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Background This report offers a review of recent significant acquisitions by the Library and of collecting activities. It does not describe the large volume of acquisitions of both Australian and overseas materials that are routinely acquired through deposit, purchase or donation.

A new book Killanoola: The story of the Seymour family highlights their triumphs and tribulations as pastoral pioneers...

The figures mark a turning point in a city that had "somewhere north of 40,000" dilapidated homes to demolish as of 2014, said Tammy Daniels, the land bank's CEO.

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Over the past two years, thousands of once-vacant Detroit homes have quietly been rehabbed and reoccupied, reducing blight and increasing investment in residential property citywide.Data from the U.S. Postal Service shows that more than 9,000 Detroit residences that were vacant in January 2020 are…

The Library acquired a copy of I am team Australia signed by every Australian athlete who attended the 3rd Invictus Games held in Sydney in October 2018. Many of these Australian athletes are also profiled in Unconquered : our wounded warriors, which tells the story of the veterans military service and how sport helps them overcome mental and physical trauma inflicted from their service.  Signs & wonders, a limited edition artists’ book collaboration between American writer Jacques Menasch...