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Manning Clark had a long association with the Library and much of his research for A History of Australia was carried out in the Library. In the final volume he wrote, ‘The Petherick Room, the Manuscripts Room, and the Newspaper Room are present in every page of this volume, just as they are always present in my heart’. In 1989 he donated the first instalment of his papers under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme. Further papers were transferred in 1990–91. He bequeathed his rem...

National Library of Australia Fellows Recipients of the National Library of Australia Fellowships, funded by generous philanthropic support. These distinguished Fellowships support researchers to make intensive use of our rich and varied collections through residencies of three months. Professor Gillian Russell (2018 Kollsman Fellow for Research in Australian Literature) in the Special Collections Reading Room  Photograph: Craig Mackenzie 2021 Fellows Professor Anne Pender, Professor and Ki...

Bioremediation: The art of cleaning toxic waste with natural materials

Canberra International Music Festival / Concert 9, “Great Hall Rising”, Fitters’ Workshop, May 3. Reviewed by ROB KENNEDY. AUSTRALIAN democracy came about through several dramatic events. This concert linked some of the landmarks of Australian history with music that journeyed into the heart and soul of the nation. The artists for this performance were: William Barton, didgeridoo; Delmae Barton, voice; Golden Gate Brass Quintet; Daniel and David Wilfred, songmen from Ngukurr in Arnhem La...

The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. Friday Essay: The ‘Great Australian Silence’ 50 Years On While we now have important interventions into Aboriginal history that amplify Australia’s uncomfortable past, such as Lyndall Ryan’s massacre map and the Uluru Statement from the Heart, those reverberations continue to caus...

Berejiklian government building a wall of woe under the cover of caring We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Elizabeth FarrellyColumnist, author, architecture critic and essayist March 13, 2021 — 5.30am Normal text size Advertisement It’s almost dusk and we’re eating out. Surrounded by mature elms, frog-song and the scent of cooling grass we’re on the broad veranda of Palmerston, a charming New England guest house. Our hard decision of th...

Remembering Sugathakumari, the Malayalam poet who became the face of environmental activism in Kerala Till Sugathakumari died, the poet-activist remained a guardian angel of Kerala’s forests, rivers, mountains, coastal regions, wildlife, and precious natural resources. Mongabay- India January 06, 2021 17:21:54 IST Celebrated Malayalam poet and Kerala’s pioneering envir...

Letters School administrator Edward Collier on why vaccinating teachers is not enough to keep schools open The Department for Education requires schools to provide Covid data on a daily basis. Photograph: ljubaphoto/Getty Images/iStockphoto The Department for Education requires schools to provide Covid data on a daily basis. Photograph: ljubaphoto/Getty Images/iStockphoto Wed 6 Jan 2021 12.30 EST Last modified on Wed 6 Jan 2021 12.33 EST I can assure Nigel Gann (Letters, 4 January) that I am ...