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A site-wide children's event is being held at the Library on Thursday 16 January. Find out more.
The Pauline Gandel Children's Quarter has altered opening hours in January. Find out more.

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Audio: One object, many stories on The Ashes

Listen to an audio recording of a panel discussion about the history and significance of The Ashes.

Joelle Gergis on our sunburnt country

In this audio discussion, Dr Joëlle Gergis looks at the long-term history of Australian climate variability.

Mark Pesce on the end of reality

Writer and futurist Mark Pesce sounds a clarion call about a digital and social landscape of surveillance and ignorance, and how we might curtail it.

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