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August 2013

Thursday, 1 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

As Frontier Services celebrates its centenary in 2012 this display documents the Australian Inland Mission at work in remote parts of Australia during the early 20th century.  Drawn from the Library’s collection of more than 2800 images, it is testament to the dedication  of these pioneering missionaries and chronicles the hardships they had to endure.

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10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information
Friday, 2 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

As Frontier Services celebrates its centenary in 2012 this display documents the Australian Inland Mission at work in remote parts of Australia during the early 20th century.  Drawn from the Library’s collection of more than 2800 images, it is testament to the dedication  of these pioneering missionaries and chronicles the hardships they had to endure.

More information

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information
Saturday, 3 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

As Frontier Services celebrates its centenary in 2012 this display documents the Australian Inland Mission at work in remote parts of Australia during the early 20th century.  Drawn from the Library’s collection of more than 2800 images, it is testament to the dedication  of these pioneering missionaries and chronicles the hardships they had to endure.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information
Saturday, 3 August, 2013

Talks, Seminars and Conferences

10:00 AM—5:00 PM

Theatre

In a land of droughts and flooding rains, of coastal cities, regions and rural landscapes, how do we write about our country? Join some of Australia’s finest writers as they explore how we write about place.

Keynote speaker Murray Bail delivers the Kenneth Binns Lecture, which is generously supported by Alison Sanchez.

Featured speakers include Bill Gammage, Matthew Condon, Adrian Hyland and Ros Moriarty.

Conference Details

Program information: nla.gov.au/events/landscape
Enquiries: 02 6262 1565

Supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, the Ray Mathew and Eva Kollsman Trust and Alison Sanchez

 

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Sunday, 4 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

As Frontier Services celebrates its centenary in 2012 this display documents the Australian Inland Mission at work in remote parts of Australia during the early 20th century.  Drawn from the Library’s collection of more than 2800 images, it is testament to the dedication  of these pioneering missionaries and chronicles the hardships they had to endure.

More information
Monday, 5 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

As Frontier Services celebrates its centenary in 2012 this display documents the Australian Inland Mission at work in remote parts of Australia during the early 20th century.  Drawn from the Library’s collection of more than 2800 images, it is testament to the dedication  of these pioneering missionaries and chronicles the hardships they had to endure.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information
Tuesday, 6 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

As Frontier Services celebrates its centenary in 2012 this display documents the Australian Inland Mission at work in remote parts of Australia during the early 20th century.  Drawn from the Library’s collection of more than 2800 images, it is testament to the dedication  of these pioneering missionaries and chronicles the hardships they had to endure.

More information

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information

Learning Programs and Workshops

 

9 AM—10 AM

Learn how to use the Library's new microform equipment, including scanning, saving and sending newspaper articles. Bring your USB stick and email login details to take full advantage of this session.

Location: Newspapers reading room, LG1.

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Wednesday, 7 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

As Frontier Services celebrates its centenary in 2012 this display documents the Australian Inland Mission at work in remote parts of Australia during the early 20th century.  Drawn from the Library’s collection of more than 2800 images, it is testament to the dedication  of these pioneering missionaries and chronicles the hardships they had to endure.

More information

Films and Performances

 

6pm—8pm

Theatre

Goodbye Lenin  (2003)

Directed by Wolfgang Becker. With Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß and Chulpan Khamatova

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Thursday, 8 August, 2013

Talks, Seminars and Conferences

5:00PM—6:00PM

Theatre

Join us for the presentation of the 2013 Farrer Memorial Medal and Oration. The Medal is awarded annually to perpetuate the memory of William James Farrer and to provide inspiration to those engaged in agricultural science.

In association with The Farrer Memorial Trust Fund.

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Exhibitions and Displays

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

As Frontier Services celebrates its centenary in 2012 this display documents the Australian Inland Mission at work in remote parts of Australia during the early 20th century.  Drawn from the Library’s collection of more than 2800 images, it is testament to the dedication  of these pioneering missionaries and chronicles the hardships they had to endure.

More information
Friday, 9 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

 

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

As Frontier Services celebrates its centenary in 2012 this display documents the Australian Inland Mission at work in remote parts of Australia during the early 20th century.  Drawn from the Library’s collection of more than 2800 images, it is testament to the dedication  of these pioneering missionaries and chronicles the hardships they had to endure.

