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Bushrangers are Australian legends, but not all Australian bushrangers were seen in a glowing light. Join historian Meg Foster for an online talk to hear stories of bushrangers who didn't fit the mould.

🗓 Tue 7 Feb
⏰ 11am–12pm
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We're here to make #BackToSchool a breeze! 🎒📚 From learning the ABCs to starting the HSC, we offer plenty of resources to help students and teachers. See our learning programs here: https://t.co/R5X0s9M8Ss

📸 Pupils of Sydney Girls High School, c 1930s, by Sam Hood. https://t.co/sER2fuiSEc

@eleaud We’re excited to have you here! Best of luck with your research. 📚✨

We got you a beautiful bouquet for #NationalDaisyDay! 💐 'Still life of flowers', 1930-1969, photographed by Max Dupain.

See more images: https://t.co/rwpf0ZTYEP https://t.co/5fc1Cr7B2E

This photo of Hunter Street in Sydney is alive with detail! Photographer Arthur Ernest Foster captured this bustling image of roadworks in 1925.

🔎 Can you spot the Richard Johnson Obelisk and Perpetual Trustee Company Building? #FlashbackFriday

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Today is #HolocaustRemembranceDay, a day to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism. To learn more about the Holocaust and to hear interviews with survivors visit: https://t.co/zF2USAxrea

📸 Courtesy photographer D-Mo Zajac https://t.co/6u81TO6wdK

#OTD in 1972 performances of 'Betty Can Jump' began at the Pram Factory theatre in Carlton, Melbourne. Produced by the Australian Performing Group, the play helped set the scene for a vibrant women’s theatre movement.

Read @kathkenny_'s #Openbook story: https://t.co/uvEPgyFIiG https://t.co/kOjudZrVoz

Golden hour in the vestibule. ✨

Reminder: the Library is open today, Thursday 26 January.

Visit our exhibitions, reading rooms and heritage spaces from 10am-5pm.

See what's on: https://t.co/2nhSzRrxQY https://t.co/4qVRML3sIs

🏗️ Here's a great resource for people interested in construction and #architecture. Browse digitised issues of Building magazine, published from 1907 to 1942, online via @TroveAustralia: https://t.co/9wFXTcK18B https://t.co/K7Sn2rVNXP

Happy #LibraryShelfie Day, from us to you! ❤️ Whether you're looking for a hard-to-find book, magazines, journals or ebooks, our wonderful librarians are always here to help.

Chat to them in our Reading Rooms or online using Ask a Librarian: https://t.co/tNq2ojSqRI https://t.co/nJ7FirMU0S

Reminder! Entries for our National Biography Award ($42,000) and Russell Prize for Humour Writing ($15,000) close 5pm, Friday 3 February 2023. #NatBioAward #RussellPrize #OzLit

View guidelines and apply now: https://t.co/CLy9Fo8PQk https://t.co/N4vByZbiNZ

A splendid shelf of Ethel Turner books to celebrate her birthday. 🎉 Born #OTD in 1870, Ethel is best-known for her novel 'Seven Little Australians', which has been in print since 1894. The Library is lucky to hold her original manuscripts!

Read more: https://t.co/3g3tbXc5A3 https://t.co/36D7cHUiFK

Diving into the collection can be thirsty work! 🍺 As part of her #SLNSWFellowship, @SydneyClio explored the history of pub culture through our little-known @tooheys collection. #BeerCanAppreciationDay

Read the full story: https://t.co/ibs16xZZCu https://t.co/D7HwEaSVSq

Who was Hélène Bessette, and why was her Sydney novel forgotten in Australia? A French author, poet and theorist, her novel 'La Route Bleue' (The Blue Road) is based on her own experiences in Sydney in the 1940s.

Read @stancorrey 's #Openbook story: https://t.co/QMEEuYxq1I https://t.co/CusMJ7duZ4

Happy Lunar New Year!

Wishing you a wonderful Year of the Rabbit, with courage, peace and prosperity. 🐰

These beautiful photographs were taken at Sze Yup Kwan Ti Taoist Temple in Glebe on 24 January 2020 by Joy Lai.

See more images: https://t.co/yNzyu7iZQv https://t.co/UJppLJqST0

🚨 Run, don't walk! It's the last weekend to see our popular #KillOrCure exhibition.

Discover western medicine's macabre history and get up close with #RareBooks from the Library's collection.

Closes 5pm, Sunday 22 January 2023.

Learn more: https://t.co/vP9fXbBgio https://t.co/wfagq7QSUR

Ever wondered what the Library's oldest object is? You're looking at it! Set within the black marble near the Shakespeare Room is a fossilised Orthoceras nautiloid dating back to the Silurian period, around 400 million years ago. #FactFriday

Learn more: https://t.co/nnc3w8Mkk9 https://t.co/LgDKL0UHdy

@colourful_hist We're thrilled to have you with us! We hope you enjoy exploring our collection and look forward to finding out more about your research. 😊