New listening post sounds: Edwin Drood, Laura, Benjamin & Tina.

New listening post sounds: Edwin Drood, Laura, Benjamin & Tina.

June 7, 2013

Music, Musicals, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:

Some recent CD arrivals feature on the Listening Posts in Arts. They include latest releases in musical theatre, popular, folk and classical music. The online catalogue indicates which Listening Post the… Read More ›

Skiing Marnong

Skiing Marnong

June 6, 2013

Sport, Such was life:

Thousands of years before alpine resorts, chalets and four-wheel drives, Victoria’s Mt Buller was inhabited by Aboriginal tribes, in particular the Taungurong people (also spelt Taungurung). A Taungurong woman is quoted… Read More ›

Enjoy the Queen’s birthday with a visit to the Library

Enjoy the Queen’s birthday with a visit to the Library

June 6, 2013

About us, Announcements, Collection, Events, Exhibitions, Family history events, Library services, Opening hours:

It’s cold outside. The Queen’s Birthday public holiday is the perfect time to explore one of our fascinating exhibitions, inside the warmth of the Library.

2013 Inky Awards – time to get reading

June 3, 2013

About us, Announcements, Education, Family history events, News:

Monday 3 June 2013 This year’s Inky Awards longlist was announced Saturday afternoon at the 2013 Reading Matters conference.

Music and video online: from Elvis to Tunisia……

Music and video online: from Elvis to Tunisia……

May 31, 2013

Film, Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:

A few selections from our ever-growing range of audio and video streaming services….. There is a select band of performers whose reputations just seems to grow and grow as the… Read More ›

Funding announced for State Library of Victoria’s iconic Dome

Funding announced for State Library of Victoria’s iconic Dome

May 30, 2013

Announcements, Exhibitions, News:

As the State Library of Victoria continues to celebrate the centenary of its iconic Domed Reading Room, Minister for the Arts Heidi Victoria came to the party with a surprise… Read More ›

Telling time in early Melbourne

Telling time in early Melbourne

May 29, 2013

Social life & customs, Such was life:

In 1853 Melbourne was developing rapidly and the need for consistent, accurate time across the burgeoning colony saw the first observatory built in Williamstown. Time was communicated… ‘by dropping a… Read More ›

New Books: supergods, street-art and a bit of Dickens

New Books: supergods, street-art and a bit of Dickens

May 29, 2013

Rare Books & Arts:

Dickens and the artists: edited by Mark Bills Yale University Press, 2012 So much of the way we think about Victorian England is, I suspect, imagined through the prism of… Read More ›

Arts on Film: Concert for Slim

Arts on Film: Concert for Slim

May 29, 2013

Music, Rare Books & Arts:

Concert for Slim is the next program in the Arts on Film series to be screened this Wednesday May 29 in Arts. Family and friends gathered at the Tamworth Entertainment Centre… Read More ›

Under the Southern Cross – A goldfields experience. The Eighth Victorian Family History State Conference

Under the Southern Cross – A goldfields experience. The Eighth Victorian Family History State Conference

May 22, 2013

Family matters, Uncategorized:

From 3-5 May I had the good fortune of attending the conference Under the Southern Cross – A goldfields experience held in the beautiful grounds of the ACU Aquinas Campus,… Read More ›

Such was life

Caroline, the immigrants’ friend

Caroline, the immigrants’ friend

March 26, 2024 0 comments

When you follow your heart, your achievements often multiply. The remarkable philanthropist Caroline Chisholm achieved so much for us all. Read about an incredible woman who changed the lives of so many for the better.

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Nineteenth century Victorians

Nineteenth century Victorians

December 31, 2023 0 comments

The Etkins collection consists of wonderful portraits of people and places throughout 19th century Victoria.