More information

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information
Saturday, 10 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

As Frontier Services celebrates its centenary in 2012 this display documents the Australian Inland Mission at work in remote parts of Australia during the early 20th century.  Drawn from the Library’s collection of more than 2800 images, it is testament to the dedication  of these pioneering missionaries and chronicles the hardships they had to endure.

More information

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information
Sunday, 11 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

As Frontier Services celebrates its centenary in 2012 this display documents the Australian Inland Mission at work in remote parts of Australia during the early 20th century.  Drawn from the Library’s collection of more than 2800 images, it is testament to the dedication  of these pioneering missionaries and chronicles the hardships they had to endure.

More information
Monday, 12 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information
Tuesday, 13 August, 2013

Films and Performances

6:00PM—7:30PM

Theatre

A special season of documentaries focusing on the impacts of climate change, survival, and the challenges of a thriving urban environment.

Edens Lost and Found—Philadelphia: The Holy Experiment
(2006, 57 min, G)
Faced with severe budget limitations, Philadelphia’s rebirth is being brought about by a network of community-based volunteer organisations. Directed by Harry Wiland.

US Embassy Logo

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Learning Programs and Workshops

 

2 PM—3 PM

IT Training Room 1/2

New to the Library? Or a regular who's not sure how it all works? Join us for tips on searching the catalogue, requesting collection material, and using our online resources. This session includes a tour of the Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room, and the Main Reading Room.

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Exhibitions and Displays

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

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10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

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Wednesday, 14 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information
Thursday, 15 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

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Friends

6pm—8pm

Theatre

Join Professor Julian Disney AO as he presents the 2013 Kenneth Myer Lecture, Media Standards in an Internet World.

Julian Disney is Chair of the Australian Press Council and a part-time Professor and Director of the Social Justice Project at the University of New South Wales. He has been Law Reform Commissioner and Director of the Centre for International and Public Law at the Australian National University and Chair of government advisory committees on economic planning, employment, housing, social security, immigration and literacy. Includes refreshments.

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Friday, 16 August, 2013

Children and Families

11.30 AM—12.30 AM

Foyer, Theatre

The Children’s Book Council of Australia and the National Library of Australia invite you to the presentation of the Book of the Year Awards and the launch of Book Week 2013, followed by book signings. 

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Exhibitions and Displays

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information
Saturday, 17 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

Since the site for the national capital was chosen in 1908, Canberra has unfolded on the Molonglo River flood plain and become part of the landscape. 

 In 2012 the National Library set out to capture the transformation of some of Canberra’s key sites. These photographs are displayed here alongside historic images from the Library’s collection, and highlight the stark changes and surprising similarities of Canberra then, and Canberra now.

More information

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

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Sunday, 18 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

Since the site for the national capital was chosen in 1908, Canberra has unfolded on the Molonglo River flood plain and become part of the landscape. 

 In 2012 the National Library set out to capture the transformation of some of Canberra’s key sites. These photographs are displayed here alongside historic images from the Library’s collection, and highlight the stark changes and surprising similarities of Canberra then, and Canberra now.

More information
Monday, 19 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

Since the site for the national capital was chosen in 1908, Canberra has unfolded on the Molonglo River flood plain and become part of the landscape. 

In 2012 the National Library set out to capture the transformation of some of Canberra’s key sites. These photographs are displayed here alongside historic images from the Library’s collection, and highlight the stark changes and surprising similarities of Canberra then, and Canberra now.

More information

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

Since the site for the national capital was chosen in 1908, Canberra has unfolded on the Molonglo River flood plain and become part of the landscape. 

In 2012 the National Library set out to capture the transformation of some of Canberra’s key sites. These photographs are displayed here alongside historic images from the Library’s collection, and highlight the stark changes and surprising similarities of Canberra then, and Canberra now.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information
Tuesday, 20 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

Since the site for the national capital was chosen in 1908, Canberra has unfolded on the Molonglo River flood plain and become part of the landscape. 

In 2012 the National Library set out to capture the transformation of some of Canberra’s key sites. These photographs are displayed here alongside historic images from the Library’s collection, and highlight the stark changes and surprising similarities of Canberra then, and Canberra now.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information
Wednesday, 21 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

Since the site for the national capital was chosen in 1908, Canberra has unfolded on the Molonglo River flood plain and become part of the landscape. 

