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\ looks and more at the 1975: Living in the Seventies exhibition (link in bio)."
|
||
published_at: '2025-11-21T22:01:26Z'
|
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duration: PT34S
|
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view_count: 46
|
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like_count: 3
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comment_count: 0
|
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comments: []
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gLMHoERDgIk/hqdefault.jpg
|
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- video_id: eoQMk78Smm4
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoQMk78Smm4
|
||
title: Jim Sharman in conversation with Hannah de Feyter
|
||
description: 'Film and theatre legend Jim Sharman – the renowned director of more
|
||
than 70 productions including The Rocky Horror Picture Show – chats with National
|
||
Film and Sound Archive curator Hannah De Feyter about his incredible career.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Excerpts from a remarkable collection of visual diaries created by Jim between
|
||
1960 and 2000 will be on display, invoking memories, reflections, and inviting
|
||
Jim’s thoughts on his legacy and the future of the arts.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Following the conversation, there will be screening of t'
|
||
published_at: '2025-11-21T20:29:24Z'
|
||
duration: PT1H2M19S
|
||
view_count: 670
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like_count: 20
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comment_count: 0
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comments: []
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eoQMk78Smm4/hqdefault.jpg
|
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- video_id: I84dLpZjRhE
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I84dLpZjRhE
|
||
title: Early Photography in Colonial Australia
|
||
description: 'Dr Elisa DeCourcy is joined by Shona Coyne, Professor Brenda L Croft
|
||
and Professor Emerita Helen Ennis, in conversation about their work on the histories
|
||
of colonial photography for the celebration of her book Early Photography in
|
||
Colonial Australia.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Early Photography in Colonial Australia provides the first substantial study
|
||
of the arrival and early practice of photography in the Australian colonies.
|
||
Written from a contemporary perspective, it considers these earliest photographs
|
||
— their value'
|
||
published_at: '2025-11-20T20:48:56Z'
|
||
duration: PT1H8M11S
|
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view_count: 663
|
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like_count: 25
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comment_count: 0
|
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comments: []
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I84dLpZjRhE/hqdefault.jpg
|
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- video_id: iCpdJa0B97s
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCpdJa0B97s
|
||
title: 'Author talk: Great Writers & the Cats Who Owned Them'
|
||
description: 'Throughout history, famous writers have loved and been inspired
|
||
by their cats. Author and expert Susannah Fullerton explores notable literary
|
||
felines in her latest book Great Writers & the Cats Who Owned Them.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Learn about Dr Johnson’s cat Hodge and the role he played in the creation of
|
||
the first great English dictionary. Robert Southey is best remembered today
|
||
for a story about a little girl who meets 3 bears, yet his great passion was
|
||
not bears, but cats. His pampered Rumpelstilzchen inspired '
|
||
published_at: '2025-11-20T00:26:21Z'
|
||
duration: P0D
|
||
view_count: 0
|
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like_count: 0
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comment_count: 0
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comments: []
|
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iCpdJa0B97s/hqdefault_live.jpg
|
||
- video_id: a1vprdQoUdQ
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1vprdQoUdQ
|
||
title: 'Shakespeare on the move: Gold rush to Great War'
|
||
description: "Join us for the third illustrated Shakespeare lecture and discover\
|
||
\ the objects and stories that reveal how Shakespeare made landfall in Australia.\n\
|
||
\nDr Kate Flaherty (Australian National University), Dr Susannah Helman (National\
|
||
\ Library of Australia), Linda Bull (National Library of Australia), with actors\
|
||
\ from Bell Shakespeare illustrate this Shakespeare lecture and uncover the\
|
||
\ objects and stories that reveal how Shakespeare made landfall in Australia.\
|
||
\ \n\nFind out more: https://www.library.gov.a"
|
||
published_at: '2025-11-18T20:57:03Z'
|
||
duration: PT1H48M23S
|
||
view_count: 278
|
||
like_count: 13
|
||
comment_count: 0
|
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comments: []
|
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/a1vprdQoUdQ/hqdefault.jpg
|
||
- video_id: KnXEgSXzx6M
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnXEgSXzx6M
|
||
title: 'Two wheels to adventure: Bikes and why we love them'
|
||
description: 'Tony Wheeler (founder of Lonely Planet) and historian Dr Daniel
|
||
Oakman join the Library''s Rebecca Fleming in conversation, drawing on the Library''s
|
||
incredible collections to discuss all things cycling.
