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The sweetest story by #OzLaureate Ursula Dubosarsky. "So wash your paws and don't feel blue, the little cat knows what to do. And wait until the morning when our big old world is right again." @Ozlaureate

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If you're in the city and looking to escape the smoke, the Library is open to everyone. #sydneysmoke We have #free wifi, quiet spaces to work and read and some great exhibitions to check out.

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Let's go @TheMatildas ! The Library is behind you. Good luck in tonight's semi-final. 💚💛 #Matildas #FIFAWWC #TillItsDone #GoMatildas #AUSvENG

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On #WorldTurtleDay we bring you a sea turtle from the curious & beautiful Naturalists Companion...an illustrated manuscript by Kenelm Henry Digby c1810

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The hugely popular Australian Woman’s Mirror (1924–1961) has been digitised and is available now via @TroveAustralia

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Black is the New White by Nakkiah Lui ( @SydneyTheatreCo ) wins 2018 Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting. @nakkiahlui #NSWPLA

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The First Scientists: Deadly Inventions and Innovations from Australia’s First Peoples by @corey_tutt & Blak Douglas wins 2023 Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Literature. #NSWPLA @HardieGrant

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Tara June Winch expresses her deepest thanks to Elders and linguists for saving and preserving the Wiradjuri language, which is central to “continual connection to Country, family and culture… healing and pride.” #NSWPLA

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We've recently acquired the extraordinary archive of Peter Slater, one of Australia’s best-known ornithologists! #SomethingNew #Archive30 #NewAcquisition Check out our latest blog on the making of Slater’s 'Field Guide to Australian Birds' (1970–74):

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Our #AuthorsForFireys auction item: Hold your next bookclub gathering (10 peeps) in the historic Mitchell Library Reading Room 6-8pm on a Friday! We’ll provide snacks & some bubbly. To bid, reply to this tweet with AUD amount. The highest bidder @ 11pm AEDT on Jan 11 wins!

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📣 Did someone say it's #PaperbackBookDay ? The Library holds a HUGE collection of 3000+ Penguin Classics from 1935-1979. @PenguinBooks helped to revolutionise access to reading with their affordable and portable titles. #Shelfie #PenguinBooks

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Ever wished you could bottle that great 'book smell'? 📚 Well, now we have! Introducing our new limited-edition scent inspired by the tranquil atmosphere of the iconic Mitchell Library Reading Room. It's the perfect addition to any book lover's perfume collection.

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What can we say - it’s #BookLoversDay !

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Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray: River of Dreams by @anitaheiss ( @simonschusterau ) wins 2022 Indigenous Writers’ Prize. #NSWPLA Read judges’ comments:

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Inspired by @Library_Vic 's #LibraryShelfieDay throwback, we too have gone back... waaay back. Here's the interior of the Free Public Library, Sydney c.1892

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#MayTheForceBeWithYou and may your Library be with you too! #StarWars #MayThe4thBeWithYou

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2 years

The 2022 #NationalBiographyAward winner is Bernadette Brennan for her book ‘Leaping into Waterfalls: The Enigmatic Gillian Mears’. #NatBioAward @AllenAndUnwin @dettebrennan See judges’ comments:

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Today we remember Douglas Grant, an Aboriginal #WWI soldier, draughtsman and factory worker. As a prisoner of war in Germany, he worked tirelessly to receive and distribute Red Cross parcels. #RemembranceDay View his papers, receipts and delivery slips:

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🌼 Happy #WattleDay ! ⁣⁣⁣We'd love to see where wattle is blooming near you – whether it's in your garden or around your neighbourhood. Share your pics with the hashtag #NSWathome 🖼 © The Northcott Society and Cerebral Palsy Alliance⁣⁣⁣⁣.

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#OTD in 1770 the Gweagal people of Kamay discovered James Cook and the Endeavour. "[The] arrival in Kamay, Botany Bay — it's celebrated, it's commemorated, but it's also contested," Curator Ronald Briggs (Gamilaraay) told @isabellahiggins @abcnews

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@CorruptNSW @bairdjulia @Library_Vic @nlagovau @ellenforsyth Yep, we do have an #AskALibrarian service 😊 You can submit questions online here: Or if it's a quick one you can call us on (02) 9273 1414 – our librarians can spend up to 10 minutes on your question!

