Celebrating NAIDOC Week in the Arts Library
Here we are in the midst of NAIDOC Week, so what better time to celebrate the extraordinary diversity and beauty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture! Tribal Voice by… Read More ›
Archive for 2013
Arts on Film: Swan Lake.
Swan Lake : a ballet in four acts is the next program in the Arts on Film series to be screened this Wednesday July 10. Please note that due to… Read More ›
Carnival of Curiosity – it’s happening now!
About us, Announcements, Events, Family history events:
The State Library’s Carnival of Curiosity has just kicked off and already there’s a lot happening. Come on down to the Library and be part of this special day of… Read More ›
Early Alphabet Books and other Curiosities
Children’s Research Librarian Juliet O’Conor has sent in another fascinating post, this time focusing on alphabet books and learning tools stretching back to the 15th century. You will be able… Read More ›
NAIDOC Week 7 – 14 July 2013
Family matters, Uncategorized:
NAIDOC Week is being held in 2013 from 7 to 14 July and it is a good time to remind Family Matters readers of our online family history research guide Aboriginal… Read More ›
New Books: in and around Melbourne
New books, Painting, Photography, Rare Books & Arts:
The presses keep rolling….. L. Bernard Hall : the man the art world forgot by Gwen Rankin This marvellous new biography of Bernard Hall, published in association with the State… Read More ›
Memories of the Great Depression
Social life & customs, Such was life:
An interesting and amusing memoir of a Melbourne boy growing up during the Depression is the book The Palace of Signs: memories of hard times and high times in the… Read More ›
Music in the Movies or Music for the Movies?
The ABC has recently run another of their always interesting Top 100 surveys, and this year’s effort devoted to Music in the Movies (and that title worried me from the… Read More ›
Arts on Film : Cosi Fan Tutte.
Cosi Fan Tutte : an opera in two acts by Mozart is the next program in the Arts on Film series to be screened this Wednesday June 26. Please note… Read More ›
Albert Purchas: architect, soldier, inventor
People & professions, Such was life:
A common question we get asked at the Library is where can I find information about a particular person?
