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Folder 2, Papers of Andrew Somervaille , 1945. http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-4141920430 Thanks to the support of Principal Patron Jane Hemstritch AO, papers detailing the experience of Australians in Asia during the Second World War are now available on Trove. Papers of Duncan Alexander Brown, Icebergs and Ships, http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-4179300646 Thanks to the generous support of donors to the 2025 Tax Time appeal, selections from the Library’s Antarctica Collections are now available on Trove. Visual Diary 5 - Photo Portraits in Papers of Jim Sharman , c.1970s, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3652108145 With a generous bequest from Frank van Straten AM, the Library has brought Jim Sharman’s visual diaries and an original Rocky Horror Picture Show script online for the 50th anniversary of the film’s release. The Ferguson Collection situated in the National Library stacks A gift from the Ralf Iannuzzi Memorial Trust is helping us to digitise some of our rarest items. [Members of the Australian National Council of Women with Dame Maria Ogilvie Gordon (centre front), Melbourne, ca. 1930s] , nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136817881 With support from Library Patrons, we have digitised the collections of some of Australia’s most remarkable women leaders. Got a question? We can help.