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L-R, 2023 Asia Study Grant recipient Miss Ruonan Chen, and 2023 NLA Scholars Mrs Stephanie Shon, Ms Kate Kirby and Mrs Judith Bartholomeusz

2025 Scholarships and Grant applications now open: See your research come together

Researchers, academics and PhD candidates are encouraged to apply for 9 philanthropically funded scholarships and 5 grants which open for applications on Monday 29 April 2024.

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starfish diver Simon O'Dwyer
An environmental history of ballast water management in Australia with Dr Adam Sundberg

Dr Adam Sundberg presented a lecture on his 2023 National Library Fellowship research about the environmental history of ballast water and management in Australia.

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Announcing the recipients of the 2024 National Library of Australia Fellowships

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 National Library of Australia Fellowships.

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Left to right: Dr Mei-Fen Kuo, Dr Wesley Lim and Sam Wallman, 2023 NLA Fellows

Announcing the recipients of the 2024 NLA Fellowships

Congratulations to the 12 recipients of the 2024 National Library of Australia Fellowships, Creative Arts Fellowships and National Folk Fellowship.

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2023 NLA Fellow Dr Adam Sundberg, 26 May 2023
Below the surface: Marine bio invaders

For the uninitiated, the term ‘marine bioinvasions’ refers to invasive species that over time have been moved from one oceanic location to another, in turn causing detrimental effects on the environments they are introduced into. 

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Bodenwieser Ballet performance of Blue Danube Waltz, with Moira Claux, Elaine Vallance, Nina Bascolo and Biruta Apens, 1953, nla.obj-234841849

Capturing movement: Dance photography and Gertrud Bodenwieser

Explore the dance style of Gertrud Bodenwieser through photographs with 2023 National Library Fellow Wesley Lim.

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2021 National Library of Australia Fellow Dr Anna Dziedzic
Early constitutions: A new wave of governance

Anna Dziedzic’s current research explores the moment of constitution-making, when the people of a nation decide to change their constitution or make a new one.

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Fellowship presentation: Community singing in interwar Australia

Dr Georgia Pike-Rowney presented a participatory musical lecture on her 2020 National Library Fellowship research about community singing in interwar Australia.

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Eleven people posed for a photo under the National Library's exterior colonnade.

Summer Scholars, NLA Fellows and Asia Study Grant recipients in residence at the National Library in February 2022.

Fellowships 2024: see your research come together

Applications for 2024 National Library of Australia Fellowships, Creative Arts Fellowships and the Folk Fellowship open on 3 March 2023.

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2023 National Library of Australia Fellow Dr Tets Kimura sits at a library desk examining a large open book filled with swatches of fabric or coloured paper. They have dark hair and wear glasses and a navy blue shirt. Next to them on the desk is a wooden box with more books in it.
Fellowships and scholarships

Supporting researchers, writers, artists and PhD candidates to engage with our unique collections to create new and innovative works.

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Presentation of Wool cover AWW supplement 1961
From shoddy to superfine: a material history of Australian wool with Dr Lorinda Cramer

Dr Lorinda Cramer presented a lecture on her 2023 National Library Fellowship research about the material history of Australian wool.

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A black and white image of two women. One is seated and the other is standing with her arm around the seated woman.

Students of Taisei Girls High School in Japan c.1944. Photo courtesy of Harue Goto.

Grief in World War II expressed in art and fashion with Dr Tets Kimura

Dr Tets Kimura presented a lecture on his 2023 National Library Fellowship research into how grief was experienced during the Asia-Pacific War in two different nations, Australia and Japan, and how it is identifiable in art and fashion.

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