Ask a Librarian

Librarians can help with your research or with using the catalogue. Chat online, call or submit a request for more in-depth information.

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Exciting news...we are reopening on Monday 1 June! This time apart has been tough on all of us and we look forward to welcoming you back. We will be reopening our two main reading rooms first on a limited basis. More details:

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A letter to ‘Father Xmas’ from 7-year-old Patrick White. Among many things, he asks for a violin, a butterfly net, some marbles, and a little mouse that runs across the room. #Santa #ArchiveAdventCalendar @ARAScot

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7 years

Curator, Alison Wishart, discussing #MayGibbs & popular culture at Five Dock Library #HistoryWeek17 Wed at 7pm Book

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Curator Ronald Briggs examines this early attempt to map Aboriginal languages from 1919 — a beautiful illustration of the rich & diverse tapestry of Indigenous languages that have existed in Australia over centuries. #IndigenousPeoplesDay

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Preparing for self-isolation? Sign up for a Library card online to get access to our #eresources from home! Enjoy free ebooks, local & overseas newspapers, learning eresources (e.g. HSC study guides & journals) and more. Get your Library card here:

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3 years

⛵For all you #SeaShanty singers out there, here are a couple of tunes you might want to give a go! Available online via @TroveAustralia . 🎶 🎶 We'd love to hear your renditions so please tag us!

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The Mitchell Library Reading Room is now open! We are thrilled to welcome readers back to this beautiful, newly refurbished public space. 🙌 #MitchellMonday More info:

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2021 Australian History Prize is awarded to ‘People of the River: Lost Worlds of Early Australia’ by @GraceKarskens ( @allenandunwin ). #NSWPHA #HistoryWeek2021 Read judges’ comments:

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Ida Leeson, our first female Mitchell Librarian, was born #OTD in 1885. 🎈 While best qualified for her position, some opposed her appointment in 1932 because of her gender, working-class background and unorthodox choice of partner. Read more:

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2022 Australian History Prize is awarded to ‘French Connection: Australia’s Cosmopolitan Ambitions’ by Alexis Bergantz (NewSouth). #NSWPHA #HistoryWeek2022

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Call us old fashioned, but #CardCatalogues still hold a special place in our heart! ❤️ #ThrowbackThursday There are many old card catalogues and specialist indexes to be found in our Mitchell Library Reading Room. Learn more about them here:

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2020 Australian History Prize is awarded to ‘Bedlam at Botany Bay’ by James Dunk ( @newsouthpub ). @JamesHDunk #NSWPHA #HistoryWeek2020 Read judges’ comments:

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Happy #LibraryShelfieDay ! Any excuse to share a pic of our beautiful Mitchell Library Reading Room. This magical space is often described as looking like something straight out of #HarryPotter ✨

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The White Girl by Tony Birch ( @UQPbooks ) wins 2020 Indigenous Writers’ Prize. #NSWPLA

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To celebrate the opening of the #SydneyLightRail , we've put together a special photo album! Take a trip through the history of trams in #Sydney from 1879 to 1961. Full album: 📸 K. Davis, tram on the corner of Pitt and Market Streets, c 1933-1942

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It's #AdaLovelaceDay , a day to celebrate women in STEM! 👩‍🔬Mary Clouston (Mollie) Dive was a scientist and sportswoman who worked at the @CSIRO from 1941-1973. She also captained the Australian cricket team that had the first Ashes win over England. 🏏 📸

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People from Bloomington by Budi Darma, translated by Tiffany Tsao ( @PenguinBooksAus ) wins 2023 NSW Premier’s Translation Prize. #NSWPLA @TiffTsao @m_culturalnsw Read judges’ comments:

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A little #TuesdayTreat for your Twitter feed 😊 This #shelfie features a colourful selection of classic fairy tale books, included in our 'Model School Library' collection.

