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Two volunteers reading the Argus newspaper and creating index cardsShows many Australian soldier spectators watching Australian Rules football match in France during World War I.Painting of the parading of 1865 Melbourne Cup horses prior to the start of the race - Toryboy, the grey horse in the centre is following race favourite PanicFront cover of Melbourne's Argus newspaper, printed in colour, showing horse jumps racingBack page of Melbourne's Argus newspaper, showing Australian Rules football match between Collingwood andHand drawn map of Melbourne's CBD from the early 1850sWatercolour of the 'Canvas town' area of South Melbourne, 1850s, showing tents on the banks of the Yarra RiverShows a single storey licensed business, the single storey Eagle Tavern and a large, wooden Theatre Royal with gabled roof, several people in the streetShield collage of Chuck's portaitsRichard Sutcliffe by T. F. ChuckRichard Sutcliffe by / T. F. ChuckRichard Sutcliffe by T. F. ChuckRichard Sutcliffe by / T. F. ChuckFormal portrait of a young man, William Shotton.All aboard for the Cobb & Co. coach outside Harcourt, Warburton, Victoria.The article in 'The Argus' in 1856 notes the farewell dinner for Freeman Cobb.Headline from The ArgusThe letter in The ArgusWood engraving showing large funeral procession made up of military or policemen, clergymen, men in top hats and other people, horse drawn carriages, and decorated carts displaying coffins. The procession winds back and forth several times into the distance.Photograph showing front exterior of large, rendered, 1920s-style house with several verandahsYour library your saymobile catalogue imageFront steps of the State Library of VictoriaFacade of the State Library of VictoriaSue Roberts and Patti ManolisLa Trobe reading roomGeorge Frederick Folingsby, Sir Redmond Barry, c 1880, oil on canvas, State Library of VictoriaComic crime sceneSimon Coronel wows with magicGraf by Rennie Ellis. 1984Play day at the LibraryFarewell, dear peopleIain Grandage and mezzo-soprano Dimity Shepherd perform. Image Charlie KinrossDonald Sutherland letterRome: Piranesi's visionDetail from photograph showing Australian soldier standing in trench, wearing uniform; sandbags in background. Colour patch on right hand sleeve of his uniform circled in red.Inky awards longlist 2014Viva L'Italia!Portrait photograph of unidentified Australian soldier taken during World War I, with colour patch on sleeve of his uniform circled in red.Watercolour showing interior layout of makeshift operating theatre, with partitions for major and minor surgery, instruments and medical supplies on tables.Watercolour of a large tropical ulcer on a male patient positioned on the upper left torso, beneath the armpit.Watercolour of bomb wound on lower left arm of male patient.Watercolour of large tropical ulcer on lower leg of male patient.Watercolour showing interior layout of makeshift operating theatre, with partitions for major and minor surgery, instruments and medical supplies on tables.Address with decorative border in gilt and coloured inks of shamrocks, Australian native flowers, and the flags of Ireland and the United States; a portrait photograph of Augusta DargonBlack and white photograoh of a young woman with long dark curled hair, seated on rock, clutching hands together at right shoulderWatercolour showing adjacent American and Irish flags, Australian coat of arms, woman representing 'Ireland' in green dress holding golden harpArarat advertiser, 12 June 1915, page 3Soldiers Memorial, AraratPerformance poster of Vika & Linda Bull. Performance dates printed on poster: Friday 28, Saturday 30 & Sunday 31 August '97.Performance poster of Jimeoin. Printed on poster: Jimeoin & the Cooking Show.Performance poster for Archie Roach & Ruby Hunter. Photograph of Archie Roach. Performance date printed on poster: Friday 23 Feb '96.Sketchbook no. 4, containing watercolours, drawings, photographs and newspaper clippings], Creator: Charles Hammond. ca. 1890 - ca. 1910, Accession no: H90.72/4 (Page 4a)Newspaper article about the first reported discovery of payable gold in Victoria.Abrams ComicArts, 2010Scarecrow Press, Inc, 2011Allegro Films/Argos Productions, c2008Allegro Films, c2008Allegro Films, 2008Allegro Films, c2008London, [19-?]Dog Show in the Apollo Hall, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1871Contemporary MusiciansContemporary MusiciansContemporary Musicians on the Arts shelvesEuroArts, c2010Opera Australia, c2011Universal, [2011]Portrait of Trewey from "How it is done", 1893Aunt Kate's Conjuring and Parlor MagicGroup of people using listening post in Arts room © Andrew LloydKate GreenawayNaxos/Bel Air Classiques'View from Mt. Hope. Pyramid Hill bearing S. 30W. Sep. 1. 