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Recently donated 2025 election campaign material.

Records of democracy: Federal election campaign material
30 Apr 2025

Learn about the federal election ephemera collection and how you can contribute.

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2025 Asia Study Grant recipient, Mr Michael Haryo Bagus Raditya

Indonesian dangdut music: evolution, connections, perception
01 May 2025

Learn about how 2025 Asia Study Grant recipient Michael Raditya used the Library's collection grow his research on the Indonesian music genre dangdut.

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2024 National Library of Australia Scholars Tandee Wang, Jacinta Mackay, & Scott McCarthy

Scholarships 2026: Explore, question, discover and share
28 Apr 2025

Applications for 2026 National Library of Australia Scholarships open on 28 April 2025.

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What’s On in May 2025 at the National Library
22 Apr 2025

Build your knowledge and immerse yourself with new ideas at the National Library in May.

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Mark Tipple, Kabaddi match between Brimbank Lions and WK Sydney during the 36th Australian Sikh Games in Adelaide, 29-31 March 2024, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3340629287

The National Library visits the 2024 Sikh Games
17 Apr 2025

Hear about the Australian Sikh Games, and how Library staff gained new collection items, connections and knowledge.

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Fit to Print: Defining Moments from the Fairfax Photo Archive selected by Mike Bowers
27 Feb - 20 Jul 2025

Explore the art of photojournalism with highlights from the Fairfax Photo Archive.

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National Capital Development Commission, The National Library of Australia under construction, c. 1967, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-147040537

National Library of Australia: Behind the scenes - 2 May
02 May 2025

Join David Priddle for an in depth look at the Library to unearth stories of its architectural style, history, and the current restoration projects of this remarkable building.

*Booked out*

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One with the Land ... Waiting for the Sacred Fish to come in : Maynard Williams , leena Watts, Joy Anne Williams - Llarabin Beach , Mornington Island QLD 1978 - Juno Gemes ©

In Conversation: Until Justice Comes with Juno Gemes, Djon Mundine and Michael Aird
02 May 2025

Join Juno Gemes, Djon Mundine and Michael Aird, as they share their own personal histories as friends, colleagues and collaborators, telling the true history of Australia.

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First Australians
Talks and ideas
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Curator Tour: Fit to Print exhibition - 7 May
07 May 2025

Join curator Allister Mills for a behind the scenes tour of our new exhibition Fit to Print: Defining Moments from the Fairfax Photo Archive.

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