Leave a condolence message for Nelson Mandela
Visitors to the State Library of Victoria are invited to leave a message of condolence for His Excellency Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. A special condolence book will be available near the… Read More ›
New books: raising hell, and all that jazz!
Comic books, Film, Music, New books, Rare Books & Arts:
Jazz covers: Joaquim Paulo, edited by Julius Wiedemann Taschen certainly know a thing or two about producing visually exuberant books, and when the subject matter is jazz album-cover… Read More ›
Joyeux anniversaire, Charles Valentin Alkan!
This has been a big year for musical birthdays, with Wagner and Verdi celebrating their 200th and Benjamin Britten clocking up his 100th, but as these noisy gentlemen hog the… Read More ›
Victorian will and probate index updated
Family matters, Research tips & tricks, Websites:
Good news from the Public Record Office Victoria – they’ve updated their online will and probate index! You can now search for will and probate records from 1841 – 2007.… Read More ›
Inky Awards teen choice literary prize winners announced at State Library of Victoria
The Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria today announced the winners of the 2013 Inky Awards – Australia’s only national teen choice literary prize.
Bird’s-eye views of Melbourne
Cities & towns, Such was life:
The bird’s-eye view is a representation of a city from above and was popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It can be an aerial photograph or a… Read More ›
Occupational sources for Family Historians
Family matters, Uncategorized:
Researching the occupations of your ancestors can be a great way to flesh out their lives, to demonstrate their social status and possibly to explain why they migrated around the country or… Read More ›
Baths, and how to take them.
Social life & customs, Such was life:
Need advice on washing up? Want to compute the area of an irregular sized paddock? Or maybe you require some hints when ordering windmills? Then check out our 1930s housewifery pamphlets.
New books: landscapes, furniture and bathing in St. Kilda
Furniture, Painting, Rare Books & Arts:
Exposing Thomas Clark: a colonial artist in Western Victoria by Dr Peter Dowling and Daniel McOwab This might seem like an odd title, until you realise just how little… Read More ›
A Melbourne icon turns 100 today
About us, Announcements, Exhibitions, News:
The iconic domed reading of the State Library of Victoria, first opened to the public in 1913, turns 100 today.
Such was life
Strange lights in the sky: The Westall UFO event, 1966
On 6 April 1966, in a quiet suburb south east of Melbourne, reports emerged of something strange in the sky…
Arts
Nineteenth century Victorians
The Etkins collection consists of wonderful portraits of people and places throughout 19th century Victoria.
