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    Feb 18

    Sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll … and a missing Prime Minister. Discover more about the tumultuous year that was 1968 in our upcoming exhibition. Opens 1 March.

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  2. 11 hours ago

    in 1979 National Park was proclaimed. This is home to one third of Australia’s bird species, a quarter of our freshwater fish species, as well as a huge variety of insects, reptiles and plants.

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  3. Apr 3

    Just in time for the XXI , we've released a new module on & Australian culture! Catch insights from Aussie athletes, dive into our sporting past and tackle social & cultural issues in sport.

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  4. Apr 2

    How did you get to school or work this morning? During colonial times, if lucky enough to receive an education at all, rural children often rode horses to school. For many it was the only way to commute long distances... Read more:

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  5. Apr 1

    On Easter Monday in 1916 Ernest Shackleton, Frank Worsley and crew set out from Elephant Island on the relief voyage to South Georgia.They successfully crossed 750 miles of tempestuous icy sub-Antarctic ocean in one of the greatest feats of exploration.

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  6. Mar 31

    Wishing you a wonderful Easter from all of us at the NLA. Have you your best Easter hats on? Image: Group of women, men and a child with their cocker spaniels at the Royal Easter Show, Sydney, circa 1900:

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  7. Mar 28

    opening hours: All areas of the Library will be closed tomorrow for Good Friday. The reading rooms will remain closed for the weekend but our galleries, and will be open from Sat 31 Mar onwards. More details:

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  8. Mar 27

    Today we remember , an elder of the Jagera people and the first Indigenous Australian member of the Parliament - born in 1922. His greatest achievement in the Senate? ‘I think the fact that I was there. That an Aboriginal was there.'

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  9. Mar 26

    ‘How the cold war caught up with June Barnett’ - the story of a Canberra diplomat’s unwilling role in the Petrov Affair and of the famous historian who stood by her. This and more in the latest issue of Unbound, the Library’s online magazine.

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  10. Retweeted
    Mar 23

    : My essay on 1968, a year of seismic upheavals in politics, culture, sport, technology and science that changed the world forever

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  11. Mar 25

    Please note that all areas of the Library are closed on Good Friday 30 March. The reading rooms will remain closed for the weekend and will reopen on Tuesday 3 April. However, the exhibitions galleries and bookshop will be open during this time. More info:

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  12. Mar 22

    It’s not often that we celebrate ‘missing the mark’, but today is when we do just that – thank our lucky stars that an asteroid narrowly missed impact with the earth in 1989.

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  13. Mar 21

    Just posted: Author’s blog for ‘Spinning Tops and Gumdrops: A Portrait of Colonial Childhood’. From marbles, jacks, and blind man’s buff, to playing dress-ups or rafting in the local waterhole, what are your fondest memories of childhood play?

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  14. Mar 21

    were delighted to work with the Brien Holden Vision Institute on this wonderful publication.

    Together with MP , we proudly announce the launch of a children’s book we have published with . 'The Flying Optometrist' by will serve as an important educational tool helping raise awareness. Press Release:
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  15. Mar 20

    It’s and we thought what better way to celebrate than to peruse a rare book from one of the country’s greats, Henry Lawson – “In the days when the world was wide and other verses” (1896)? View online: What poem will you read today?

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  16. Mar 19

    Happy to you! Happiness can be found in the smallest of things, including a delightful top hat, as demonstrated by this suitably titled photo 'Smiling man wearing a hat'. What has brought you happiness today? Image: -vn4654413

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  17. Mar 18

    Did you know when our Library building was constructed 50 years ago it was the only building to grace the shores of Lake Burley Griffin? Find out more in 's article. #1968

    National Library of Australia - celebrating 50 years as a wonderful public asset & place
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  18. Mar 15

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  19. Mar 15

    Did you know that the Cultural Revolution in China saw more than 16 million urban youths sent to rural areas to do hard labour on farms and in forests? Visit the Asian Collections Reading Room to learn about China’s #1968 and the lost generation of 'sent-down youth'.

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    Mar 12

    Discover Trove... without leaving your home. On 21 March at 1pm launch their new online learning webinar series with an introduction to Trove. Get more out of Trove! Available anywhere in Australia! Register here:

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  21. Mar 13

    Tom Bass’s Lintel Sculpture greets our visitors each day from above the Library’s entrance. Did you know it’s made of over 3 tonnes of copper? Grace Blakelly-Carroll reveals more about the NLA’s building art and architecture in a free walking tour, 21 Mar:

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