|
||
|
||
|
||
From small commutes to epic journeys, home-made contraptions to technical wizardry,
|
||
come and hear why cycling remains one of the world’s most popular and enjoyable
|
||
methods of travel, and how it continues to evolve.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Find out more: https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/events/two-wheels-adventure-bi'
|
||
published_at: '2025-11-15T12:15:32Z'
|
||
duration: PT1H7M14S
|
||
view_count: 261
|
||
like_count: 10
|
||
comment_count: 0
|
||
comments: []
|
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KnXEgSXzx6M/hqdefault.jpg
|
||
- video_id: rOHe7L-MYwI
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOHe7L-MYwI
|
||
title: 'Living Collection: The music of Luke Styles'
|
||
description: 'Luke Styles, one of Australia''s leading and most widely performed
|
||
international composers, joins us for an evening of music and conversation as
|
||
we explore the collection of Luke''s works held by the Library.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Luke Styles is joined by musical collaborator Tobias Cole to discuss Luke''s
|
||
work, his career and the role the Library plays in creating a living collection
|
||
of prominent Australian artists'' works.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Performances from the collection include Luke''s vocal music and two of his
|
||
chamber works for st'
|
||
published_at: '2025-11-12T21:06:34Z'
|
||
duration: PT1H41M46S
|
||
view_count: 178
|
||
like_count: 5
|
||
comment_count: 1
|
||
comments: []
|
||
thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rOHe7L-MYwI/hqdefault.jpg
|
||
- video_id: CFms_tBmrxo
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFms_tBmrxo
|
||
title: 'Power and Vision: Australia and the South Pacific Commission'
|
||
description: 'Join 2025 National Library of Australia Fellow, Dr Alexis Bergantz,
|
||
to discuss his recent Fellowship research focused on the history of the South
|
||
Pacific Commission.
|
||
|
||
|
||
In 1947, Australia helped establish the South Pacific Commission (SPC, now the
|
||
Pacific Community) to promote cooperation and improve the welfare of Pacific
|
||
peoples. Based in Noumea, it was the first body to bring together colonial powers
|
||
and later, Pacific Islander voices, yet its history is little known in Australia.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Dr Bergantz'''
|
||
published_at: '2025-11-06T14:36:34Z'
|
||
duration: PT59M45S
|
||
view_count: 251
|
||
like_count: 7
|
||
comment_count: 0
|
||
comments: []
|
||
thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CFms_tBmrxo/hqdefault.jpg
|
||
- video_id: if32h77-KD4
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if32h77-KD4
|
||
title: 'Book launch: The Shortest History of Australia'
|
||
description: 'Mark McKenna sits down with Frank Bongiorno to discuss Mark''s new
|
||
book and how it came together.
|
||
|
||
|
||
In The Shortest History of Australia, Mark McKenna offers a compelling new version
|
||
of our national story. This is a modern Australia permeated by First Nations
|
||
history; a multicultural society with an island mindset; a continent of epic
|
||
beauty and extreme natural events; a country obsessed by war abroad but blind
|
||
to its founding war at home; and a thriving nation-state still to realise its
|
||
political'
|
||
published_at: '2025-11-05T20:10:01Z'
|
||
duration: PT1H1M59S
|
||
view_count: 479
|
||
like_count: 13
|
||
comment_count: 0
|
||
comments: []
|
||
thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/if32h77-KD4/hqdefault.jpg
|
||
- video_id: lZo5xeqOmj4
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZo5xeqOmj4
|
||
title: 'Learn with the curators of 1975: Living in the Seventies'
|
||
description: 'In this webinar we discussed items in the 1975: Living in the Seventies
|
||
exhibition with the Library''s Exhibitions team.
|
||
|
||
|
||
This virtual learning session allowed participants to learn more about this
|
||
pivotal time in Australia’s history. We also discussed the collection material
|
||
on display and the memories they hold. Participants discovered new stories to
|
||
delight, inform, evoke curiosity and encourage conversation.'
|
||
published_at: '2025-11-03T21:57:15Z'
|
||
duration: PT45M51S
|
||
view_count: 266
|
||
like_count: 6
|
||
comment_count: 0
|
||
comments: []
|
||
thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lZo5xeqOmj4/hqdefault.jpg
|
||
- video_id: -4Nij77kNUo
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Nij77kNUo
|
||
title: '1975: Living in the Seventies - Colour TV'
|
||
description: "Colour television was introduced to Australia on 1 March 1975. From\
|
||
\ black and white to a burst of sequins, Denise Drysdale was front and centre\
|
||
\ wearing every colour imaginable on the Ernie Sigley Show the moment colour\
|
||
\ first lit up Aussie screens. \n\nExplore the colours of the 70s in our exhibition\
|
||
\ 1975: Living in the Seventies: https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/1975-living-seventies"
|
||
published_at: '2025-11-02T03:01:23Z'
|
||
duration: PT30S
|
||
view_count: 9975
|
||
like_count: 20
|
||
comment_count: 0
|
||
comments: []
|
||
thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-4Nij77kNUo/hqdefault.jpg
|
||
- video_id: k6QTIxk4uTQ
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6QTIxk4uTQ
|
||
title: Denise Drysdale is dialing up the memories!