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Our #OpenDay has been so much fun, thanks for coming along! Here’s an obligatory #Bluey dance video AND #shelfie tweet – all rolled into one! 👍

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‘Community anchors': Why Sydney is in the grip of a library building boom

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Dark as Last Night by Tony Birch ( @UQPBooks ) wins 2022 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction. #NSWPLA Read judges’ comments:

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3 years

Amazing news! @nakkiahlui ’s perceptive, surprising and laugh-out-loud play ‘Black is the New White’ ( @AllenAndUnwin ) has just won the $10,000 biennial #RussellPrize for Humour Writing. Read the judges’ comments:

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Charles Perkins, an activist who dedicated his life to achieving justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, was born #OTD in 1936. 📸 Charles Perkins interviewing two men at Walgett, 1965, The Tribune. Courtesy SEARCH Foundation.

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2019 Australian History Prize is awarded to ‘The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History’ by Meredith Lake ( @newsouthbook ). #NSWPHA

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2 years

And now for the big one. Our final award of the night and 2022 Book of the Year is Still Alive: Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention System by Safdar Ahmed (Twelve Panels Press). #NSWPLA Read judges’ comments:

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"I want to give a really big shout out to all the other Indigenous writers, who were not only shortlisted, but all the Indigenous writers who entered this competition,” says Tony Birch. #NSWPLA

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4 years

We're thrilled to announce that the Library is now offering $116,000 in paid research fellowships! Enjoy special access to our rich collections and uncover fresh perspectives on Australian history and culture. Apply by 5pm, Friday 17 July 2020:

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Exciting news!!! Our fabulous #NewSelfWales project has won best 'Engagement Project' at tonight's @MGNSW #imagineawards . Huge congrats to the Library's #DXLab 🎉

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5 years

We’re on the list! 11 Public Libraries Invaluable to World History | Oldest

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2020 General History Prize is awarded to ‘The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist: Three Lives in an Age of Empire’ by Kate Fullagar (Yale University Press). @kfullagar #NSWPHA #HistoryWeek2020 Read judges’ comments:

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The world’s largest surviving wet plate glass negatives, weighing over 30 kg each, created by Charles Bayliss for Bernard Holtermann, showing #SydneyHarbour in 1875 – listed on the @UNESCO MoW’s International Register in 2017. #SomethingBig #Archive30

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"Twenty five years ago people said the library would die out but the pundits got it wrong, libraries in all forms are thriving…” State Librarian John Vallance told @pitthen via @smh . #nswpubliclibraries Read full article:

Books on rails, roads and waves

Commuter lending libraries are keeping Sydney readers afloat.

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7 years

Now every issue of the popular Pix,1938 to 1954, digitised and searchable online #Digitisation @TroveAustralia

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3 years

💖 Happy #LibraryTechniciansDay . Here are some of our wonderful Library Technicians in the Mitchell Library Reading Room to celebrate the day! #LIW2021 @ALIANational

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And now for our final award of the night – the 2020 Book of the Year is The Yield by Tara June Winch ( @penguinrandom ). #NSWPLA #TripleWin

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Vale Professor Emeritus Elizabeth Webby (1942-2023), an extraordinary scholar of Australian Literature. With her passing, we have lost a researcher, teacher, writer, editor and so much more. We have lost a friend.

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Happy birthday to A.A. Milne, the creator of Pooh Bear! Milne published a number of plays & novels before the huge success of #WinnieThePooh (1926-1928) brought him worldwide fame. The Library holds rare first editions with their original dust jackets. #WinniethePoohDay

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Mina Wylie is well-known as one of Australia's first female #Olympic swimmers, but did you know she was also an archivist? We hold a collection of papers, medals and photographs compiled by Wylie herself! Read more @smh : #IWD @SwimmingAUS @RandwickCouncil

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#OTD in 1930 the two halves of the #SydneyHarbourBridge came together. After eight years of waiting and watching, Sydneysiders breathed a sigh of relief at the modern engineering marvel. Below is a time-lapse of a flipbook from the Library's collection, made by #DxLab .

