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Every day at 11am one of our trained volunteers leads a fascinating, free tour of the Library. The tour explores the history of the building, our public art, the reading rooms and more. Whether you’re new to the Library, or a regular visitor, this tour highlights the unique, treasured and, in some cases, often missed features of the Library. Book a ticket for a free tour: https://www.nla.gov.au/visit/tours. | National Library of Australia

1K views · 24 reactions | Explore behind the scenes at the National Library of Australia with @briony_stewart  | National Library of Australia | Facebook

92 reactions | Every city and every state, every voice and every place. The National Library of Australia holds collections and resources for every passion, history, and story - made available online for all Australians. What will you find? | National Library of Australia | Facebook

Step inside a home that inspired one of Australia’s most celebrated novels📖 Built in 1870, Lake View House was once home to Ethel Florence Richardson, better known by her pen name Henry Handel Richardson. It was here in Chiltern that her early life inspired the fictional town of Barambogie in The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, now regarded as a masterpiece of Australian literature. Furnished in period style, the red-brick lakeside villa reflects life in a prosperous gold-era town and includes pers

Open now, our free exhibition ‘Inked: Australian Cartoons’ presents a selection of the best cartoons from the Library’s extensive collections. It draws from over 14,000 cartoons by dozens of different artists, covering the period before the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 up to the present. Plan your visit today! bit.ly/InkedAustralianCartoons #InkedNLA | National Library of Australia

1.6K views · 26 reactions | Is today’s Google home page celebrating 30 years of the #WorldWideWeb making you nostalgic? Check out our video about the new Australian Web Archive for a real blast from the Internet past! #OnThisDay #Web30 Start browsing the archive here: www.trove.nla.gov.au/website | National Library of Australia | Facebook