|
||
description: "Denise Drysdale is dialing up the memories! \n\nFrom Countdown and\
|
||
\ flared jeans to Whitlam and women’s liberation, 1975 was a year that changed\
|
||
\ everything.\n\nCome to the Library and relive the seventies with our exhibition:\
|
||
\ https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/1975-living-seventies"
|
||
published_at: '2025-10-31T06:01:34Z'
|
||
duration: PT33S
|
||
view_count: 1242
|
||
like_count: 14
|
||
comment_count: 0
|
||
comments: []
|
||
thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k6QTIxk4uTQ/hqdefault.jpg
|
||
- video_id: PDLA1WEKU38
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDLA1WEKU38
|
||
title: Exhibition curator Guy Hansen and Denise Drysdale discuss their memories
|
||
of the 1970s
|
||
description: "Do you remember what you were doing in the seventies? \n\nExhibition\
|
||
\ curator Guy Hansen and Denise Drysdale share their personal reflections on\
|
||
\ the sights, sounds and spirit of this iconic decade. \n\nTake a step back\
|
||
\ in time with our major exhibition - 1975: Living in the Seventies at the link:\
|
||
\ https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/1975-living-seventies"
|
||
published_at: '2025-10-31T06:01:15Z'
|
||
duration: PT32S
|
||
view_count: 24559
|
||
like_count: 78
|
||
comment_count: 0
|
||
comments: []
|
||
thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PDLA1WEKU38/hqdefault.jpg
|
||
- video_id: AdJhqNFsPEE
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdJhqNFsPEE
|
||
title: Revolutionary Youth in China, 1949-1950 with Dr Sanjiao Tang
|
||
description: 'Join 2025 National Library of Australia Fellow, Dr Sanjiao Tang,
|
||
to discuss his recent Fellowship research focused on the history of the Chinese
|
||
Communist Party and its new regime.
|
||
|
||
|
||
The year between 1949 and 1950 witnessed the most drastic and profound changes
|
||
in modern China. Triumphing in the Civil War and taking over the entire country,
|
||
the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was founding its new regime.
|
||
|
||
|
||
However, it was not always easy for ordinary young men and women who never engaged
|
||
in revoluti'
|
||
published_at: '2025-10-28T15:07:14Z'
|
||
duration: PT54M23S
|
||
view_count: 142
|
||
like_count: 0
|
||
comment_count: 0
|
||
comments: []
|
||
thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AdJhqNFsPEE/hqdefault.jpg
|
||
- video_id: EY532Ej0Duc
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY532Ej0Duc
|
||
title: 'Mapping the Unknown: Cartographers'' strategies for navigating uncertainty'
|
||
description: 'Cartographic historian Chet Van Duzer discusses early modern maps
|
||
and the methods used by map makers to indicate certainty and uncertainty about
|
||
the accuracy of their maps.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Find out more: https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/events/mapping-unknown-cartographers-strategies-navigating-uncertainty'
|
||
published_at: '2025-10-14T20:02:03Z'
|
||
duration: PT57M37S
|
||
view_count: 382
|
||
like_count: 14
|
||
comment_count: 0
|
||
comments: []
|
||
thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EY532Ej0Duc/hqdefault.jpg
|
||
- video_id: l-3yX_kmRuo
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-3yX_kmRuo
|
||
title: 'Jane Austen and her legacy: 10 pounds for ''Northanger Abbey'''
|
||
description: 'To mark the 250th Anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, hear about
|
||
the legendary writer''s life, work and impact from Susannah Fullerton OAM, President
|
||
of the Jane Austen Society of Australia.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Watch the full lecture: https://youtube.com/live/qFBpqDhCutY'
|
||
published_at: '2025-10-13T23:58:58Z'
|
||
duration: PT1M40S
|
||
view_count: 107
|
||
like_count: 5
|
||
comment_count: 0
|
||
comments: []
|
||
thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/l-3yX_kmRuo/hqdefault.jpg
