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    Fellowship presentation: Frank: Hurley in Antarctica

    15 April 2021

    Join the National Library of Australia's 2021 Creative Arts Fellow

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    National Folk Fellow Presentation 2020: Luke Byrnes and the Big Scrub Revival Band

    14 April 2021

    Catch Luke Byrnes and the Big Scrub Revival Band's presentation and

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    Zimmermann + Athol Shmith: Fashion Photography

    13 April 2021

    In September 2020, fashion label Zimmermann launched their 2021 Spring Collection, Wild...

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    Historians of Australia survey

    12 April 2021

    The Library is undertaking a survey of professional historians of Australia to...

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    Curator Talk - A Nation Imagined: The Artists of the Picturesque Atlas

    31 March 2021

    Join Natalie Wilson and Dr Gary Werskey, curators of the National L

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    Rivers: The Lifeblood of Australia – In Conversation with Ian Hoskins

    29 March 2021

    Australia is the driest populated continent on the planet and yet i

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    Harvest: Food Security in Australia

    10 March 2021

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