Libraries

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Politics & Society

‘Bumping spaces’ build community – when they are within reach

Social connection needs time and effort, but crucially it also needs meeting places, and our Map of the Month highlights that not all Melburnians have equal access to these ‘bumping spaces’

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Arts & Culture

Treasuring Trove: Why Australia’s digital heritage platform is so special

Australians have a truly unique resource in the National Library’s Trove, and it needs to be protected

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Politics & Society

Balancing the history books, one Wikipedia entry a time

A feminist movement is addressing the dominance of white men in the world’s most popular online encyclopaedia - here’s how you can join in

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Arts & Culture

Restoring one of the world’s rarest maps

Over 350 years ago, Dutch traders produced the first large-scale map of Australia, now painstakingly restored

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Arts & Culture

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Podcast

Art on the page

Illuminating some of the illustrious illustrators held deep in the University of Melbourne’s rare books collection, including Matisse and Miró

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Arts & Culture

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Podcast

Five things about ... The Germaine Greer audio archive

What is it like to have one of the greatest feminists of the 20th century in your ear?

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