60'. Ludwig Becker. State Library of Victoria.The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek sculpture in position in its new home on the Library forecourtState Library of Victorialucy gooseyThe Press DressPolice gather as little Ned makes a get awayHypnerotomachia PoliphiliVictor Hugo's manuscript of Les Misérables 1862Male and female librarians looking at a book togetherThe explorers and early colonists of VictoriaVote Yes MumVote No MumThe Death BallotCover of book 'Secret histories of queer Melbourne'The Argus article on Chuck's shieldPhotograph showing four-masted barque Trafalgar in harbourCollage of more than fifty small photographic portraits, showing Victorian colonist menWaiting for the train, Healesville tunnel by J. H. HarveyCobb & Co. coach and horses outside Harcourt, Warburton, Victoria]James Rutherford [developer of Cobb and Co. coaches]Photograph showing the front of Carngham station, a rendered 1920s-style building with several verandahsA newspaper wood engraving showing street and shopfronts in Elizabeth Street in 1864, including the businesses of William Dean, George Robertson, McBean, James McEwan & Co. and Thomas Jackson.Part of a coloured diagram showing different red and green colour patches used by 1st Division soldiers from New South Wales and VictoriaTyped title 'Emerald Hill' crossed out in pen with handwritten amendment changing name to 'South Melbourne'Wood engraving. Elevated view of the plan of Bendigo, showing all major streets and buildings.Watercolour showing interior layout of makeshift operating theatre, with partitions for major and minor surgery, instruments and medical supplies on tables.Watercolour showing interior layout of makeshift operating theatre, with partitions for major and minor surgery, instruments and medical supplies on tables.add alt text hereBlack and white photograph of a bird's eye view of the township of Clunes around 1861.Eight women gathered on a lawnIntrada, 1962, 2012Film Score Monthly, 1968, 2009Famous Artists Productions, Inc., Danjaq LLC, MGM, 1967, 2012Film Score Monthly, 1968, 2009Intrada, Sony, 1963, 2012Film Score Monthly, 1970, 2005Famous Artists Productions, Inc., Danjaq LLC, MGM, 1967, 2012Ghostlight Records, 2011SFS Media, 2014Shout! Factory, 2012PS Classics, 2015Broadway Records, 2015Warner Classics, 2006Packed grandstand at the 1881 Melbourne Cup"Doctor Nikola, etc" by Stanley WoodAdvertising for Doctor Nikola serial. The Argus, 3 January 1896 p. 4.Botanical illustrationBotanical illustrationShows Stormtrooper, Scouts & Jawas in the Domed Reading RoomStar Wars characters outside the State LibraryMiss MoppetTwo Bad Mice coverTwo Bad Mice by Beatrix PotterTwo Bad Mice title pageUS Peter Rabbitphoto of andrewThe books shortlisted for the Gold Inky awardThe Inky Award shortlist.The shortlisted books for the Silver InkyFlat boxesConsultationState Academic Mariinsky Theatre, 2017Cropped portrait of woman recliningPortrait of young woman against background of foliagePortrait of woman in front of Library shelffull moon with cloudsSpine of book model displaying sewingBook model on work benchsucculentDocuments on a deskMacrame kitStudio spaceMannequin with head piece and cloakComputer on desk with chairDisplay cases in a galleryStatue covered with white sheetEmpty gallery with dim lightingView of empty conservation labBook, tools and magnifying glass on tableWoman sitting at a desk facing the cameraSculpture covered with white sheetInsect specimens on a tableScreenshot of websiteYellow otto binHalf open sliding door with sign 'Quarantine Room'screenshot of zoom meetingDog with footybooks and papers on a desklaptop on deskpinned cockroach specimensscreenshot of zoom meetinglaptops on desklaptops on tableIllustration of 19th-century classroomPhotograph of school assembly outside school houseSchool assembled outside school houseCollectible cards in boxescigarette cards in boxopen bookvintage cigarette tinsvintage cigarette packetswooden boxescigarette cardssilk cigarette cardscigarette cardscigarette cardscigarette cardscigarette cardscigarette card albumred album titled cigarette picturescigarette trading card albumcigarette cards in albumfirst aid cigarette cardsbacks of first aid cigarette caardscigarette cards in albumcigarette card albumcigarette cardscigarette cardsMan in fabric shopJob Warehouse building facadeJob WarehouseMan in shopverso of previous imageThe Adam and Eve hotelblack and white of cottageThree young girls with long hair wearing white shirts in circular mountMap of Victoria showing county boundaries, gold diggings marked in yellow, rivers and towns. Relief shown by hachures.Image of VFA football captains 1884. Late George Coulthard in the centreGeorge Coulthard breaking away from opponentNewspaper headlineNews headlineFootball match 1866Includes Felina Kennedy holding the hose as Peggy walks through the "Washmobile"; Peggy being coaxed by keepers Carl Mackaway and Bill CraigShows three monkeys each with a