The National Library’s Fellowship program brings researchers, writers and artists out of their institutions and into our collections. Fellows work closely with the collections to support research or creative projects, from dissertations and books to artworks and songs.
The Fellows bring a constant stream of new knowledge and perspective as they take an in-depth look at our collections. The Fellowship talks are a program of presentations that share that new knowledge with the public, exploring the Fellows experiences with the collection and how their research projects have progressed during their time at the Library.
2022 Fellows
- Dr Tonya Lemoh, Interiors: The musical world of Henry Handel Richardson
- Dr Annie McCarthy, The children shall carry it on
- Ms Theresa Borg, Feet of Clay
- Ms Madelyn Shaw, Fabric of War
- Dr Susan Hemer, Women and Children Last
- Associate Professor Alison Holland, The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission: Toward a History
- Dr Ryan Johnson, From Paris to Dalian
- Professor Paul Turnbull, Living with the Dead
- Dr Kate Warren, Cut-out-and-keep: magazines and the popularisation of Australian Art in the 1950s and 1960s
- Dr Mahesh White-Radhakrishnan, Quadrille tunes circling round
2021 Fellows
- Dr BIll Mihalopoulos, Consent on Trial: The fascinating case of the Maria Luz Incident (1872)
- Professor Melanie Oppenheimer, Imperial Power Couple
- Dr Jordie Albiston, Frank Hurley in Antarctica
- A/Prof Kate Fullagar, Revising the life of Bennelong
- Dr Andre Brett, The history of Australian and New Zealand railways
- Dr Andrew Levidis, The Dreamworlds of Empire
- Adjunct Professor Russell McGregor, Bird Lovers: A history of birdwatching passions
- Professor Anne Pender, The Colour of Fire: Australia and China in the theatre 1980-2020
2020 Fellows
- Mr Luke Byrnes, Luke Byrnes and the Big Scrub Revival Band
- Ms Nadia Bailey, Darkened Rooms
- Mr Anthony White, The Stockade Project
- Ms Alisa Bunbury, The Eastern Isle
- Dr Sugata Nandi, Spritualist West, Magical Orient: Theosophists and India, 1875-1930
- Associate Professor Sharon Crozier-de Rosa, Memory Keepers