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National Library of Australia

Locality: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

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Address: Parkes Place, Parkes 2600 Canberra, ACT, Australia

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23.01.2022 Could you write a book with your sibling? Comment below to let us know! Kate Forsyth and Belinda Murrell, sisters and award-winning authors, have done just that in their latest book, 'Searching for Charlotte'. Learn more about this new #NLAPublishing release online: https://bit.ly/3kz1ZJI

23.01.2022 Want to know how you can find out more about your favourite First Nations writers? BlackWords comes from leading Australian literature resource AustLit, which lets you discover the breadth of Australian storytelling in all its forms. This vast database records information about the lives, careers and works of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers and storytellers, and the literary cultures and traditions that formed and influenced them.... Find BlackWords through our eResources portal: https://bit.ly/2Zl3HVH You’ll need a Library card to access this resource from home. Don’t have one? Get a Library card for free today: https://bit.ly/2ImXDYv

22.01.2022 It's Media Literacy Week - a time to think about how we engage with media in an era of information overload. But "fake news" is nothing new. Diving into the digitised newspapers of Trove is a look back at news reporting over the past 200 years. You'll encounter odd, trivial, biased or even embarrassing articles of times past, along with all the gems. Let us help you make sense of it on the Trove blog: https://bit.ly/31OaTMe

22.01.2022 Today the Library launched its Reconciliation Action Plan with a keynote from Aunty Joanne Selfe. Aunty Jo was co-chair of NSW Reconciliation Council from 1995-2000 and involved in the development of Corroboree 2000 and the Reconciliation Walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge when a crowd of over 250,000 people marched in a show of solidarity. Read the Library’s RAP: https://bit.ly/3krnv26

22.01.2022 "My mother went to a psychic and the psychic told her, ‘Your son is going to write a book and he will travel overseas.’ A few months later, I moved back to Sydney and the following morning a lady came to the house I was renting to speak with my flatmate about working on children’s books. So, it literally came to my doorstep. And the rest, as they say, is history." As we wrap up our Book Week celebrations, go behind-the-scenes with one of Australia’s most sought-after children...’s book illustrators, Dub Leffler. In this interview by Author Irma Gold, Dub gives us an insight into his creative process on NLA Publishing books, 'Sorry Day' and 'Strangers on Country'. Read the interview: https://bit.ly/3jORth7 #CBCA2020 #BookWeek Children's Book Council of Australia

20.01.2022 'This is not just the history of a handful of survivors, this is a central part of Australian history.' Adele Chynoweth, Lecturer at The Australian National University and author of 'Goodna Girls'. At 1pm AEDT next Monday 16 November, join Adele Chynoweth and National Library Director of Indigenous Engagement, Marcus Hughes, as they reflect on the lives and stories of the women of Goodna, and the role of cultural institutions in preserving the stories and experiences of mar...ginalised communities. Learn more: https://bit.ly/2UiXEi8 ANU Press #NLADigitalCommunity

20.01.2022 Remember to tune in at 12:30pm AEDT tomorrow when we go live with Michelle Grattan, Chief Political Correspondent at The Conversation, to unpack 2020the year that changed us. Register here: https://www.facebook.com/events/629288421285925

19.01.2022 ‘I have travelled all over the world, and have never seen more beautiful flora than that of New Guinea.’ In 1916 and 1917, at almost 70 years old, Australian artist Ellis Rowan fulfilled a long-held wish to paint New Guinea’s wildflowers and Birds of Paradise. Learn more about Rowan's trip, and the Library's collection of paintings from this time, in curator Dr Grace Blakeley-Carroll's latest blog post: https://bit.ly/2ThqBuG ... Explore the ‘Birds of Paradise: Ellis Rowan in New Guinea’ exhibition online: https://bit.ly/3bzMjlM #EllisRowan #BirdsOfParadise #NLADigitalCommunity

19.01.2022 ‘Great Expectations: Emigrant Governesses in Colonial Australia' is the story of a group of intrepid women who forged a different path - as governesses to colonial boys and girls on the other side of the world. ‘A few were engaged before they left England but generally they were thrown on their own resources once they arrived...’ - Patricia Clarke, author of ‘Great Expectations’. Learn more about the experiences of these Governesses in our interview with Patricia: https://bit....ly/35BFFZR Use the code SPOONFULOFSUGAR to receive 10% off your copy of ‘Great Expectations: Emigrant Governesses in Colonial Australia’ when you order online: https://bit.ly/32rTlGv This exclusive online offer ends 28/10/2020. No further discounts apply.

17.01.2022 What do you like about the Library? What services do you access regularly? What do you want to hear more about? Help us understand your needs. Take our survey now: https://bit.ly/32vsoRB Read more information about the survey: https://bit.ly/35dEm43

14.01.2022 Join us live next Tuesday at 12:30pm AEDT for an in-conversation event with Michelle Grattan, Chief Political Correspondent at The Conversation, and Peter Martin, The Conversation's Business and Economy Editor. Learn more: https://www.facebook.com/events/629288421285925

13.01.2022 Kate Forsyth and Belinda Murrell are the sisters behind the latest NLA Publishing title, ‘Searching for Charlotte’. Join the bestselling authors as they discuss the process of writing a book and what ‘Searching for Charlotte’ means to them in part one of this two-part author talk. About ‘Searching for Charlotte’: https://bit.ly/3nhNT0k... Learn more about part two: https://bit.ly/3ls1amh #NLADigitalCommunity #SearchingForCharlotte #familyhistory #writing