baby's feeding bottle, title of poster printed above and below imageIvo Blighs teamTwo images: left side, illustrations for newspaper. Right side, black pen and ink drawing of Blinky Bill and an owl in a gum treeTwo drawings, designs for Blinky Bill dress up book, one is in grey pencil and one is in black pen and inkTools and materials, including paste, brushes, and paper, used by conservators to mend tears in paperDetail view of a tear in a drawing on tracing paperBefore treatment view of drawing on tracing paper torn in halfTwo images of isinglass being warmed on a cup warmer and in a bottle warmerTwo images, detail views of tears in two drawings on tracing paperHand-coloured illustration of Blinky Bill and Mrs Koala holding handsHand-coloured illustrations of designs for Blinky Bill mugsHand-coloured illustrations of designs for Blinky Bill plates and egg-cupGrey pencil drawing of designs for children's bowlBlank pen and ink drawing of Blinky Bill catching a yabbydredgingdredgingDredging on HMS ChallengerdredgingInscriptionCowen GalleryCleaning detailHelen GillAfter TreatmentPainting ATFramed paintingLandscape detailPlastic storage tubs stackedDigital camera sitting on top of notebook with pencilPainting of bushfirePainting of bushfirestacked plastic tubsEquipment kitplastic tubs and towelsbrush vauumingCleaning book with smoke spongeDrying wet books and papersBrush vacuuming mouldy itemsdrying photographsDrying photographsBrush vacuuming mouldPlastic tubs and tea towelsFirst international crciket match, All England 11 in Melbourne 1862Australian Test Team 1880Search Access Australia iconExcerpt from Melbourne CBD grid map shows tents sites in CBDWatercolour painting depicting Queens wharf in the 1850sPainting of newly arrived immigrants in Canvas TownCanvas Town in the 1850sCanvas TownNotice from Victorian Government Gazette to occupiers of Canvas TownView of Canvas Town from a distanceLocation of Canvas town on map from 1853Map showing locality of Canvas TownWatercolour painting of Canvas TownProfile picture of Marcus FergusonLake ColacAvenue of pyramidstestPage from Ashton's sketchbook, with sketches of characters from the Mikado performance.Advertisement for Tennis championshipsAdvertisements for products claiming to counter Spanish FluCrystal Palace LondonMayoral Ball 1866Events at the Exhibition buildings2nd Exhibition Building MelbourneExhibition Buidling 1854Images of Melbourne's first exhibition buildingMelbourne Exhibition Building 1854Melbourne Exhibition Building 1854Press Dress at Mayoral BallMayoral ballVictorian Mint Building 1870sRoyal Exhibition Building H2001_60_38Domed Reading Room at the LibraryCartoon of William Irving and Alexander PeacockCartoon of William IrvingCartoon of Edmund Barton and the Kyabram 'chook'Premier William IrvineFamily playing tug-of-warGas lights in Queens HallQueens Hall with men studying at night circa 1860Detail of electric lights attached to gas lightsResource Recommender banner image for Xmas 2022Resource Recommender banner for scheduled upgradesIcon for the Australiana IndexResource Recommender banner image for Easter 2023Prince Charles at Mansfield near TimbertopPrinces Bridge decorated with an arch to welcome the PrinceAttempted assassination of Prince Alfred at Clontarf SydneyPrince Alfred laying the foundation stone for the Melbourne Town HallTorch parade outside the LibraryPrince Alfred's ship Galatea in Hobson's BayFemale technician performing a quality assurance inspection at Thycon Industries, CoburgElectronic test equipmentCollection Discovery > Theatre Programmes image Rigo Grand Opera Company. / Troedel & Cooper Pty, Ltd.Close up of a portion of the Cavalcade of Transport mural. Large amount of vehicles likely dated from the 19th century with many horse buggies and carts, trains, trams, arranged in lines. A large section of the mural depicts a train engineer and driver in the engine room of a train.OECD Logo and publicationsThe Greats of Football mural placed against a large concrete grandstand with thin vertical partitions.Football mural VFL Park WaverleyBlack & white family portraitTwo musicians wearing a mask while playing musical instruments.Black and white illustration featuring bird's eye view of Drury Lane TheatreA black and white playbill published by the Royal Drury Lane Theatre advertising the play 'Epicharis'A ragtag group of performers on a stagePortrait of Sir George Smart wearing a suit and a pair of round spectacles. He is holding a newspaper and looking at the viewerBlack and white illustration of three men in suits playing with a barrelWoman dressed in yellow talking to a woman dressed in white.Condé Nast’s US publications covers"Libraries are so broadening", by Deidre Hunt. Cover image Dine Impessions of the CatCats, wild and domestic, from Buffon's Natural History, V.4, London:1812
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