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Our librarians are joining knitters around Aust to make pouches for wildlife injured in the bushfires. Join us Wed 15, 22 & 29 Jan, 12-2pm in our Macquarie Room. BYO 8 ply 100% wool & size 4 needles. #AnimalRescueCollective #CraftGuild #BushfireAustralia Image by @kylastephan

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Exciting news! The State Library is reopening with limited services on Monday 11 October. As always, your health and safety is our top priority so we will be strictly complying with the NSW Public Health Orders. Visit our website for more info and FAQs:

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#OTD in 1832 Australian illustrator Helena Scott was born in Sydney. She was best known for her beautiful natural history drawings of plants, animals and insects. The Library holds several of her original artworks. A thread 👇

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#OTD in 1970 Aboriginal leaders and protestors gathered at #Sydney ’s Town Hall to boycott the 200th anniversary of Cook's arrival at Kamay (Botany Bay).⁣ Read our blog to learn more:

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📣 Big news! The Library has just acquired the diaries, love letters & personal items of one of Australia's most prolific writers, Ethel Turner. Join us to celebrate her life, work & legacy on #IWD (Wed 8 March), with a special viewing. Free, book now:

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🏳️‍🌈 Today we remember the #78ers who marched in the first @sydneymardigras parade. Visit our #ComingOutInThe70s exhibition, onsite & online: 📸 ‘Gay Solidarity Group / Women marching, morning of first Mardi Gras', 24 June 1978, photo by Sallie Colechin

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The Drover’s Wife is the first play to win Book of the Year #NSW #PremiersLitAwards . Enjoy this thank you message by @LeahPurcell15

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Amazing news! A record $36.5M in State funding will be delivered to #NSWpubliclibraries in 2019/2020. This incredible boost will allow libraries to grow their collections, extend opening hours, upgrade technology and improve their facilities. Learn more:

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1 year

How does a #Jedi librarian organise books? Using the force, of course! Happy #StarWarsDay to all our readers, even the ones from galaxies far, far away. #MayThe4th be with you. ✨

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The Gaps by Leanne Hall ( @text_publishing ) wins 2022 Ethel Turner Prize for Young People’s Literature. #NSWPLA Read judges’ comments:

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Say hello to the LONGEST manuscript in our collection! Edward Curr’s wordlist (1881) measures almost 9.5m long and contains 7000+ Aboriginal words gathered from 160 places across Australia. See it for yourself in the Library's #AmazeGallery ! Read more:

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Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker) was the first #Aboriginal woman in Australia to have a book of #poetry published. We’re grateful to hold a signed copy her debut work ‘We Are Going’ published in 1964. #PoetsDay

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Our colossal images of Sydney Harbour have just made the @UNESCO International Memory of the World Register - woot📷👌

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The Digital History Prize is awarded to ‘The Australian Wars, Episode 1’ by Rachel Perkins, Darren Dale, Jacob Hickey and Don Watson. #NSWPHA @blackfellafilms

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The votes are in… the 2023 University of Sydney People’s Choice Award goes to Every Version of You by @gracechanwrites ( @AffirmPress ). #NSWPLA Read judges’ comments:

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3 years

On a scale of ‘The Naturalists Companion’ animal how are you feeling today? 🤩 Thank you @britishlibrary for the inspiration. 🎨 Illustrations from ‘The Naturalists Companion’ by Kenelm Henry Digby, c 1812-1816.

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The Pillars by @PeterPolites ( @HachetteAus ) wins 2020 Multicultural NSW Award. #NSWPLA

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4 years

Our first day of reopening looked a little something like this… We are beyond thrilled to welcome our readers back, and to have the peaceful hum of productivity return to our reading rooms. Hope to see you soon! Plan your visit:

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7 years

The Hate Race by Maxine Beneba Clarke ( @hachetteaus ) wins 2017 Multicultural #NSW Award #PremiersLitAwards

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4 years

Following advice from the State and Federal Government, we have made the difficult decision to close the Library to the public and to staff tomorrow (Monday 23 March) until further notice. Please continue to access our collections and resources online.

