Out of the closet and into the concert hall
We turn our attention to music as we continue to mark the publication of the latest issue of The LaTrobe Journal, Queen City of the South: Gay and Lesbian Melbourne.… Read More ›
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Library hosts Miles Franklin Literary Award
Announcements, News, Opening hours:
On Wednesday 22 June 2011, the Miles Franklin Literary Award winner will be announced at the State Library of Victoria, marking the first time the event has been hosted outside New South Wales.
Due to this special event the Library will close at 6pm on Wednesday 22 June. We apologise for this inconvenience.
Photography, painting and a rummage through some Hitchcockiana
The beautiful & the damned : punk photographs by Ann Summa, edited by Kristine McKenna When Punk rock took off in the seventies it was wholeheartedly embraced by the Los Angeles… Read More ›
The love that dare not speak its name….but was always happy to paint it!
This week sees the publication of the newest issue of the Library’s LaTrobe Journal, titled Queen City of the South: Gay and Lesbian Melbourne, which provides me with the perfect… Read More ›
Queen’s birthday holiday closure
Announcements, News, Opening hours:
The Library will be closed on Monday 13 June due to the Queen’s Birthday public holiday. Readings Book Shop and Mr Tulk cafe will also be closed. An extensive range… Read More ›
National Family History Week 2011
Family history events, Family matters:
Friday 29 July to Sunday 28 August 2011 – the dates of this year’s Australian National Family History Week so important dates for your diary! This Week has been held… Read More ›
The bold, the beautiful and the cheeky in Arts!
One of the great things about working in a Library like this is the almost constant voyage of discovery it takes us on as new material arrives on the shelves!… Read More ›
Finding your ancestors…talk at AIGS Blackburn Sunday 29 May 2011
Collections, Family history events, Family matters, Research guides:
Newspapers, manuscripts, pictures, maps and so much more… Find out about the diversity of State Library of Victoria collections that can be used for family history research at a talk I… Read More ›
Dame Nellie Melba and the problems of being a legend
Now that the 150 candles have been blown out and the streamers have all been taken down, I thought it might be a good idea to highlight a few of… Read More ›
Global entertainments, gorgeous frocks and shaking up Mr Bond
A bit of dancing, a bit of acting, a bit of fashion, and even a bit of icon deconstruction (the name’s Bond, James Bond…..); all in a day’s work for… Read More ›
