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Pakies Club

Pakies Club, Pakie's Club Interior from Records, 1928-1994 MS9071, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1420498

Pakie's Club: A modern arts salon in interwar Sydney with Dr Deirdre O’Connell

Hear from Dr Deirdre O’Connell as she presents a lecture on her 2023 National Library Fellowship research about the extraordinary influence of Augusta 'Pakie' Macdougall who brought suffragist activism, Greenwich Village’s salon culture, and the Little Theatre movement to interwar Sydney.

Whats On Dr Christina Thompson Fellowships

Pomare King of Tahiti and Mr. Youl, Letter 1806 Dec., nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1813553

Palapala: a story of reading, writing, and books with Dr Christina Thompson

Dr Christina Thompson presented a lecture on her 2023 Creative Arts Fellowship research into what happened when writing arrived on the islands of the Pacific.

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Pink Bans

Sam Wallman, Pink Bans, courtesy Sam Wallman.

Pink and Green Bans with Sam Wallman

Comics-journalist and cartoonist Sam Wallman presented a lecture on his 2023 Creative Arts Fellowship research into the Pink and Green Bans movement and how it will contribute to a new artwork celebrating the 1970s coalition of blue collar union workers and LGBTIQA+ people.

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A sepia image of a group of people marching in a protest for Australian First Nations land rights

Black Resources Centre, Black Liberation/Black Resources Centre, 1975, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1649258

Publishing the anti-colonial struggle with Dr Angelique Stastny

Dr Angélique Stastny presented a lecture on her 2021 National Library Fellowship research about anti-colonial activist publications in Australia and the Pacific.

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A crowd of people on a stage holding placards.

Sabine Friedrich, Performance of Worth Fighting For at 2024 National Folk Festival

Something Worth Fighting For: Aussie protest songs with John Shortis

John Shortis presented his 2024 National Folk Fellowship research into Australian protest songs.

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A black and white photograph of a woman in a dress twirling around with her eyes closed.

Margaret Michaelis, Bodenwieser Ballet open air performance featuring Hilary Napier, 1940, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-234841729

Staging nationhood in dance photographs with Dr Wesley Lim

Dr Wesley Lim presented a lecture on his 2023 National Library Fellowship research into the papers of dancer and choreographer Gertrud Bodenwieser.

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Robertson addressing a room in China
The many lives of Mavis Robertson with Dr Alice Garner

Dr Alice Garner presented a lecture on her 2023 National Library Fellowship research on the life of Mavis Robertson.

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A black and white image of two people sitting in a 1920s style aeroplane while grounded.

Pioneer aviator Amy Johnson, 1929, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-150938035

Tracing aviatrix archives with Dr Jo Langdon

Dr Jo Langdon presented a lecture on research into the lives and records of Australian women pilots.

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Research program
atorikku dai jiten, 1940-60

Katorikku dai jiten, 1940-60, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1472320, photo plate III.

Trauma and world heritage on the Gotō Islands: 1856-1899 with Dr Gwyn McClelland

Dr Gwyn McClelland presented a lecture on his 2022 National Library Fellowship research that considers one of the four cultural World Heritage sites of ‘Hidden Christianity’ of the Gotō Archipelago region, drawing on an oral history, and the Library's Japanese historical records.

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Woman with short dark hair wearing a navy short sleeve top smiling at the camera and sitting at a desk with a laptop, papers and a box
Untold histories: Chinese communities in Australia during the Cold War

Hear from 2023 National Library Fellow Dr Mei-Fen Kuo about her research into the impact of Chinese cafes during the Cold War.

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fourth draft of Papua New Guinea constitution

Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea - Fourth draft of 10 May 1975 (renumbered and revised), Papers of C.J. Lynch 1901-1985, MS Acc11.0776 Box 6 Folder 2/38

Waves and currents: the movement of constitutional texts and ideas across Oceania with Dr Anna Dziedzic

Dr Anna Dziedzic presented a lecture on her 2021 National Library Fellowship research about the movement of constitution texts and ideas across Oceania.

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1969 Aust FolkLore Expedition

1969 Australian Folklore Expedition, courtesy of Martie Lowenstein.

What Wendy Found: The story of the 1969 outback 'Australian Folklore Expedition' with Martie Lowenstein

Martie Lowenstein presented a lecture on her 2023 National Folk Fellowship research about Wendy Lowenstein's significant contribution to the development of the folk movement in Australia and her year-long oral history collecting trip in 1969.

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