Cities & towns, Such was life:
On a very hot Friday, 7 February, 1969, just after 7.00am, the Southern Aurora, Australia’s overnight express passenger train between Sydney and Melbourne, collided head-on with an Albury-bound goods train, 174km north of Melbourne. The Melbourne-bound Southern Aurora ran through the Violet Town crossing loop where it should have waited for the goods train to pass.
Family History Feast 2014, Family matters:
Bookings for the annual Family History Feast event hosted by the State Library of Victoria open on Monday 14 July 2014. The eleventh Family History Feast will be held at the Library… Read More ›
Some new CD arrivals feature on the Listening Posts in Arts. They include recent releases in pop, rock, country, opera and world music. The online catalogue indicates which Listening Post the… Read More ›
Announcements, Collection, Grants, News:
The State Library of Victoria has announced the recipients of the 2014-15 Creative Fellowships, a program started eleven years ago to foster the creative use of the State Library’s collections… Read More ›
Arts & literature, Such was life:
A library patron recently led me to a beautiful book containing sketches by the prison artist William Stanford. The patron had an old newspaper article which mentioned the book, but… Read More ›
Painting, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
Now for some total self-indulgence! Having just welcomed two beautiful Whippets into the family (don’t get me started…), it seems like the ideal time to explore the central, if under-appreciated,… Read More ›
Local history funding sources, Such was life:
Nominations for the Royal Historical Society of Victoria’s 2014 Victorian Community History Awards are now open. The awards recognise ‘excellence in historical method’, and the types of works that can be… Read More ›
Film, Music, Rare Books & Arts:
New CD arrivals feature on the Listening Posts in Arts. They include some great film soundtrack releases. The online catalogue indicates which Listening Post the CD is available on. There… Read More ›
Frank Firestone was responsible for many examples of iconic design and advertising imagery for predominantly Australian brands and products.
Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
It is simply amazing the type of library we can have in our own homes, and without taking up all that shelf space! This opera gala from Cologne comes… Read More ›