|
||
- video_id: 79TicxattbA
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79TicxattbA
|
||
title: 'Indian Diaspora in Australia Collection: My obsession with finding a place
|
||
to belong'
|
||
description: 'In this video, Dr Fonseca explains her PhD project: ''A Journey
|
||
Around Myself: An Archeological Exploration of Identity''. Discover how unique
|
||
methodology can be used to record and share experiences. Gain a deeper appreciation
|
||
of Dr Fonseca’s lived experience as a migrant to Australia from India. As Dr
|
||
Fonseca discusses the artefacts and modes of presentation she included in her
|
||
project, consider how her approach might influence how you use objects and documents
|
||
to preserve and share your own stor'
|
||
published_at: '2025-10-06T23:04:20Z'
|
||
duration: PT7M53S
|
||
view_count: 92
|
||
like_count: 0
|
||
comment_count: 0
|
||
comments: []
|
||
thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/79TicxattbA/hqdefault.jpg
|
||
- video_id: hYmSv-OStFE
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYmSv-OStFE
|
||
title: 'Indian Diaspora in Australia Collection: Collecting and sharing stories'
|
||
description: "What is ephemera and what can it tell us? How are we building a\
|
||
\ national collection for all Australians? \n\nIn this learning video, presented\
|
||
\ by curator Cherie Carter, you will discover stories behind the Indian Diaspora\
|
||
\ in Australia Collection and learn about the experiences of Australians with\
|
||
\ Indian heritage who have donated material to the collection. Find out how\
|
||
\ to access this incredible collection through our catalogue. Be inspired to\
|
||
\ get involved by collecting and preserving your own stor"
|
||
published_at: '2025-10-06T22:58:28Z'
|
||
duration: PT27M46S
|
||
view_count: 186
|
||
like_count: 3
|
||
comment_count: 0
|
||
comments: []
|
||
thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hYmSv-OStFE/hqdefault.jpg
|
||
- video_id: -L2M0CiMEs0
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L2M0CiMEs0
|
||
title: 'Brazen Hussies: Then and now'
|
||
description: 'Catherine Dwyer, Elizabeth Reid, and Biff Ward will sit down with
|
||
Virginia Haussegger to discuss the evolution of feminism in Australia, and the
|
||
making of the acclaimed documentary Brazen Hussies.
|
||
|
||
|
||
If this event brings up any issues for you, or if anyone you know needs crisis
|
||
support, the following national services are available: 1800 RESPECT (1800 737
|
||
732), Lifeline (13 11 14), Beyond Blue (1300 22 4636).'
|
||
published_at: '2025-10-02T21:10:10Z'
|
||
duration: PT1H2M50S
|
||
view_count: 355
|
||
like_count: 4
|
||
comment_count: 0
|
||
comments: []
|
||
thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-L2M0CiMEs0/hqdefault.jpg
|
||
- video_id: oxYw2rjpDWE
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxYw2rjpDWE
|
||
title: Letters by Australia's first government astronomer, Carl Ludwig Christian
|
||
Rümker
|
||
description: 'Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker put Australian astronomy on the world
|
||
stage.
|
||
|
||
|
||
View his letters at the National Library of Australia: https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/10101751
|
||
|
||
|
||
Explore more of our astronomy collections on our website: https://www.library.gov.au/news-media/exploring-universe-australias-history-astronomy'
|
||
published_at: '2025-09-29T04:24:25Z'
|
||
duration: PT37S
|
||
view_count: 71
|
||
like_count: 6
|
||
comment_count: 3
|
||
comments: []
|
||
thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oxYw2rjpDWE/hqdefault.jpg
|
||
- video_id: nF-Dv_ySUpQ
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF-Dv_ySUpQ
|
||
title: Defending Australian Territory with Dr Andrew Carr
|
||
description: '2025 National Library of Australia Honorary Fellow Dr Andrew Carr
|
||
discusses his research on the history of Australian defence policy.
