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1917 referendum badges: 'A soldiers Mother Says Yes', and 'Australians No Conscription'
A century of Yay or Nay
Claire Huckstepp - Author profile photoClaire Huckstepp
Rats Game - Kyoko Imazu
That was the year that was
Andrew FineganAndrew Finegan
Frances Steel, 2017 NLA Fellow
NLA Fellowships in 2017
Frances Steel - Blog author profile photoFrances Steel
Book cover: Living the 1960s - Noelene Brown
Dissenting voices in 1960s Sydney
Noeline Brown - portrait photoNoeline Brown
Attention self-publishers!
Photo of Kristen GidneyKristen Gidney
Illustration from The English and Australian cookery book
The proof of the pudding
Portrait of Helen WadeHelen Wade
Sue Chen - a 2017 National Library of Australia Fellow
NLA Fellowships in 2017
Antonia Kasunic
Q & A with Professor Neville Exon
Catherine Martins
A collection of Australian same-sex marriage postal survey ephemera
Why we collect what we collect:
Catherine Aldersey portrait photoCatherine Aldersey
Cover crop of The Catch
Writing the history of fishing
Anna Clark portrait photoAnna Clark
A marching military band, Gundagai, New South Wales
Concert band music in Australia
Lisa Mackie portrait photoLisa Mackie
Cover crop of Dear Lindy
Our response to the loss of Azaria
Alana Valentine portrait photoAlana Valentine
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