Blogs

Read all about the sweet story of a couple: over 40 years of romance, told through more than 200 greeting cards.

In 1946, decades before Banned Books Week (26 September – 2 October) was launched, Robert S Close’s Love Me Sailor was ruled obscene and its author jailed.

Do you have an elusive ancestor? Here's five tips to save you time in looking for those elusive records.

Ever considered using maps to get to know your ancestors?

Lawyer, artist and women’s advocate Amani Haydar honours her mother’s life in her new memoir.

Our new eresource Company360 helps you find business information with ease.

Five keen Library readers review five new release books.

For International Lighthouse Heritage Weekend (21-22 August), we’re shining a spotlight on five lighthouses from the collection.

Have you ever wondered who lived in your house before you?

Miles Franklin’s glorious heroine from My Career Goes Bung — Sybylla is still as wilful, talented and funny today as she was 75 years ago.  

Alcohol, drugs and your health during COVID-19 (coronavirus) 

The Olympic torch relay, and its climactic cauldron-lighting, is inextricably woven into the lore of The Games.

William Morris (1834–1896) — British artist, designer, craftsman, writer and socialist — established the Kelmscott Press at Hammersmith, London, in January 1891.

A debut novelist observes a common peril.

See on online gallery of some of powerful and evocative images that are part of the World Press Photo Exhibition 2021 exhibition.

‘Looking back on those early days of gay lib in the 70s,’ Terry Batterham comments as he takes a second stroll through the Library’s Coming out in the 70s exhibition, ‘I sometimes wonder where we got the energy from.’