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Some surprising locations outside the Australian Alps have seen snow, but stories of falls in our major cities might actually be white lies, writes the ABC's meteorologist Tom Saunders.

The California State Library is once again teaming up with California State Parks to offer all valid library card holders access to Parks Passes to check out.

In 1915, an unmarried, 40-year-old woman by the name of Fanny Kate Boadicea Cocks was hand-picked for the role of South Australia’s first policewoman. A small number of others had taken up similar roles globally, amid growing fears for the morality of young women enjoying ever more independence in a…

He's an eclectic curator with an eye for quintessentially Queensland collectables, an encyclopedic knowledge of dates and events which shaped the Sunshine State, and a penchant for Hawaiian shirts.

Marlo, a gay love story set in 1950s conservative Australia, draws on library and archival research. We know this because at the end of his book, author Jay Carmichael – a gay man himself – cites the work of Denis Altman and myself (in my role as a gay historian),…

Rural Victoria's resilience is captured in a State Library of Victoria photography exhibition, which will tour regional libraries.

Every year, tens of thousands of New South Wales State Library patrons walk past a stunning mosaic replica of the Tasman Map on the floor of the Mitchell library vestibule. The original Tasman map, recently restored, charts the two voyages of the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1642 and 1644.

As a historian, I spend many hours at the State Library of Queensland looking out the large glass panels gazing at the Brisbane River. Its tranquil brown water quietly meanders past, offering an ideal place to watch the CityCat ferries and the occasional passing rower.