In 2012 the National Library set out to capture the transformation of some of Canberra’s key sites. These photographs are displayed here alongside historic images from the Library’s collection, and highlight the stark changes and surprising similarities of Canberra then, and Canberra now.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

ne hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

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Films and Performances

 

6pm—8pm

Theatre

Make way for tomorrow (1937)

Directed by Leo McCarey. With Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter and Thomas Mitchell

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Learning Programs and Workshops

12 PM—1 PM

Ferguson Room

Is your street named after a soldier, artist, poet or politician? Who was the person who gave it their name? Discover the origins of Canberra's streets and suburbs and learn some basic research tips for using the Library's catalogue.

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Thursday, 22 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

Since the site for the national capital was chosen in 1908, Canberra has unfolded on the Molonglo River flood plain and become part of the landscape. 

In 2012 the National Library set out to capture the transformation of some of Canberra’s key sites. These photographs are displayed here alongside historic images from the Library’s collection, and highlight the stark changes and surprising similarities of Canberra then, and Canberra now.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

The National Library of Australia is currently hosting City of TreesUK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. City of Trees takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout.

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Films and Performances

2:00PM—4:00PM

Theatre

Afternoon Delight Film Series

Celebrate the hectic glory of print journalism through the genre of the newspaper film. Enjoy your favourite stars through the inky haze of cigarette smoke, the clatter of typewriters and the rattle of whisky bottles. Gather in bookplate afterwards for a $6.50 Devonshire tea. Special offer for the Afternoon Delight series only.

While the City Sleeps (1956, 100 min, 16 mm, PG)
The new owner of a media company offers a high-ranking job to the first reporter to get the earliest scoop on a serial killer.

 

 

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Friday, 23 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

Since the site for the national capital was chosen in 1908, Canberra has unfolded on the Molonglo River flood plain and become part of the landscape. 

In 2012 the National Library set out to capture the transformation of some of Canberra’s key sites. These photographs are displayed here alongside historic images from the Library’s collection, and highlight the stark changes and surprising similarities of Canberra then, and Canberra now.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information
Saturday, 24 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

Since the site for the national capital was chosen in 1908, Canberra has unfolded on the Molonglo River flood plain and become part of the landscape. 

In 2012 the National Library set out to capture the transformation of some of Canberra’s key sites. These photographs are displayed here alongside historic images from the Library’s collection, and highlight the stark changes and surprising similarities of Canberra then, and Canberra now.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information
Sunday, 25 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

Since the site for the national capital was chosen in 1908, Canberra has unfolded on the Molonglo River flood plain and become part of the landscape. 

In 2012 the National Library set out to capture the transformation of some of Canberra’s key sites. These photographs are displayed here alongside historic images from the Library’s collection, and highlight the stark changes and surprising similarities of Canberra then, and Canberra now.

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10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

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Talks, Seminars and Conferences

 

2:00PM—3:00PM

Conference Room

A talk by author and lawyer Pamela Burton. Followed by afternoon tea.

In association with the Australian Women's Archives Project

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Monday, 26 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

Since the site for the national capital was chosen in 1908, Canberra has unfolded on the Molonglo River flood plain and become part of the landscape. 

In 2012 the National Library set out to capture the transformation of some of Canberra’s key sites. These photographs are displayed here alongside historic images from the Library’s collection, and highlight the stark changes and surprising similarities of Canberra then, and Canberra now.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information

Talks, Seminars and Conferences

 

5:30PM—6:30PM

Conference Room

Dr Kent Fedorowich discusses the diary of former Prime Minister Sir Earle Page, documenting his 1941 - 1942 tour abroad at a critical juncture in Australia's wartime relations.

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Tuesday, 27 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

Since the site for the national capital was chosen in 1908, Canberra has unfolded on the Molonglo River flood plain and become part of the landscape. 

In 2012 the National Library set out to capture the transformation of some of Canberra’s key sites. These photographs are displayed here alongside historic images from the Library’s collection, and highlight the stark changes and surprising similarities of Canberra then, and Canberra now.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information
Wednesday, 28 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

Since the site for the national capital was chosen in 1908, Canberra has unfolded on the Molonglo River flood plain and become part of the landscape. 

In 2012 the National Library set out to capture the transformation of some of Canberra’s key sites. These photographs are displayed here alongside historic images from the Library’s collection, and highlight the stark changes and surprising similarities of Canberra then, and Canberra now.

