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What has been the best decade for live music? 🎸

Looking back on her career as a music photographer, Wendy McDougall said she would never forget the excitement of shooting gigs in the 80s.

Read our Q&A: https://t.co/ceGqoKkquq

📸 GANGgajang, Sydney, 1986, Wendy McDougall https://t.co/P9PdIl3lPC

"I twist the whiskered heads,
jam a nail under razor armour,
leverage a hairline crack
that ripples down the husk,
rip it open."

An excerpt from 'Shelling the Prawns', a new poem by Sarah Holland-Batt (@the_shb) featured in #Openbook magazine.

Read it: https://t.co/qPviNV1iGw https://t.co/spNThMHppR

Attention map lovers! Registrations are now open for the 2022 Mapping the Pacific conference.

Join us for two days of talks, workshops and panels with map experts, historians and curators from 2 – 3 March.

Learn more: https://t.co/nCoctlB1ox https://t.co/PH9eqyIu2G

The Library is open on the 26 January public holiday from 10am to 5pm! Come along and enjoy five fabulous free exhibitions:

🌱 Dyarubbin
🎩 How's Tricks?
📚 Amaze Gallery
🗺️ Maps of the Pacific
🎨 Paintings from the Collection

More info: https://t.co/BTRXFcu2wu https://t.co/mFyb6785bO

It’s #PenguinAwarenessDay! 🐧 Photographer Harold Hamilton captured this shot of an albino royal #penguin and a sclater penguin during the Australian Antarctic Expedition, c 1911-1914.

📸 https://t.co/ytf0VkPKhM https://t.co/JBSvqEipyU

Join #SLNSWFellow @jamesboycebooks for an online #ScholarTalk on the Bigge report, land and labour in #NSW on Tuesday 1 February at 11am.

#Free, register here: https://t.co/1KalvsFKPm https://t.co/O1IGZDUOFO

Nothing beats a day at the gallery! See a selection of May Gibbs' original illustrations from her book 'Little Obelia' (1921) on display in our #AmazeGallery.

More info: https://t.co/K6l1xzpo2T

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Good luck to @AusWomenCricket going up against @englandcricket in today's #Ashes test! 🏏

@daniel_seaton1 wrote about the growth of women's cricket in Australia and @CricketNSW legend Lorna Thomas for #Openbook magazine.

Read the story: https://t.co/rWFkj0xYb7 https://t.co/Gj3ms35Vxl

“I set aside about half an hour a day to go and wander about the stacks... you never know what you’re going to find,” says State Librarian John Vallance.

John caught up with @cassiemccullagh on @abcsydney about what's new at the Library.

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It's time for a #WatercolourWednesday! Take a moment to enjoy this beautiful view from Long Reef, near Collaroy, by artist George Kilgour Ingelow, c 1857-1861.

See more artworks: https://t.co/7hpNtxYNry https://t.co/zz38OYLwvt

Join us for a FREE virtual magic show these #SchoolHolidays! Trace of Magic will perform jaw-dropping tricks and unbelievable illusions next Tuesday 25 January at 11am.

Book now: https://t.co/9YxalFuzAN https://t.co/B7fK9VErMv

Happy birthday to author #AAMilne, born #OTD in 1882. Published in 1926, Milne's #WinnieThePooh is now in the public domain, which means its characters, plot and settings can be freely posted online or adapted! https://t.co/unp7CCEt78

I guess you could say our collection is pretty magical. ✨

In 1968 the Library purchased a spellbinding collection of magic books, posters and memorabilia from Sydney-born magician Robert 'Merlini' Robbins.

Find out more at our #HowsTricks exhibition: https://t.co/Fgh3IXH18f https://t.co/tqmFhObM5z

🙌 Here are our top summer reads for 2022! Whether you’re in the mood for experimental fiction or poetic prose, razor-sharp essays or hidden histories, you're sure to find something to love on this list.

View the full list: https://t.co/tTp4ka0q2a https://t.co/o5TgG6KTDM

Happy #MappyMonday! We've #JustDigitised an amazing series of old #Sydney CBD maps, donated to the Library by @randwaustralia.

These detailed 1930s block plans show the layout of streets, buildings and parks – from Circular Quay to Central.

See more: https://t.co/WdlkzDvzrw https://t.co/MEvYyziNcW

Jumping for joy over the @AustralianOpen – bring on Day 1! 🎾 #AusOpen #AO2022 @TennisAustralia

📸 'Country Week tennis' by Sam Hood, 1937. https://t.co/xGhf2HuHat https://t.co/8puEv3Qabg

We're offering FREE online workshops these #SchoolHolidays! Join us for a:

🥾 Virtual walk with illustrator @catetheartist
💬 Q&A with children's author @Maryam_Master
🔎 Top-secret session on codes and cyphers with Alicia

See what's on and book now: https://t.co/PoFZMWzGlj https://t.co/4Eof2zYOM8