mum to strong girls, heritage professional, book reader, food & wine taster.
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Not just multiples, but premature birth leave - I used 10 weeks maternity leave before my baby’s due date #QandA
So humbled and privileged to learn from, and be challenged by some amazing First Nations authors at the #CanberraWritersFestival tonight. #BecauseOfHerWeCan @nlagovau #FNAWN2018 #cbrwritersfest
My favourite spot during #CBR winter to wait for an early morning coffee, basking in the warm glow of the Leonard French windows @nlagovau
Early mornings are pretty special thanks to stained-glass wonders @nlagovau #canberra @ANUmedia @lishfejer abc.net.au/news/2018-08-19/s…
National Library of Australia oral historian and folklorist Rob Willis has a plan. He reckons if he collects enough yarns about the drought – it could well bring on the rain...
Read more: nla.gov.au/media-releases/20…
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That’s a wrap Canberra!
Thank you to all who came out today to support us and explore our beautiful building and the treasures within.
We are glowing with gratitude.
#NLAOpenDay #NLA50
If there is anyone out there who can harness the energy from children’s tantrums, they will power the world and make a fortune. #mumlyf #mumlife #RenewableEnergy #alternativeenergy #stopcoal
Our cities reflect the denial of history. Blak design aims to change that | Sarah Lynn Rees. “Fundamentally Blak design matters because all design in Australia is on Indigenous land” #architecture #design #Indigenous #FirstNations theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Read about how one of our indigenous graduates, Yanti Ropeyarn, made both a personal dream and a professional one come to life in this Torres News story: nla.gov.au/sites/default/fil…
Meet Yanti and learn more at this free #NAIDOC2018 event: nla.gov.au/event/back-to-sch…
Such a great evening with @modernister1 at @nlagovau . I laughed, I cried, I resurrected long forgotten memories involving mission brown.
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The day our No 1 treasure, James Cook's handwritten Endeavour Journal, sailed into the PM's office - under the watchful eye of our captain, Marie-Louise Ayres. Thanks everyone for making #ParliamentaryShowcase such a success. @TurnbullMalcolm #nla50
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Vancouver PLs massive rooftop garden. Just wow! dailyhive.com/vancouver/vanc…
“In two decades, there will be more plastic in the sea than fish” Just watched @bluethefilm2017 . Terrifying. And yet I look around my home at all the plastic. I will be reviewing my purchasing habits, and will @Take3fortheSea #oceanguardian
On this first #ReconciliationDay in #CBR I’m half way through Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia edited by @AnitaHeiss . Such distinct, moving voices, that have had me tearing up a number of times #LearnShareGrow #NRW2018
Storing art collections in mines during the war allowed research into keeping works cool, dark & dry long term. This formed the basic principles around how we store collections today #conservation #art #collections #GLAM mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-…
Delightful evening @nlagovau for the launch of the Motherhood with @JamilaRizvi @annarose @pollietracker and @EmmaSMacdonald An amazing crowd of mums in the audience, all with great, honest stories to tell. Motherhood takes a village & #CBR is a great one
If you heard me talking on @666abccanberra with @lishfejer about leaf blowers on the roof of @nlagovau here’s a photo of the view from the roof during the construction project
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#OnThisDay in #1968 we began to transfer our million-item collection to the new lakeside building – the NLA as you know it today.
Revisit the 60s with us as we celebrate the building’s 50th year in our exhibition ‘1968: Changing Times’ nla.gov.au/1968 #NLA50 #movingday