More information

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

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Thursday, 29 August, 2013

Learning Programs and Workshops

 

3 PM—4 PM

Ferguson Room

Discover how you can use Trove newspapers for your family history research. Get search tips, and learn how to add tags, correct text and manage your research.

Bookings online or 02 6262 1271

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4.20pm—6pm

IT Training Room 1/2

Join Library staff for a tour of the images and soundscapes in Jyll Bradley’s exhibition City of Trees, and learn about the Library’s environmental, sound-based and oral history resources.

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Exhibitions and Displays

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

Since the site for the national capital was chosen in 1908, Canberra has unfolded on the Molonglo River flood plain and become part of the landscape. 

In 2012 the National Library set out to capture the transformation of some of Canberra’s key sites. These photographs are displayed here alongside historic images from the Library’s collection, and highlight the stark changes and surprising similarities of Canberra then, and Canberra now.

More information

Films and Performances

6:00PM—7:00PM

Theatre

Using images, recordings and live performance, acclaimed Irish musician and researcher, Fintan Vallely talks about the role played in the Irish Traditional music revival by books on music, song, dance, emigration and the Irish Diaspora.

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Bookshop Events

6.30pm—8.00pm

Bookshop

Rachel Hudson succumbs to cystic fibrosis at 27, leaving behind secrets that push each of her remaining family members to question what it is they want from life, and from each other. Set against the red dust of the Kimberley desert, and the holy Ganges River in India, this captivating story reminds us that we continue to live in the memories we leave behind.

Join author Samantha Tidy and National President of the RSL Rear Admiral Ken Doolan AO RAN (Ret'd), who will officially launch The Happiness Jar.

Refreshments and book signing to follow.

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Friday, 30 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

Since the site for the national capital was chosen in 1908, Canberra has unfolded on the Molonglo River flood plain and become part of the landscape. 

In 2012 the National Library set out to capture the transformation of some of Canberra’s key sites. These photographs are displayed here alongside historic images from the Library’s collection, and highlight the stark changes and surprising similarities of Canberra then, and Canberra now.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Enjoy a free, volunteer guided tour of the Treasures Gallery. Meet outside the gallery.  The tour takes approximately 30 minutes.

  

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information
Saturday, 31 August, 2013

Exhibitions and Displays

10:00am—5:00pm

Exhibition Gallery

One hundred years ago, the founders of Canberra staked out the new capital by planting a million trees. This sapling urban forest spoke of their faith in the future of a city they would never live to see. Today, their legacy is the vast green cloak from which Canberra emerges—a growing city in a landscape.

In 2013 the National Library of Australia hosts City of Trees, UK artist Jyll Bradley’s multi-disciplinary project based on the simple premise that every tree in Canberra has a human story to tell. Over a series of artist residencies commissioned by the Centenary of Canberra, Bradley has created a major body of work, including sound, photography and drawings, for this solo exhibition. The exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation, with light—the basis for tree growth and the force that illuminates hidden stories—a constant agent throughout. The centrepiece of the exhibition are three specially designed ‘portals’, where visitors can listen to the stories and thoughts of the myriad of people in Canberra and the region for whom trees are a passion, profession or a way of life.

More information

9:00am—5:00pm

Display area

Since the site for the national capital was chosen in 1908, Canberra has unfolded on the Molonglo River flood plain and become part of the landscape. 

In 2012 the National Library set out to capture the transformation of some of Canberra’s key sites. These photographs are displayed here alongside historic images from the Library’s collection, and highlight the stark changes and surprising similarities of Canberra then, and Canberra now.

More information

10.30am—11:00am

Treasures Gallery

Come face-to-face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s greatest stories.

Early maps and atlases, books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs and objects all feature in the Treasures Gallery. From James Cook’s Endeavour journal to William Bligh’s list of mutineers, from Patrick White’s glasses to an original manuscript for Waltzing Matilda, the items in the Treasures Gallery are truly remarkable.

A diverse selection from our international collections is showcased in NLA to Z, while a surprising and eclectic range of objects is featured in the dramatic gold showcase of ‘realia’. In the Central Foyer, visitors can also enjoy the Australian Voices audiovisual presentation, compiled from the Library’s extensive Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Drawn from the Library’s vast collection, many of the treasures in this exhibition have never been displayed before. The Library will continue to regularly change the items on display, ensuring that visitors will always discover something new.

More information