Media Releases
2009
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Thursday, 13 August, 2009 - 17:49
Visitors to the National Library of Australia will have the opportunity to view four rare Dutch navigational charts, thanks to a generous loan from businessman Mr Kerry Stokes, Arts Minister Mr Peter Garrett said today.
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Monday, 6 July, 2009 - 17:48
Picture Australia and The Le@rning Federation (TLF) have created digital picture trails that blaze a path through vast tracts of Australia’s visual heritage.
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Tuesday, 2 June, 2009 - 17:47
If there’s a stack of old newspapers gathering dust under the bed or out in the shed, Australian libraries want to know about it.
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Wednesday, 13 May, 2009 - 17:44
More than $800,000 has been allocated in the federal Budget to the National Library of Australia, the National Film and Sound Archive and the National Archives of Australia to help collect and preserve huge volumes of digital information.
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Monday, 11 May, 2009 - 17:42
Cunningham Martyn Design has been awarded the tender to design the National Library of Australia’s new Treasures Gallery and Exhibition Gallery which are scheduled to open late next year.
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Wednesday, 6 May, 2009 - 17:40
Multicultural groups are encouraged to apply for the 2009 Community Heritage Grants, managed by the National Library of Australia, before applications close on 5 June.
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Wednesday, 22 April, 2009 - 17:39
Many of the National Library of Australia’s greatest treasures, including Lieutenant James Cook’s Endeavour Journal, will go on show in a special preview of the new state-of-the-art Treasures Gallery, scheduled to open late next year.
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Monday, 6 April, 2009 - 17:37
Rarely seen items from the National Library of Australia’s Ballets Russes collection, the largest of its kind in Australia, will go on show at the National Library in Canberra from Thursday 9 April.
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Wednesday, 25 March, 2009 - 18:35
The Managing Director of the ABC, Mark Scott, and Emmy-nominated producer Marcus Gillezeau will speak at the National Library of Australia’s Innovative Ideas Forum this Friday, 27 March.
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Monday, 23 March, 2009 - 18:33
One of the National Library of Australia’s most significant acquisitions, 56 watercolour paintings by First Fleet artist George Raper, now forms the basis of a stunning new National Library publication.
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Tuesday, 10 March, 2009 - 18:32
The National Library is calling for applications for the 2009 Community Heritage Grants.
The grants of up to $15 000 are available to community groups around the country to help preserve and manage locally held, nationally significant cultural heritage collections of documents and objects for future generations. -
Monday, 9 February, 2009 - 18:31
Discover the National Library’s ‘true romance section’ at Literary Lovers: Speed Dating for Book Lovers, on Friday 20 February.
Anyone can try speed dating, but only the National Library can offer it, literarily speaking, with such style.
2008
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Thursday, 27 November, 2008 - 11:22
Five Western Australian groups will receive grants to help preserve the state’s heritage following the announcement of the 2008 Community Heritage Grants.
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Tuesday, 25 November, 2008 - 11:50
Disturbing, confronting, challenging … the works of internationally renowned South African photographer Roger Ballen will be exhibited at the National Library in Canberra from Wednesday 26 November.
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Wednesday, 19 November, 2008 - 11:48
The controversial life and colourful times of explorer, visionary and environmentalist Thomas Griffith Taylor will go on show at the National Library of Australia from 21 November.
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Wednesday, 19 November, 2008 - 11:47
A selection of reproduction photographs from Australia’s most extensive archive of its prize-fighting history, the Arnold Thomas Boxing Collection, will go on show at the National Library of Australia on 21 November in a new display entitled Lords of the Ring.
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Tuesday, 11 November, 2008 - 11:45
Community groups across the country will have a greater capacity to preserve Australia’s heritage following the announcement of the 2008 Community Heritage Grants.
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Tuesday, 11 November, 2008 - 11:43
One ACT group will receive a grant to help preserve the territory’s heritage following the announcement of the 2008 Community Heritage Grants.
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Tuesday, 11 November, 2008 - 11:41
Twenty-one NSW groups will receive grants to help preserve the state’s heritage following the announcement of the 2008 Community Heritage Grants.
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Tuesday, 11 November, 2008 - 11:39
Three Northern Territory groups will receive grants to help preserve the territory’s heritage following the announcement of the 2008 Community Heritage Grants.
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Tuesday, 11 November, 2008 - 11:38
Ten Queensland groups will receive grants to help preserve the state’s heritage following the announcement of the 2008 Community Heritage Grants.
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Tuesday, 11 November, 2008 - 11:28
Eleven South Australian groups will receive grants to help preserve the state’s heritage following the announcement of the 2008 Community Heritage Grants.
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Tuesday, 11 November, 2008 - 11:25
Four Tasmanian groups will receive grants to help preserve the state’s heritage following the announcement of the 2008 Community Heritage Grants.
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Tuesday, 11 November, 2008 - 11:24
Fifteen Victorian groups will receive grants to help preserve the state’s heritage following the announcement of the 2008 Community Heritage Grants.
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Tuesday, 11 November, 2008 - 11:20
Young Canberra photographer Chris Morrison has won the inaugural VIVID Emerging Artist Award. His work was selected from work exhibited by new and emerging photographers in the VIVID National Photography Festival, held in the ACT and region from 11 July to 12 October this year.
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Tuesday, 28 October, 2008 - 11:18
Canberra musician Jenny Gall is the recipient of this year’s National Folk Fellowship, jointly offered by the National Library of Australia and the National Folk Festival.
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Tuesday, 23 September, 2008 - 10:16
A chance sighting on YouTube has taken a group of photographers from a Sydney backyard to the National Library of Australia.
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Wednesday, 3 September, 2008 - 09:54
The work of contemporary Australian photographers will be on display for one night only at the National Library of Australia tomorrow, Thursday 4 September. Twenty-three photographers from the ACT, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland will present their work in table-top displays at a folio viewing event at the Library, from 4 pm to 8 pm.
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Friday, 22 August, 2008 - 09:27
The National Library of Australia celebrates the 40th anniversary of the opening of its iconic building with a series of special events on Monday 25 August.
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Wednesday, 23 July, 2008 - 09:26
The National Library has acquired one of the country’s most important collections on the life and times of Australia’s first international diva, Dame Nellie Melba.
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Friday, 11 July, 2008 - 09:23
Early Australian photographs by pioneering photographer Charles Bayliss – some not seen by the public in more than 130 years – will go on display at the National Library in Canberra on Friday 11 July.
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Wednesday, 2 July, 2008 - 09:22
Rare early Australian photographs, not seen in public for more than 100 years, have been acquired by the National Library.
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Monday, 23 June, 2008 - 09:20
Writer David Malouf and actor Amanda Muggleton will bring to life the Canadian Government’s gift to the National Library of the earliest surviving document printed in Australia.
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Thursday, 8 May, 2008 - 09:18
The National Library is calling for applications for the 2008 Community Heritage Grants.
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Wednesday, 16 April, 2008 - 09:17
Rarely seen photographs and architectural plans will go on display this week at the National Library to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the opening of the iconic building beside Lake Burley Griffin.