|
||
|
||
|
||
During his Fellowship, Dr Carr explored the personal papers of Australian politicians,
|
||
as well as defence and diplomatic officials from the 1960s to the 1980s, to
|
||
better understand how they thought about protecting the continent.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Find out more and book here: https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/events/defending-australian-territory-dr-andrew-carr'
|
||
published_at: '2025-09-17T15:31:32Z'
|
||
duration: PT53M57S
|
||
view_count: 259
|
||
like_count: 9
|
||
comment_count: 0
|
||
comments: []
|
||
thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nF-Dv_ySUpQ/hqdefault.jpg
|
||
- video_id: 7aUkuu8bAjY
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aUkuu8bAjY
|
||
title: '2025 Ray Mathew Lecture: Christos Tsiolkas'
|
||
description: 'Award-winning author Christos Tsiolkas delivers the 2025 Ray Mathew
|
||
Lecture, exploring the concept of ''Fence-sitting'', and its place in the modern
|
||
world.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Learn more: https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/events/2025-ray-mathew-lecture-christos-tsiolkas'
|
||
published_at: '2025-09-11T21:22:51Z'
|
||
duration: PT1H9M12S
|
||
view_count: 935
|
||
like_count: 18
|
||
comment_count: 0
|
||
comments: []
|
||
thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7aUkuu8bAjY/hqdefault.jpg
|
||
- video_id: swXnVrgOzfE
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swXnVrgOzfE
|
||
title: '1975: Living in the Seventies | Exhibition on now at the National Library
|
||
of Australia'
|
||
description: 'Look back on life in the 70s including pop culture, politics, feminism
|
||
and news of the day. You can even teach the grandkids how to use the old phone!
|
||
|
||
|
||
Our free exhibition 1975: Living in the Seventies is on at the National Library
|
||
of Australia until 1 February 2026.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Plan your visit: https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/1975-living-seventies'
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published_at: '2025-09-10T01:10:46Z'
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duration: PT17S
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- video_id: vp5Kcbpuad4
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video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp5Kcbpuad4
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title: 'Denise Drysdale visits 1975: Living in the Seventies exhibition at the
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National Library of Australia'
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description: '1975: Living in the Seventies is a free exhibition at the National
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Library of Australia. Showing until 1 February 2026.
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Plan your visit: https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/1975-living-seventies'
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published_at: '2025-09-10T01:03:37Z'
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duration: PT18S
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- video_id: qFBpqDhCutY
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video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFBpqDhCutY
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title: Jane Austen and her legacy – 250 glorious years
|
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description: Susannah Fullerton, OAM, FRSN, long-time President of the Jane Austen
|
||
Society of Australia, author of books about Jane Austen and leader of tours
|
||
to places associated with Jane Austen, will speak about her favourite novelist
|
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and the extraordinary legacy that makes her the world's favourite female novelist
|
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250 years after she was born.
|
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published_at: '2025-08-20T09:14:36Z'
|
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duration: PT58M20S
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view_count: 3494
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like_count: 99
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comment_count: 0
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comments: []
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- video_id: uAolpA62Yy4
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video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAolpA62Yy4
|
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title: The environmental vision of Judith Wright with Prof John Morrissey
|
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description: 'Join Prof John Morrissey for a discussion about his recent Fellowship
|
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research focused on the environmental writing of renowned Australian poet and
|
||
author Judith Wright.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Find out more here: https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/events/environmental-vision-judith-wright-prof-john-morrissey'
|
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published_at: '2025-08-14T20:41:23Z'
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duration: PT1H5M10S
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view_count: 505
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like_count: 15
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comment_count: 0
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comments: []
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uAolpA62Yy4/hqdefault.jpg
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- video_id: Mvaa3CZMa_8
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video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvaa3CZMa_8
|
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title: Science Week Online Learning Peculiar Parents Author Talk
|
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description: 'Learn about the features, habitat and behaviours of some truly peculiar
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Australian animals!
|
||
|
||
|
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In this online learning session, your students join author Stephanie Owen Reeder
|
||
and illustrator Ingrid Bartkowiak and engage closely with the text and artwork
|
||
of their engaging and informative new book Peculiar Parents.
|
||
|
||
|
||
The session will include a range of engaging activities to learn more about
|
||
Australian animal features, habitat and behaviours. Students will have the opportunity
|
||
to hear from ecologist'
|
||
published_at: '2025-08-13T06:44:33Z'
|
||
duration: PT40M8S
|
||
view_count: 308
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like_count: 1
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comment_count: 0
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comments: []
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Mvaa3CZMa_8/hqdefault.jpg
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- video_id: aQtFDox9EVg
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video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQtFDox9EVg
|
||
title: Gorgeous books and royal annotations
|
||
description: 'What did Katherine Parr and Henry VIII write in their books? Step
|
||
into the private libraries of one of history’s most infamous royal couples and
|
||
discover how ink, margins, and manuscript flourishes reveal more than meets
|
||
the eye.
