The people’s playground: Eastern Beach, Geelong
Ask a librarian, Victorian history:
Wander down to Geelong’s Eastern Beach on a hot day over summer and you’ll be greeted by a huge crowd of sun seekers.
Archive for 2021
How to train your Santa
Ask a librarian, Victorian history:
Have you spotted Santa in a department store lately? There’s more to being Santa than you might think! Let’s take a look at the history of department store Santas and explore what they learn at Santa School.
It’s alive! The first illustrated representation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
Collection spotlights, New books, Our stories, Rare Books & Arts:
State Library Victoria recently acquired an 1832 printing of the third edition of Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein for its Rare Book Collection.
Coming soon – the 1921 England and Wales census
Family matters, Research tips & tricks, Websites:
Great news for family historians. On the 6th January, the 1921 Census for England and Wales will be published online through Findmypast, in partnership with the National Archives UK. The… Read More ›
Collection Discovery
Ask a librarian, Research tips, Tips and tricks:
Introducing Collection Discovery, a new way of exploring curated collections of material digitised by the Library.
Online Collection Spotlight: National geographic archive
Ask a librarian, Collection spotlights:
Which Australian animal has been described as “an impossible patchwork creature”?
Explore stories and pictures from around the world with our National Geographic archive.
Celebrating 30,000 maps and plans digitised at the Library
In recognition of a recent significant milestone, we’re exploring some highlights of our substantial Maps Collection.
Opening Doors for people with disability
Collection spotlights, Our stories:
Earlier this year, the Library acquired a photographic series which documents people living with disability, posed in their own home environment.
Journey through the collection: Ashton’s 19th century sketchbook
Collection spotlights, Victorian history, Visual arts:
A little sketchbook with a lot of stories. How did the newsworthy events of the 1880s go from pocket sketches to newspaper illustrations?
A poem for the dome
News:
Writer, poet and broadcaster Alicia Sometimes has penned a touching poem dedicated to the La Trobe Reading Room.
