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Illustration from The Voyager’s Companion or Shell Collector’s Pilot, 1825, by J Mawe

Gifts from the sea

The timeless appeal of shells has seen them preserved in many ways over the centuries.

Gifts from the sea

Beachobatics and jitterbug photographs, Bondi Beach, 1936-1941, 1943 / by George Caddy (with blue colour)

Summer in Sydney

The life and lens of photographer George Caddy.

Summer in Sydney

Detail: [The Kathleen Gillet in full sail], oil on card, Kathleen's voyage number 2, Thursday Island to Christmas Island, July-August 1947

Kathleen’s voyage: A love story

Passion separated by the oceans revealed in logbook love letters.

Kathleen’s voyage: A love story

The five bridges

Take ‘the five bridges’ journey through the collection.

The five bridges

Illustration of a ferry on the river, with the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background.

Stories in the sun

Explore the Library's vast collections on Australian children’s book publishing in the ‘golden age’ of the 1970s and 80s.

Stories in the sun