|
||
|
||
|
||
In this illuminating lecture, renowned scholar Professor Micheline White delves
|
||
into the marginalia left by King Henry VIII and his last wife, Katherine Parr,
|
||
in their personal books. These deluxe volumes, often adorned with handwritten
|
||
notes, decorative trefoils, and '
|
||
published_at: '2025-08-07T21:09:35Z'
|
||
duration: PT1H4M19S
|
||
view_count: 671
|
||
like_count: 14
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comment_count: 0
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comments: []
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aQtFDox9EVg/hqdefault.jpg
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- video_id: 130FeeGAz10
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=130FeeGAz10
|
||
title: 'Book launch: Fleeced with Trish FitzSimons and Madelyn Shaw'
|
||
description: 'Join authors Trish FitzSimons and Madelyn Shaw as they discuss their
|
||
new book, Fleeced: Unraveling the History of Wool and War.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Drawing extensively on the National Library’s collections, Fleeced: Unraveling
|
||
the History of Wool and War explores how, throughout history, heightened demand
|
||
for wool in wartime existed in a vortex of negotiation, intrigue and anxiety.'
|
||
published_at: '2025-07-31T21:16:33Z'
|
||
duration: PT1H10M6S
|
||
view_count: 392
|
||
like_count: 7
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comment_count: 0
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comments: []
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/130FeeGAz10/hqdefault.jpg
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- video_id: PIEIfyzpZ3c
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIEIfyzpZ3c
|
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title: '2025 Kenneth Myer Lecture: Professor Brett Sutton AO'
|
||
description: 'Join us for the 2025 Kenneth Myer Lecture, presented by Professor
|
||
Brett Sutton AO.
|
||
|
||
|
||
The world is increasingly faced with what might be termed existential threats
|
||
– climate change, biodiversity loss, fracturing of multilateralism and social
|
||
cohesion, enabled by political and ideological polarisation and mis- and disinformation.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Professor Brett Sutton explores these ‘wicked problems’ and provides thoughts
|
||
on how, in tackling them, we can support and revive Australia’s wellbeing as
|
||
a public and gl'
|
||
published_at: '2025-07-29T21:19:10Z'
|
||
duration: PT1H8M49S
|
||
view_count: 845
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||
like_count: 21
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comment_count: 0
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comments: []
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PIEIfyzpZ3c/hqdefault.jpg
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- video_id: TI2DxQX7qX8
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||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI2DxQX7qX8
|
||
title: 'Book Launch: The stencil art of Luke Cornish'
|
||
description: 'Join us for a special conversation with artist Luke Cornish, celebrating
|
||
the bold, intricate, and politically charged stencil work of E.L.K.
|
||
|
||
|
||
E.L.K. is Australia’s most acclaimed and celebrated stencil artist, participating
|
||
in more than 20 exhibitions and winning or placing in numerous art prizes and
|
||
awards.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Luke returns to the Library to launch a new art book written by respected art
|
||
historian Ken McGregor, The Stencil Art of Luke Cornish. Joining Luke in conversation
|
||
is Kate Fielding, CEO of '
|
||
published_at: '2025-07-17T21:02:31Z'
|
||
duration: PT55M13S
|
||
view_count: 341
|
||
like_count: 8
|
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comment_count: 0
|
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comments: []
|
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TI2DxQX7qX8/hqdefault.jpg
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||
- video_id: wXajRVB0mFM
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXajRVB0mFM
|
||
title: 'Matt Aberline: The Guardians & the power of participatory art'
|
||
description: 'Acclaimed artist Matt Aberline gave an engaging talk on ''The Guardians'',
|
||
his latest large-scale installation at the National Library of Australia.
|
||
|
||
Known for his bold, immersive artworks that fuse contemporary design with deep
|
||
cultural narratives, Matt’s work invites audiences to interact, reflect, and
|
||
participate in shaping shared experiences.
|
||
|
||
|
||
In this talk, Matt shared the creative journey behind The Guardians, and explored
|
||
how community engagement, storytelling, and dynamic visual forms come t'
|
||
published_at: '2025-07-16T02:56:43Z'
|
||
duration: PT59M34S
|
||
view_count: 56
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||
like_count: 0
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comment_count: 0
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comments: []
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wXajRVB0mFM/hqdefault.jpg
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- video_id: w6sCCvHAGaw
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6sCCvHAGaw
|
||
title: 'Book Launch: Clever Men by Professor Martin Thomas'
|
||
description: 'Join Professors Martin Thomas and Jon Altman for a discussion about
|
||
Martin’s new book, Clever Men.
