This blog, by the Library’s Rare Books and Music Curator Dr Susannah Helman, explores this charming little book, just in time for the last days of summer. It may even be helpful the next time you take the plunge!

Martie Lowenstein is the recipient of the 2023 National Folk Fellowship. We spoke to Martie to learn more about her Fellowship and research topic, ‘What Wendy found – the story of 1969 outback Australian Folklore expedition.’

During his time at the Library, Yahia’s research examined the Chinese ‘homosexual’ men’s lived experience as represented in the Australian-Chinese language newspapers, magazines, and digital media.

Madeleine Pugin was a recipient of one of the National Library of Australia Scholarships in 2022. Her Nangaypa Rirraliny Scholarship was funded by Emeritus Professor Janice Reid AC. 

The National Library has a range of Fellowships and Scholarships available to researchers, writers, artists, and younger scholars.

Dr Kate Warren, a Senior Lecturer in Art History and Curatorship at the Australian National University, was a 2022 recipient of a National Library of Australia Fellowship.

Dr Annisa Beta is a recipient of the 2022 Asia Study Grant. We spoke to Annisa on her time at the Library and research topic, ‘A genealogy of modern Indonesian girls’. 

We spoke to Dr Bill Mihalopoulos, a Lecturer in Asian Pacific Studies at the University of Central Lancashire and a 2021 recipient of the National Library of Australia Fellowship for Japan Studies, about his time at the Library.

See some of the creative works from our collections have come out of copyright and into the public domain this year.

Every year, on 1 January, creative works come out of copyright and into the public domain.

Dive into the records of the Australian Women Pilots’ Association and some of the stories they tell about early Australian female pilots.

The Library has recently acquired 3 photographs from a Rational Dress Movement picnic in 1895.

The Library commissioned photographers to capture the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.