Sounds like an invitation to historians of natural history to apply.
For samples in the collection's digital resources:
http://www.nla.gov.au/what-we-collect/manuscripts
Captain James Cook's Endeavour Journal
William Bligh's notebook....
Karen
>Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:56:19 -0400
>From: Elinor Maze <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: National Library Fellowships
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>Harold White Fellowships
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>Each year Harold White Fellowships are awarded to enable established
>scholars and writers to undertake research at the National Library for
>periods of between three and six months. This Fellowship is not intended
>for post-doctoral or early career researchers.
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>The Fellowships provide a return economy fare to Canberra, a living
>allowance, a fully equipped office and special access to Library
>collections and services. Honorary Fellowships are also awarded to
>scholars and writers who do not require financial assistance but would
>benefit from other privileges associated with the Fellowship.
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>Research projects supported by Harold White Fellowships can be in any
>discipline or area in which the Library has strong collections. Past
>Harold White Fellows have undertaken research in fields including Asian
>studies, history of science, biography, media history, Australian history,
>music, religious history, anthropology, children's literature, art
>history, politics, Indigenous history, Australian literature, Pacific
>studies, eighteenth century studies, geography, international relations
>and folklore. Past Fellows have included leading Australian creative
>writers such as Frank Moorhouse, Sara Dowse, David Foster and Anthony
>Lawrence. Fellowships have been awarded to researchers working across
>Australia, and in the USA, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, Hong Kong, China,
>Germany, France, South Africa and Fiji.
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>Minerals Council of Australia Fellowship
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>The Minerals Council of Australia Fellowship encourages use of the
>Library's collections to explore the historic or contemporary roles of the
>Australian minerals industry in Australian society.
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>This annual Fellowship is open to established, early career or
>postdoctoral Australian and international researchers in relevant
>disciplines and is awarded for three to six months.
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>Areas of possible research include, but are not limited to: investigations
>into any aspect of Australian mining; understandings of past or current
>landscape and environmental practices; the sector's research and
>development in environmental rehabilitation; the interaction between
>environmental practices and relationships with communities; relationships
>with other industry sectors engaged in environmental management; and the
>ways in which minerals industry environmental research is disseminated to
>national and international stakeholders.
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>The Fellowships provide a return economy fare to Canberra, a living
>allowance, a fully equipped office and special access to Library
>collections and services.
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>Japan Fellowship
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>The National Library of Australia offers annual Fellowships to researchers
>in Japanese studies for three to six months. The Fellowship is intended to
>encourage research based on the Japanese collections and the production of
>publications based on them. Information about the Library's Japanese
>collections is available at http://www.nla.gov.au/asian/lang/jap.html
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>The Japan Fellowship is supported by the H.S. Williams Trust Fund and is
>open to established Australian and international researchers in Japanese
>studies. This Fellowship is not intended for post-doctoral or early career
>researchers.
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>The Fellowships provide a return economy fare to Canberra, a living
>allowance, a fully equipped office and special access to Library
>collections and services.
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>Robyn Holmes | Senior Curator | Secretary to the National Library of
>Australia Fellowships Advisory Committee
>National Library of Australia | Canberra ACT 2600
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