13.01.2022 It’s 528 years today since the first use of a lead (graphite) pencil, and we couldn’t resist highlighting one of the lesser-known pencils in our collection (did you know that we have a well-known pencil? Check out Henry Lawson’s in our Treasures Gallery). This blunt purple pencil was used by Sir Josiah Symon to vote for Canberra in the ballot for the site of the national capital in October 1908. Canberra won the day with 99 votes to 33. Curious about the fellow who would keep... a lead pencil? Find out more about him in his papers: https://bit.ly/3mkMd5J #NLADigitalCommunity

12.01.2022 In her new book, ‘Great Expectations: Emigrant Governesses in Colonial Australia’, historian Patricia Clarke delves into the letters written by British governesses to uncover the stories of their unexpected experiences in Australia. Now, we’ve turned the tables on Patricia, sitting down for a chat with her to celebrate the book’s release and find out what we, in the era of sudden, pandemic-induced homeschooling, can learn from these intrepid governesses. Read our interview wi...th Patricia: https://bit.ly/31oyoeo Use the code SPOONFULOFSUGAR to receive 10% off your copy of ‘Great Expectations: Emigrant Governesses in Colonial Australia’ when you order online: https://bit.ly/32rTlGv This exclusive online offer ends 28/10/2020. No further discounts apply.

11.01.2022 Whether you're a genealogy genius, a beginner family history buff, or somewhere in between, the Library’s Research Guide on Australian Birth, Death and Marriage Records is popular with intrepid explorers of family trees. Find a wide range of resources indexes, eResources, search strategies and much more for all Australian states and territories: https://bit.ly/3jyYtO5 Image: nla.cat-vn6540284

11.01.2022 Kate Forsyth and Belinda Murrell, sisters and award-winning, bestselling authors, visited the National Library today to sign copies of their latest book, ‘Searching for Charlotte’. It is the story of Australia’s first children’s author, Charlotte Waring Atkinson Kate and Belinda’s great-great-great-great grandmother! 'Searching for Charlotte' combines elements of biography, recreation of history and rediscovery of family history, and is a book by NLA Publishing.... Learn more: https://bit.ly/3kz1ZJI #NLAPublishing #SearchingForCharlotte #FamilyHistory

09.01.2022 Is Children's Book Council of Australia's Book Week making you feel a little nostalgic? Are you wondering where you can re-read your past favourites? Do you need inspiration to write your own children’s book? Do you just like looking at children’s books? (There are a few of us like that at the Library!) The Library has a vast collection of Australian children’s books and books about children’s books, including the personal collections of renowned bibliographers Marcie Muir an...d Dr Kerry White. Find old beloveds (and discover some new ones) by referring to our Australian Children’s Literature Research Guide: https://bit.ly/2HombiC. #BookWeek #CBCA2020 #NLADigitalCommunity

07.01.2022 According to legend of trackside commentary H.G. Nelson, ‘It is easy to see why Australia dominated tennis in the 1960s as this cracker shows, tennis was compulsory for all schoolchildren from the age of seven. They had to practise for six hours a day.’ When we gave H.G. a selection of classic sporting photos from our Pictures Collection to comment on, he came up with some creative responses! Have a chuckle over some comical moments in Aussie sporting history in our book ‘...Stoked! Winners and Grinners of Our Sporting Life’: https://bit.ly/3fmmIgT : https://bit.ly/3jiZtpD #NLAPublishing

05.01.2022 This Monday 16 Novemberthe Anniversary of the apology to the 'Forgotten Australians' and Former Child Migrantsjoin The Australian National University Lecturer and author of Goodna Girls, Adele Chynoweth, and National Library of Australia Director of Indigenous Engagement, Marcus Hughes, as they reflect on the lives and stories of the women of Goodna and the role of cultural institutions in preserving the stories and experiences of marginalised communities. Goodna Girls tel...ls the story of children incarcerated in Wolston Park Hospital, an adult psychiatric facility in Queensland. It contains the personal testimonies of women who relatein their own no-holds-barred style and often with irreverent humourhow they, as children, ended up in Wolston Park and how this affected their adult lives. About the book: https://bit.ly/2Uusbd1 Explore more from the National Library: https://bit.ly/3kyECzf ANU Press #NLADigitalCommunity

02.01.2022 As part of acquiring new Manuscript collections, we send boxes out to donors for them to pack their papers into. Prior to this practice, instalments from donors would arrive packed into a varied array of containers such as this suitcase of letters, received as part of the archive of composer, musician and poet Miriam Hyde. Nestled inside were bundles of letters tied with faded ribbons. The letters had been written by Miriam to her family in Australia while she was studying... at the Royal College of Music in London from 1932 to 1935, one of which was 52 pages long! You can read Miriam Hyde’s letters, some of which contain musical notation drafts for her numerous compositions, online: https://bit.ly/37JWunO #NLADigitalCommunity

02.01.2022 Join Peter Freeman and Dr Rachael Coghlan as they explore the lives of early Canberra architects Malcolm Moir and Heather Sutherland their work, their impact on the developing city, the times in which they lived, and the legacy that remains. Peter Freeman is an author and Conservation Architect. His new book, 'THOROUGHLY MODERN: Moir + Sutherland Architects', studies the life and work of these two architects pivotal in the development of Canberra. Peter will be launching ...his book on Friday 20 November at the DESIGN Canberra Festival. More information about the book launch can be found online at: https://designcanberrafestival.com.au/ Dr Rachael Coghlan is CEO of Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre, and Artistic Director of the DESIGN Canberra Festival. This partnered online event has been produced by the National Library in association with Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre, and the Design Canberra Festival. #NLADigitalCommunity #DesigningCanberra