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We'll be slowly reintroducing onsite curator tours, while continuing to deliver public programs and learning activities online. See updates here.
Talking Deadly with Travis De Vries
For this special Talking Deadly series hosted fortnightly by Travis De Vries, we will hear from artists whose work responds to the anniversary and legacy of Cook from a First Nations perspective.
Join us online for The B List book club hosted by Bri Lee.
Curator’s Choice: May Gibbs: the comic strip story
In 1924 May Gibbs broke into the burgeoning Australian comic strip scene and became Australia’s first female cartoonist.
Where do I start? Introduction to ProQuest Central
Join us for this 30-minute introduction to ProQuest Central, your online gateway to a wide range of scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers covering a wide variety of subjects.
Eureka! We’ve dug up inspiring primary sources about the Gold Rush from the unrivalled collection of the State Library of NSW.
A nation often amends its laws during war, not least to regulate life at home. Yet few historians have considered the impact of the law on Australians during the First World War.
The Sydney Review of Books has been asking writers around the country to write essays about how they work.
Scholar Talk: Visiting Mother: Australian soldiers in London during World War I
The State Library of New South Wales holds a significant collection of WWI diaries and letters. These personal voices reveal the horror, the loneliness and the adventure of war.
Family History Month webinar — Ancestry Library Edition
Join us for an introduction to Ancestry Library Edition, an important research tool for family historians.
History Matters: Crime Histories and the Australian Story
Public history shapes our communities’ understandings of the past. This series will explore the issues that stimulate and bedevil the work of public historians.
Join Jess and Benjamin Law as they discuss how we can work together to reimagine the way we live, work and play. Warning — this talk may require optimism and an open mind!
Family History Month webinar — Shipping & Passenger Records
Join us for an introduction to researching shipping and passenger records.
Family History Month webinar — Five Fundamentals of Family History
In this session we will focus on strategy and problem solving, with a discussion on the fundamental elements of a successful family history research project.
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