Music and video online: it’s a wonderful world!
It’s always worth checking in on our audio and video streaming databases, just to see what new treasures have been added: Star Wars, Episode VI, “Return of the Jedi”: John… Read More ›
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Using the State Library of Victoria From Afar!
Collections, Family matters, Research guides:
I am very pleased to welcome Shauna Hicks as our guest blogger. Shauna has been tracing her own family history since 1977 and worked in government for over 35 years primarily… Read More ›
Where do our treasures come from?
Last night CEO and State Librarian Sue Roberts spoke with Lindy Burns on ABC Radio 774 about love poetry and one of the Library’s most treasured and mysterious books, a… Read More ›
New Books: luminous pencils and noisy roosters
New books, Painting, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
Balinese art : paintings and drawings of Bali 1800-2010 by Adrian Vickers Balinese art over the last 200 years draws on a rich tradition of local village-based artistic styles as… Read More ›
To Wagner, or not to Wagner….
Guest blogger Jane Miller appears to have come down with a touch of Wagner-fever, so best not get in her way…… Richard Wagner inspires a range of responses – from… Read More ›
Victorian Opera announces 2014 season in the Dome
The domed reading room has been a place of inspiration and creativity since its completion in 1913. It also proved to be a stunning location for a powerful performance by… Read More ›
Love and larceny at the Melbourne Hospital
People & professions, Such was life:
The winter of 1849 was an exciting time at the Melbourne Hospital as love blossomed between the resident apothecary and matron.
Judging a book by its cover
Something that we are never supposed to do (as “serious readers”) is judge a book by its cover, but how can you resist when the cover art can be so… Read More ›
Ross McMullin wins Australian History award in 2013 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards
The State Library congratulates Ross McMullin who last night won the Australian History award in the 2013 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards for his book Farewell, Dear People.
From Vinegar Hill to Mont St Quentin : J G Roberts and the memory of war
Family Matters is pleased to welcome our August guest blogger, Dr Kevin Molloy, Manuscripts Librarian at the Library. Kevin completed his Ph.D. at Trinity College Dublin on the subject of… Read More ›