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"The opposite of kindness is not cruelty or malice. It is reason," says Rick Morton, the author of ‘My Year of Living Vulnerably’ ( @HarperCollinsAU ). @SquigglyRick shares his thoughts on kindness in our new issue of #Openbook magazine. Read the story:

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Beautiful banksias from Curtis' Botanical magazine (c 1807-1844) by John Sims for #FloralFriday . View a selection of digitised illustrations here:

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Tonight, as we celebrate the incredible transformation of our historic Mitchell Building, we’re giving you a sneak peek at our new Galleries ahead of our big Open Day on Saturday 6 October

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The big atlas is back! Only 21 copies of the 150-kilo book were ever released and we hold Australia's only copy! Find it on display in the Mitchell Library Reading Room until Monday 26 April.

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. @BehrouzBoochani ’s ‘impassioned letter’ from Manus Island – ‘No Friend But The Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison’ – has won this year’s National Biography Award. #NatBioAward

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Throat by Ellen van Neerven ( @UQPbooks ) wins 2021 Book of the Year. #NSWPLA #TripleWin

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A lively afternoon knitting pouches for @WIRES_NSW 🧶 From veteran knitters to newbies, it was great seeing so many people at the Library knitting, chatting & sharing tips. Our next sessions will be held on Wed 22 Jan and 29 Jan, from 12-2pm! More info:

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Did you know it's Paperback Book Day? Following the success of the Penguin paperback series a flock of Pelican non-fiction titles was released! #PaperbackBookDay

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#OTD 86 years ago the #SydneyHarbourBridge arch was joined. Construction of the steel arch began in 1928 and the halves finally joined on 19 August 1930. Relive that moment with this animation created by #DXLab using a flickascope from the collection:

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A person walks into a library and asks if there are any books about tortoises... Librarian: Hardback? Person: Yes, with little heads! 🐢 📗'Tortoises, terrapins, and turtles drawn from life’ by James de Carle Sowerby & Edward Lear, 1872. #TortoiseTuesday

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🕵️‍♀️ Do you know where this photo was taken? Reply or retweet with your answer and we'll reveal the caption at 3 pm today. #ThrowbackThursday

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Multicultural NSW Award 2020 #NSWPLA shortlist: @slamup , @mslcheng , Ruby Hamad, @SamiaKhatun , @PeterPolites , @OmarjSakr

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A set of 1788 notebooks recording the first attempts at communication between British settlers and Indigenous Australians reveals language still used in Sydney communities today via @smh . View Dawes' notebooks in our new #LivingLanguage exhibition.

'Something to remember': 18th century notebooks return to Sydney

An 'incredibly important' set of notebooks will return to Sydney for just the second time since they were recorded in 1788.

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"I suspect I am the first state librarian to ever be kissed by an alpaca," said John Vallance at the #NationalSimultaneousStorytime event at the State Library today. And @juliepower from @smh was here to capture the action. #NSS2019 Read more:

Amorous alpacas meet chief book stacker for nationwide storytime

State Librarian John Vallance goes to great lengths to get children across Australia to read.

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We 'herd' it's #CowAppreciationDay today. 🐄 This early watercolour of cows at Bungarribee in Western Sydney seemed 'udderly' appropriate. Ok, we'll stop milking it! 🎨Thomas Rider, c 1847-1852.

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Applications are now open for our paid research fellowships, totalling $236,000! We look forward to reviewing your applications and can't wait to see where your projects lead. Applications close 5pm, Friday 14 July. More info:

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2018 Australian History Prize is awarded to ‘The Battle Within: POWs in Postwar Australia’ by Christina Twomey @CLTwomey @newsouthbook #NSWPHA

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Starting off the week with a fabulous fold-out! These hand coloured engravings of #butterflies and #moths are from 'Les genres des insectes de Linné...' by James Barbut, 1781. #RareBook #MothyMonday View catalogue record:

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State Library of NSW

@statelibrarynsw

4 years

Happy #LibraryLoversDay ! Tell us in one word what you love about the State Library – reply to this tweet to sweep us off our feet ❤️ #LibraryLove #ValentinesDay

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State Library of NSW

@statelibrarynsw

3 years

😍 A miniature set of Shakespeare's classics for #TinyTuesday ! 🙌 Each tiny volume stands at just 5 cm tall and contains a summary of the play, a list of characters, an illustrated frontispiece and marbled endpapers. ⁣ 🔗 View catalogue record:

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