The scientists and the cricket match
Ask a librarian, Collection spotlights, Our stories, Victorian history:
In March 1874, Melbourne played host to an unusual cricket match, featuring some of the most pre-eminent marine biologists in the world.
Victorian history
Melbourne’s first newspaper
Ask a librarian, Collection spotlights, Victorian history:
On New Year’s Day, 1838, pioneer John Pascoe Fawkner published Melbourne’s first newspaper. Printing presses were scarce in the colony, so Fawkner handwrote the newspaper himself…
Carols by Candlelight
Ask a librarian, Collection spotlights, Victorian history:
This cherished Aussie Christmas institution is now in its 87th year, and still bringing people together across the nation.
The punk and alternative music scenes of St Kilda (and Melbourne) in the 1970s and 1980s
Ask a librarian, Collection spotlights, Our stories, Victorian history:
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.
“Road of a thousand charms”
Ask a librarian, Our stories, Victorian history:
A crowd of hundreds converged on Lorne on 26 November 1932 to celebrate the opening of the just completed Great Ocean Road.
The triumphant and tragic life of George Coulthard
Family matters, Victorian history:
Australian Rules Football’s first superstar George Coulthard dominated the early days of the Victorian Football Association. A supreme athlete he was also a fine cricketer, both playing and umpiring Test cricket. Sometimes, though sport’s great triumphs collide with life, and life is not always fair.
The Victorian Artists’ Society: 150 years of art
Ask a librarian, Our stories, Victorian history:
This year the Victorian Artists’ Society, East Melbourne, celebrates its 150th anniversary. We look back at the early years of its artistic journey.
The secrets of Black Rock house
Ask a librarian, Our stories, Reference desk, Victorian history:
Learn about the mysteries that have surrounded Black Rock house since its construction over 160 years ago
World Rivers Day
Ask a librarian, Our stories, Victorian history:
We mark World Rivers Day with snapshots of Victorian rivers, celebrating some of their history and the diverse roles they play.
The riotous Williams
Ask a librarian, Victorian history:
Melbourne’s Elizabeth Street was once a waterway known as Williams Creek. Today, the creek runs underground, but every now and then, it returns with a vengeance…
