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2024 Community Heritage Grant recipients
We’re pleased to announce that 55 community-led organisations will receive a Community Heritage Grant (CHG) in 2024.
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Rediscovering the firsthand account of a fugitive slave
No longer yours - find out how a powerful newspaper article written in 1855 by a fugitive slave was re-published into a book ...
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What is and what isn’t Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP)?
Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) is the traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expression, and cultural heritage of Indigenous peoples. The Library has developed a protocol to ...
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First World War
Keepsakes: Australians and the Great War was the National Library of Australia's exhibition showcasing items from the collections relating to the First World War. Read this essay by exhibition curator ...
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Join Your National Library
Joining the National Library gives you access to millions of items from our collections, onsite or online, wherever you are. It's easy to sign-up online, and it's free for all Australian residents. It ...
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This is History
We often don’t realise we’re living through a major historical moment until the time has passed. The pandemic we find ourselves in now is one such historical moment. Dr Chris Wallace and Professor ...
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Prison hulks
Prison hulks were floating prisons used from 1776 as temporary accommodation for prisoners from overcrowded jails. A hulk is a ship that is still afloat but unable to put to sea. The ships were ...
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Rare 1602 map of the Sunda Strait
A very rare chart of the Sunda Strait – located between the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java – from 1602 has recently been added to our collection. This chart was created by the cartographer ...
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How do I catalogue my collection of books, music etc?
Sievers, Wolfgang (1913-2007), Card catalogue at Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 1961, architect John Scarborough, nla.obj-161541984 While the National Library is unable to ...
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Aerial Photographs Collection
In 1924 aerial photographs were taken of the Great Barrier Reef for use by the Australian Army in its topographical mapping. In 1928 the Royal Australian Air Force first became involved in aerial ...
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What’s On in November at the National Library
Illustration detail from the NLA Publishing title 'Dog Beach'. Rare instruments, a creative love story and celebrating dogs – there really is something for everyone at the Library this month! The ...