School materials and resources
Online and downloadable materials and resources available for your classroom, school visit, or families at home. Access a much larger range of Library online exhibitions and websites through these specific links to teacher notes and schools pages.
Downloadable exhibition activity sheets
A Modern Vision: Charles Bayliss, Photographer, 1850-1897 exhibition trail activity sheet
Bridging the Distance exhibition trail activity sheet
Cage of Ghosts: Jon Rhodes exhibition trail activity sheet
Dare to Learn! Explorers on the Edge education supplement
Mr Gilbert's Beautiful Parakeet colouring in worksheet
The Ballets Russes in Australia 1936 - 1940 exhibition trail activity sheet
Brutal, Tender, Human, Animal: Roger Ballen Photography exhibition trail activity sheet
The System of Nature: Carl Linnaeus exhibition trail activity sheet
The System of Nature: Carl Linnaeus dot-to-dot activity sheet
The System of Nature: Carl Linnaeus crossword activity sheet
Thomas Griffith Taylor: prophet and pariah exhibition trail activity sheet
Collection Connections for Teachers
Easy to use flashcards for the classroom - with image, text, and points for discussion
Library websites, interactives and online exhibitions
Belonging: A Century Celebrated
Captain Cook's Journal 1768 - 71
National Treasures from Australia's Great Libraries
The Flower Hunter: Ellis Rowan
Treasures from the World’s Great Libraries
Picture Australia slideshow trails
Picture Australia slideshow trails developed in collaboration with The Le@rning Federation (TLF), including educational value statements for each theme
Scenes from the Second World War
External websites, interactives and online exhibitions
National Library material available as part of Screen Australia Digital Learning
Investigating National Treasures with Warren Brown (2006)
James Cook's Endeavour Journal
The Prime Ministers' National Treasures (2007)
Hidden Treasures - Inside the National Library of Australia (2008)
Augustus Earle and his Dog, Jemmy
A Passionate Collector: Rex Nan Kivell
First Fleet Sketches: Hunter and Raper
Figure in the Landscape: John Glover
John Olsen’s Opera House Mural
