The dais in the dome
Once upon a time a staff member sat in the dais in the La Trobe Reading Room, watching over any chattering public. I asked two long term SLV librarians how this used to work.
Articles by: Paul
Keith Kings Public Transport Collection
The Library has received a large donation of material documenting Victoria’s public transport, featuring some wonderful photographs of decorated trams.
Visions of fairyland: Herbert Swire’s watercolours
Herbert Swire was 22 years old when he joined a scientific voyage to Antarctica on board the ship, HMS Challenger. He captured what he saw in two delicate watercolours that have recently been donated to the library.
The Fred Boyle Photographic Collection
People & professions, Such was life:
The Fred Boyle Photographic Collection portrays Echuca in the 1950s and ’60s as a town driven by community spirit.
The Mallee
Cities & towns, Such was life:
‘I can readily imagine why most people speak of this part of the country with a certain dread for there is actually no grass and no water to be found.’
Queen’s wharf
Buildings & streets, Such was life:
In the 1840s a burgeoning Melbourne needed a robust wharf, one to replace the current bog built over swamps.
Our women
Social life & customs, Such was life:
Our women was a magazine in the 1950s and ’60s which focused on the social issues, contributions and opinions of women in Australia.
Digitising newspapers
Learn how the Library digitises newspapers; from selection of titles through conservation to the scanning of the pages.
The great flood of 1891
Buildings & streets, Such was life:
In July 1891, non stop rain over a weekend saw the Yarra break its bank and flood surrounding suburbs- leaving thousands homeless.
Public images of World War I: myth & reality
Read an extract from a talk by war correspondent and author Jill Jolliffe on the reporting of World War I and, in particular, the work of official historian C.E.W. Bean.
