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Hopes and Fears: Australian Migration Stories
26 Jul 2024 - 02 Feb 2025

Explore the journeys that have shaped our nation’s history.

Exhibition
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Assistance animals welcome
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Wheelchair accessible
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Canberra Meanjin Launch – Spring 2024 edition
05 Oct - 05 Oct 2024

Join editor Esther Anatolitis in the National Library Bookshop for a conversation and readings with contributors from Australia’s leading journal of writing and ideas to launch Meanjin’s Spring 2024 edition.

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Books and authors
Book launch
Townsend of the Ranges book on the left and author Peter Crowley on the right
Book launch: Townsend of the Ranges by Peter Crowley
08 Oct - 08 Oct 2024

Join Peter Crowley in conversation with ABC National Affairs Correspondent Melissa Clarke as they discuss Crowley's debut book, Townsend of the Ranges.

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Books and authors
Author talk
Book launch
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Book launch: Kasey Chambers
11 Oct - 11 Oct 2024

Join musician Kasey Chambers to celebrate the release of her book Just Don't Be a D**khead and Other Profound Things I've Learnt.

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Author talk
Places limited

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Two people at the bottom of Mount Townsend with flowers on the ground and rocks up the mountain

Frank Hurley, Mt Townshend with flowers in foreground [Kosciuszko, New South Wales], 1910, nla.obj-159969111

Researching 'Townsend of the Ranges'
03 Oct 2024

Hear from Peter Crowley about his research for his debut book 'Townsend of the Ranges'.

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Canberra Art Biennial on display at the Library
30 Sep 2024

For the next 4 weeks, the Library is one of 20 locations hosting contemporary mixed media artworks as part of the Canberra Art Biennial.

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Become a volunteer guide at the National Library
26 Sep 2024

Applications for volunteer guides are open now until 11:59pm on Tuesday 29 October 2024.

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What’s On in October 2024 at the National Library
24 Sep 2024

Broaden your horizons with this month’s events. Learn about astrophysics (and Dungeons & Dragons!) with Karlie Noon, discover artists’ books in our collection, get great advice from Kasey Chambers and immerse your kids in nature journalling at our school holiday workshops.

Media release
Black and white photo of two women, Dorothy Tangney and Enid Lyons, walking together towards the entrance of Old Parliament House

Photo of Dorothy Tangney and Enid Lyons entering Parliament House in 1943, from the Papers of Dorothy Margaret Tangney, 1938-1986, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3190082597

'They gave me a marvellous reception': Australian women, democracy and the 1943 Federal Election
13 Sep 2024

Explore the papers of three women involved in the 1943 Federal Election: Enid Lyons, Dorothy Tangney and Jessie Street.

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