|
||
|
||
|
||
What really happened when Charles Mountford led a quarrelsome team of Australian
|
||
and American scientists to explore traditional Aboriginal life in Arnhem Land
|
||
in 1948?
|
||
|
||
|
||
Drawing on years of collaborative research with Arnhem Land communities, Clever
|
||
Men is a poignant portrayal of colliding worlds. In this encounter between scientific
|
||
hubris and the world''s oldest surviving cultures, Thomas finds a '
|
||
published_at: '2025-07-10T21:06:12Z'
|
||
duration: PT1H20S
|
||
view_count: 364
|
||
like_count: 6
|
||
comment_count: 0
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comments: []
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/w6sCCvHAGaw/hqdefault.jpg
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||
- video_id: vhRop5_lrps
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhRop5_lrps
|
||
title: A Good Kind of Trouble with Brooke Blurton and Melanie Saward
|
||
description: Join Brooke Blurton and Dr Melanie Saward as they yarn about their
|
||
new young adult novel, A Good Kind of Trouble, and what it means to write Indigenous-led
|
||
stories for today’s young people.
|
||
published_at: '2025-07-08T21:23:24Z'
|
||
duration: PT1H15M48S
|
||
view_count: 185
|
||
like_count: 8
|
||
comment_count: 0
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comments: []
|
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vhRop5_lrps/hqdefault.jpg
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||
- video_id: lBv8j2F20-o
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBv8j2F20-o
|
||
title: '''Peculiar Parents'' by Stephanie Owen Reeder & Ingrid Bartkowiak book
|
||
trailer'
|
||
description: '''Peculiar Parents'', written by Stephanie Owen Reeder and illustrated
|
||
by Ingrid Bartkowiak, landed in Australian bookshops today!
|
||
|
||
|
||
Perfect for curious young readers to journey into the fascinating world of over
|
||
60 Australian animal species. Meet parrots that play drums, dancing spiders,
|
||
kissing lizards and more!
|
||
|
||
|
||
Trailer and animation by Ingrid Bartkowiak and Lachlan Toft.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Order your copy from our online bookshop: https://bookshop.nla.gov.au/p/peculiar-parents?barcode=9781922507822'
|
||
published_at: '2025-07-03T05:21:55Z'
|
||
duration: PT1M13S
|
||
view_count: 397
|
||
like_count: 1
|
||
comment_count: 0
|
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comments: []
|
||
thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lBv8j2F20-o/hqdefault.jpg
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- video_id: 2Zh6ZrDr7YY
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zh6ZrDr7YY
|
||
title: 'Fit to Print: 12 plates a day'
|
||
description: "Guest curator Mike Bowers doesn’t believe in luck in photojournalism.\
|
||
\ He says it takes skill, determination, and editorial drive to capture the\
|
||
\ story. \n\nThe fact that Fairfax’s early photojournalists were only given\
|
||
\ 12 glass plates a day (that’s 3-4 images they could capture per job), speaks\
|
||
\ to the talent and skill they had. \n\nAppreciate some of these remarkable\
|
||
\ photographs in our Fit to Print exhibition: https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/fit-print-defining-moments-fairfax-photo-"
|
||
published_at: '2025-06-29T02:00:06Z'
|
||
duration: PT1M4S
|
||
view_count: 998
|
||
like_count: 11
|
||
comment_count: 0
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comments: []
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2Zh6ZrDr7YY/hqdefault.jpg
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- video_id: kNdkNqcOYRs
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNdkNqcOYRs
|
||
title: 'Fit to Print: Propaganda to Photojournalism'
|
||
description: "From propaganda to photojournalism, Mike Bowers talks about Australia's\
|
||
\ first photojournalists learning to tell stories with photography. \n\nLearn\
|
||
\ more about our Fit to Print exhibition: https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/fit-print-defining-moments-fairfax-photo-archive-selected-mike-bowers"
|
||
published_at: '2025-06-22T00:00:56Z'
|
||
duration: PT1M9S
|
||
view_count: 875
|
||
like_count: 8
|
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comment_count: 0
|
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comments: []
|
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kNdkNqcOYRs/hqdefault.jpg
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- video_id: eKocRBlOxYI
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKocRBlOxYI
|
||
title: 'Fit to Print: Receipt of history'
|
||
description: "News may be the first rough draft of history, but Mike Bowers says\
|
||
\ that photojournalism is the “receipts for that first rough draft... that prove\
|
||
\ this happened at that time.” \n\nListen as Mike explains why the Fairfax Archive\
|
||
\ in our collection is important. \n\nExplore part of this 18,000+ image collection\
|
||
\ in our Fit to Print exhibition: https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/fit-print-defining-moments-fairfax-photo-archive-selected-mike-bowers"
|
||
published_at: '2025-06-15T00:00:43Z'
|
||
duration: PT1M2S
|
||
view_count: 770
|
||
like_count: 7
|
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comment_count: 0
|
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comments: []
|
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eKocRBlOxYI/hqdefault.jpg
|
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- video_id: 077z8jIJick
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=077z8jIJick
|
||
title: Discover the Overton Collection
|
||
description: 'Did you know that the National Library is home to more than 4,000
|
||
Penguins? 🐧
|
||
|
||
|
||
Nope, not those kinds of penguins...
