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What’s got us talking

Wriveted Chatbot

Our Dx Lab digital drop-in Meena Tharmarajah recently ran a fun design workshop with students from Balgowlah North Public School. 

A diamond in the rough

The story behind a mysterious large photograph that was found discarded on the streets of Newtown in Sydney’s inner-west.

Hyde Photograph

Freedom to read

Libraries have a role in providing an unbiased source of information and ideas.

Person at computer near library bookshelves

The Burial Files

Need a new podcast to devour on your daily commute? Stream (or binge!) all nine episode of The Burial Files now.

Dead Central banner at the train station

Collection buzz

Across the curator’s desk: Bob Graham’s original artwork from ‘The Wild’ (1986)

Maria Savvidis, Curator in the Library’s Research and Discovery Team, shares an original illustration from a well-loved Australian children’s book.

 

Bob Graham’s original artwork from ‘The Wild’

Apollo 11 moon landing

The Library holds a range of material relating to the Apollo 11 mission, reflecting Australia's excitement and fascination in the space race as it happened.

Membership card for the Pan-Am 'First Moon Flights Club', 1969

E.M. Curr’s Australian Comparative Vocabulary

At 9.45 metres long, this gargantuan accordion-fold document is  the longest known manuscript in the Library.

Curr for Living Language

Flash Mob

Photographs from the Deadly Awards by Jamie James.

Book of Hours

View our newly digitised Book of Hours, featuring 14 large miniatures, framed by pink marble columns or brown bands, and enter the world of an illuminated manuscript.