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This talk is presented as part of 'A Foreign Country: Travels through the Past', a series of fortnightly lectures hosted by the State Library of...

Celebrate Bernadette Brennan's latest release, Leaping into Waterfalls, which explores the rich, tumultuous life of Gillian Mears, one of Australia...

Each month Bri is in conversation with a contemporary author followed by a Q&A session. Author Sarah Dingle joins the book club to talk about...

Dr Rebecca Jones, CH Currey Fellow 2020, explores historical adaptations to extreme weather in arid Australia.  

This month in History Matters we consider the multifaceted role of the commissioned historian.

Kathryn Heyman and Jenny Valentish discuss the power and potential of reinvention — the ‘how’ as well as the ‘why’. 

This talk is presented as part of 'A Foreign Country: Travels through the Past', a series of fortnightly lectures hosted by the State Library of...

Join us for an introduction to the new 2021 Informit platform and learn how to search effectively for full-text Australian articles.

This talk is presented as part of 'A Foreign Country: Travels through the Past', a series of fortnightly lectures hosted by the State Library of...

Dr Ben Huf, the 2020 Dr AM Hertzberg AO Fellow, will explore the politics of money and banking in colonial NSW.  

This talk is presented as part of 'A Foreign Country: Travels through the Past', a series of fortnightly lectures hosted by the State Library on...