The everlasting influence of Jane Austen
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To celebrate Jane Austen’s birthday we look at how she continues to influence popular culture and explore the library’s collection of Jane Austen related material.
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Getting your hands dirty with State Library Victoria
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The sun is shining, time to get out in the garden! There are plenty of resources at State Library Victoria to help develop your green thumb.
The punk and alternative music scenes of St Kilda (and Melbourne) in the 1970s and 1980s
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The Seaview Hotel in St Kilda became a spiritual home of Melbourne’s punk and alternative music scene in the 1970s and 1980s, initially due to an administrative error.
World Philosophy Day
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It’s World Philosophy Day. Dive into our extensive philosophy collections to be challenged and inspired by thinkers of the past and present.
Ania Walwicz: rebel with a cause
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The Victorian literary community has lost one of its own, with the death of much-loved poet, performance artist and creative writing teacher, Ania Walwicz
Happy birthday to Roald Dahl
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Most of us are very familiar with the wonderful stories of Roald Dahl, but did you know about his life-saving invention in the field of neuroscience?
A turn around the garden: Victorian flora in the State collection
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Join us for a turn around the garden as we explore depictions of Victorian flora in the Library’s collections.
The atomic anniversary
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This year marks the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of WWII. Explore the Library’s resources relating to this event and the nuclear age.
Fireworks in Little Bourke street
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There’s an air of intrigue around these deserted Chinese shopfronts, captured by artist Eric Thake in Melbourne during World War II
Victorian patents: a window on the past
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From the world’s first commercial ice-making machine to a cycling skirt made especially for women, the Library’s collection of Victorian patents is a fascinating window into the lives of our forebears
