The Garden Gazette and more – new in our popular digitised collections
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Explore this collection of newly digitised gardening and horticulture periodicals of the early 20th century.
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The Dunera internees – the Dunera Boys – made a significant contribution to Australian cultural life – Fred Lowen was one of these men, read on to learn some of his story, and see his evocative artworks.
Image: The potato peelers, H91.350/8
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It is 150 years since the death of the bushranger known as Dan Morgan.
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Last week the The National Archives of Ireland and Find my past anounced the release of over 600,000 Irish census records. These records cover the period 1821-1851 and have been made available through… Read More ›
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For those of you like me researching South Australian family history you will be pleased to know that the State Library of South Australia is gradually making most of the… Read More ›
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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 ›
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Our guest bloggers, Lucy Shedden and Shona Dewar from the Australian Manuscripts collection at the Library introduce us to a new online research guide on the Victorian Sheriffs Office warrants… Read More ›
On Wednesday 14 August the State Library will host a special Storytime with best-selling children’s author Jeannette Rowe as part of Play Group Victoria’s state-wide library playgroup week.
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The State Library of Victoria is now subscribing to the UK National Archives Discovery Service . This provides free access to the digitised documents available on the National Archives website.… Read More ›