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We invite you to design a poster or compose a slogan to promote public safety through the pandemic.
Watch this trio of bite-size videos as Sally Rippin, creator of Billie B Brown and Polly and Buster, shares creative insights and responds to questions from young fans!
This week we ask: what is motivating you to keep moving during this time?
This week, we acknowledge those who are keeping us safe, healthy, clean and fed by asking you to create a portrait of your COVID-19 heroes.
Watch journalist Richard Cooke in conversation with fellow writer Anna Krien about his book on Robyn Davidson for the Writers on Writers series.
This week we ask you to design a badge rewarding an act of kindness.
Come inside the Preservation studio for a sneak peek at preservation technician Savina Hopkins' work – which includes fashioning intricate boxes for our Vali Myers archive.
This week we ask you to compose a message to someone you're missing during this period of isolation.
Join us as our paper conservator Marika Kocsis takes us inside the Conservation lab at State Library Victoria.
In the second week of The Collective Isolation Project, we ask you to share a story about how and what you've learned at home.
Read our top ten tips for taking great photos for our Memory Bank: Collective Isolation Project.
Contribute to the first week of our Collective Isolation Project by sending us an inventory of your fridge.
