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19 November 2009 |  Record Funding For Libraries Continues
The Northern Territory Government will continue to support Libraries across the Territory.

10 November 2009 |  Remembering the Territory’s Fallen ANZACs
A fascinating new online collection that pays tribute to the 68 Territorians who lost their lives during World War I will be launched by the Administrator of the Northern Territory, Mr Tom Pauling AO QC at the Northern Territory Library at 4pm tomorrow, 11 November 2009 to coincide with Remembrance Day.

13 October 2009 |  2009 NT Literary Awards and Chief Minister’s NT History Book Award
The Territory’s best poems, short stories, essays and published books were rewarded during the 2009 Northern Territory Literary Awards and the Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award, announced at a ceremony at Parliament House on Friday, 9 October 2009.

9 September 2009 |  Cartoonists go behind the lines at Parliament House
Through the eyes of Australia’s top cartoonists, a National Museum of Australia exhibition captures the twists and turns of another eventful year in Australian politics. The exhibition opens at Northern Territory Library on Monday, 14 September 2009.

7 September 2009 |  Charles Darwin’s Rare First Edition on Display at NTL
An exhibition to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150 years since the publication of his landmark publication, On the Origin of Species, will be on display at the Northern Territory Library throughout September.

1 September 2009 |  National Literacy and Numeracy Week at NT Library
Celebrate National Literacy and Numeracy Week at the Northern Territory Library tomorrow with the opportunity to discover the diversity of Indigenous languages.

28 August 2009 |  2009 NT Literary Awards and Chief Minister’s NT History Book Award Finalists Announced
The Territory’s best poems, short stories and essays have been whittled down to 22 finalists from more than 200 entries received across Central Australia, Tennant Creek, Katherine and Darwin in the 2009 Northern Territory Literary Awards.

14 August 2009 |  NT Library ‘In Conversation’ During Darwin Festival
The Northern Territory Library is getting into the festival spirit with a series of casual talks, featuring artists involved in the Darwin Festival, to be held in the cool surrounds of the Library from this Sunday 16 August 2009.

7 August 2009 |  Celebrate Family History Week at the NT Library
Territorians are invited to find out about unusual and unexpected sources of family history at a special workshop being held to celebrate Family History Week at the Northern Territory Library at 9am this Saturday, 8 August 2009.

29 July 2009 |  An English Rose in Kakadu Book Launch at NT Library
Northern Territory pioneer Judy Opitz will launch her book An English Rose in Kakadu at the Northern Territory Library at 5.15pm tomorrow night, Thursday 30 July 2009.

21 July 2009 |  Northern Territory Library Puts Parasites in Focus
A touring exhibition featuring 26 photographic prints of parasites will be on display at the Northern Territory Library from Wednesday, 22 July 2009 to Sunday, 6 September 2009.

3 July 2009 |  NAIDOC Week at the Northern Territory Library
The Northern Territory Library is celebrating NAIDOC Week next week, hosting an exhibitionfeaturing more than 30 years of NAIDOC Posters, NAIDOC Week talks and an Indigenousdance performance.

1 July 2009 |  Share Your Story With NT Library
The Northern Territory Library is calling on Territorians to share their stories and memories for an online collection called Territory Stories.

17 June 2009 |  One Mob, Different Country Dance Group at NT Library
The One Mob, Different Country Aboriginal dancers will be at the Northern Territory Library tomorrow, Thursday 18 June 2009 at 12.10pm for a lunch time dance performance.

16 June 2009  |  Join Young Australian of the Year at NT Library
Young Australian of the Year 2009, Jonty Bush, will be at the Northern Territory Library tomorrow, Wednesday 17 June 2009 at 12pm to deliver a lunchtime talk.

25 May 2009 |  National Library and Information Week
The Northern Territory Library is celebrating the vital role and value of libraries during National Library and Information Week from today, Monday 25 May to Sunday 31 May 2009.

19 May 2009 |  NT Literary Awards Closing Date Looms
Territory writers interested in creative and academic writing have until the end of May to enter this year’s Northern Territory Literary Awards.

15 May 2009 |  Discover How to Write a Children’s Book at the Library
Award winning children’s author and illustrator team, Frances Watts and David Legge, will be sharing their tips on ‘How to Write and Illustrate a Children’s Book’ during an evening talk at the Northern Territory Library at 5pm this Monday, 18 May 2009.

13 May 2009 |  Award Winning Author to Host Evening Talk
Territorians are invited to come along to the Northern Territory Library to hear South Australian author Philip Jones talk about his award winning book Ochre and Rust: Artefacts and Encounters on Australian Frontiers tomorrow night, 5pm Thursday 14 May 2009.

6 May 2009 |  Inside the Complexity of Aboriginal Political Culture
A book containing a series of interviews with well known Indigenous politicians and activists, including many Territorians, will be up for discussion when Dr Sarah Maddison launches her book ‘Black Politics’ Inside the Complexity of Aboriginal Political Culture at the Northern Territory Library tomorrow night, 5pm Thursday 7 May 2009.

29 April 2009 |  Marranbala Country Book Launch
Artist and author Simon Normand’s second publication Marranbala Country, a book that documents stories from the Roper River region in the Northern Territory, will be launched at the Northern Territory Library tomorrow night, 5.30 – 6.30pm Thursday 30 April 2009.

20 April 2009 |  Lunchtime Talk with Mick Dodson
Territorians will have the opportunity to meet and hear from the 2009 Australian of the Year, Professor Mick Dodson AM, at the Northern Territory Library this Tuesday, 21 April 2009 at 12.10pm.

19 March 2009 |  Northern Territory Library Globally Recognised
The Northern Territory Library will join Global Libraries’ representatives from Botswana, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Poland, Romania, the Ukraine and Vietnam in a Peer Learning Meeting held by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Mexico from 22 – 27 March 2009.

11 March 2009 |  Lunchtime Talk with Local Indigenous Writer Marie Munkara
Local Indigenous writer Marie Munkara will be sharing some of the stories about mission life from her acclaimed debut novel, Every Secret Thing as part of the Northern Territory Library lunchtime talks this Thursday 12 March at 12.10pm.

27 February 2009 |  Entries Now Open for NT Literary Awards and Chief Minister’s NT History Book Award
Entries for the Northern Territory Literary Awards and the Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award are open from this Sunday, 1 March 2009.

12 February 2009 |  Trace Your Family History at the Northern Territory Library
If you want to learn more about your family history and the latest research techniques available come along to the Northern Territory Library workshop ‘Dead Ends’ from 9am to 12pm, this Saturday 14 February 2009.

9 February 2009 |  Darwin Harbour Under Fire
The Northern Territory Library annual exhibition to commemorate the 1942 Bombing of Darwin opens today, Monday 9 February 2009 on the Mezzanine Level, Northern Territory Library, Parliament House.