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Curator Dr Grace Blakeley-Carroll offers a behind-the-scenes look at how the exhibition Story Time: Australian Children’s Literature was developed. Hear how Grace brought together material from the Na...

Discover the library's enchanting performing arts collections and learn how to best search and access these collections.

Discover the library's enchanting performing arts collections and learn how to best search and access these collections.

Be a part of the story and let your imagination run wild, with story-telling from the ACT Story tellers Guild to guide you on the way. $2 per Child (EFTPOS PaymentAt The Door Only) Children must be ac...

Did you know that Mary Poppin’ creator, Pamela Lyndon Travers, was Australian? Join us for Mary Poppins Returns, which brings Mary Poppins back to help the Banks family remember the joys of childhood ...

The need for a grand narrative in the life and obsessive collecting of Rex Nan Kivell is telling. His collecting stories, invented or elaborated, are engaging and, when examined, often untrue. Without...

Discover the library's enchanting performing arts collections and learn how to best search and access these collections.

Disruption is all around us. We are experiencing profound upheaval that is transforming our economies, our societies and our values. For centuries, universities have advanced change in the public inte...