytelling adventure with our visiting fairy, Poppilina!  

fairy poppilina with ukelele in park bench
  • Onsite
  • Free

Family Sunday - Fairyland

Sunday
Sun 7 Apr 2024, 10.00 am
  • series: Kids at the Library

Bring the whole family to another fun Sunday at the State Library!  

little girl reasing book in fairy costume on beanbag
  • Talk
  • Onsite

Rosie Batty: Hope

Tuesday
Tue 9 Apr 2024, 6.00 pm
  • series: Talks & Ideas

Family violence campaigner and bestselling author Rosie Batty discusses her new book, on finding hope again after tragedy, with Sue Smethurst.

A woman in a pink blazer with short blonde hair smiles at the camera in front of a leafy green background.
  • Tour
  • Onsite
  • Free

Discover our new photography exhibition: Shot

Wednesday
Wed 10 Apr 2024, 2.00 pm
  • series: Inside the Library
Join a curator-led tour of Shot, and immerse yourself in Australia’s past as seen through the lens of Australian photographers.
Curator displaying photo items
  • Tour
  • Onsite
  • Free

Wadgayawa Nhay Dhadjan Wari (they made them a long time ago) tour

Wednesday
Wed 10 Apr 2024, 5.00 pm
  • series: Indigenous
  • series: Inside the Library

Explore our new exhibition, featuring Aboriginal belongings removed from Country over the last 230 years that have travelled back to Sydney.

Items from First Nations communities on display
  • Talk
  • Onsite
  • Free

2024 Brian Johns Lecture

Thursday
Thu 11 Apr 2024, 6.00 pm
  • series: Talks & Ideas

The 2024 Brian Johns Annual Lecture features guest speaker, author and journalist Nick Bryant.

Speaker standing in field in front of factory
  • Special event
  • Onsite
  • Free

100 years of organised Aboriginal activism

Friday
Fri 12 Apr 2024, 10.00 am
  • series: Indigenous
  • series: Talks & Ideas
Centenary Forum for the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association 1924–2024.
A letterhead logo which reads Australia for Australians - Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association and feating a person holding a spear and a boomerang flanked by an emu and kangaroo.
  • Workshop
  • Onsite
  • Free

Pop-up craft

Monday
Mon 15 Apr 2024, 10.00 am
  • series: Kids at the Library

Have fun with pop-up craft activities in the Objects Gallery 

little girl at table holding craft bird
  • Tour
  • Onsite
  • Free

Library tour for families

Monday
Mon 15 Apr 2024, 11.00 am
  • series: Kids at the Library

Bring the whole family on a tour to discover the spaces and stories at the State Library of NSW. 

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  • Workshop
  • Onsite
  • Free

Pop-up craft

Tuesday
Tue 16 Apr 2024, 10.00 am
  • series: Kids at the Library

Have fun with pop-up craft activities in the Objects Gallery 

little girl at table holding craft bird