|
||
|
||
|
||
In celebration of Penguin''s 90th anniversary, let’s take a look at the some
|
||
stunning Penguin covers from our archive.
|
||
|
||
|
||
These rare books were donated to the Library in 1991 by John Overton, production
|
||
manager for Penguin from 1943 until he moved to Australia in 1956.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Learn more about the Overton Collection: https://www.library.gov.au/research/guides-and-resources/guides-selected-'
|
||
published_at: '2025-06-10T22:31:01Z'
|
||
duration: PT20S
|
||
view_count: 1779
|
||
like_count: 30
|
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comment_count: 0
|
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comments: []
|
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/077z8jIJick/hqdefault.jpg
|
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- video_id: RYFwnKTsP3A
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYFwnKTsP3A
|
||
title: 'Fit to Print: Recognising photographers'
|
||
description: "Many of the photographs in our collection from the Fairfax Archive\
|
||
\ are taken by unknown photographers. \n\nWhy, you ask? \n\nMike Bowers explains\
|
||
\ how 'Sydney Morning Herald' photographers in the 1970s fought to have their\
|
||
\ work recognised. \n\nView some of their work in our Fit to Print exhibition:\
|
||
\ https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/fit-print-defining-moments-fairfax-photo-archive-selected-mike-bowers"
|
||
published_at: '2025-06-07T23:00:33Z'
|
||
duration: PT1M14S
|
||
view_count: 898
|
||
like_count: 7
|
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comment_count: 0
|
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comments: []
|
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RYFwnKTsP3A/hqdefault.jpg
|
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- video_id: PdDFsXi6fWk
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdDFsXi6fWk
|
||
title: 'Fit to Print: Sydney Harbour Bridge'
|
||
description: "When newspapers realised that pictures sell, photographers discovered\
|
||
\ the art of storytelling with images. Photojournalists moved from taking staged\
|
||
\ images to capturing candid stories. \n\nMike Bowers says that photographs\
|
||
\ taken throughout the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge are an early\
|
||
\ example of this. \n\nSee these photos from the Fairfax Photo Archive in our\
|
||
\ current Fit to Print exhibition: https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/fit-print-defining-moments-fairfax-photo-archive"
|
||
published_at: '2025-06-02T22:37:06Z'
|
||
duration: PT57S
|
||
view_count: 683
|
||
like_count: 5
|
||
comment_count: 0
|
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comments: []
|
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PdDFsXi6fWk/hqdefault.jpg
|
||
- video_id: RMHyyM5KP-w
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMHyyM5KP-w
|
||
title: RISE RALLY REST with Scott-Patrick Mitchell
|
||
description: Join poet Scott-Patrick Mitchell, to discuss their recent Fellowship
|
||
at the National Library which has focused on laying research groundwork for
|
||
a new poetry collection titled RISE RALLY REST.
|
||
published_at: '2025-05-29T20:41:07Z'
|
||
duration: PT1H4M56S
|
||
view_count: 125
|
||
like_count: 3
|
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comment_count: 0
|
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comments: []
|
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RMHyyM5KP-w/hqdefault.jpg
|
||
- video_id: wvTemIx-nek
|
||
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvTemIx-nek
|
||
title: Life behind the lens
|
||
description: 'Join veteran photojournalist Mike Bowers in conversation with two
|
||
of Australia’s greatest photographers, Lorrie Graham, and Rick Stevens, as they
|
||
lift the curtain on their profession.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Together, they will discuss the field of photojournalism, its past, present
|
||
and future, and why photography remains a key part of making history.'
|
||
published_at: '2025-05-27T21:31:35Z'
|
||
duration: PT1H25M9S
|
||
view_count: 469
|
||
like_count: 22
|
||
comment_count: 0
|
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comments: []
|
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thumbnail_url: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wvTemIx-nek/hqdefault.jpg
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||
status: SUCCESS
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