Victoria’s budget 1852
In 1852 Victoria was barely one year old, after separation from New South Wales in 1851. It was ‘the period of the greatest social and political disorganisation that the colony… Read More ›
Charles Marville and the changing face of Paris
Photography, Rare Books & Arts:
With the State Library’s major Victor Hugo exhibition coming up in July, the name of Charles Marville has been getting mentioned in despatches recently. One of the very greatest photographers… Read More ›
New Listening: music legends & more
Some new CD arrivals feature on the Listening Posts in Arts. They include recent releases in pop, rock, country, opera and film soundtracks. The online catalogue indicates which Listening Post the… Read More ›
Victorian Historical Journal 1911-2012 now online
Arts & literature, Such was life:
For over a year, we’ve been providing free access to digitised copies of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria’s magazine for 1911-1954. Thanks to the Society, we’re now able to make Victorian Historical… Read More ›
Happy birthday Shakespeare; 450, but who’s counting?
Film, Performing Arts, Rare Books & Arts, Theatre:
William Shakespeare isn’t looking too bad for 450……. Henry IV, parts 1 & 2: Shakespeare’s Globe To many people the plays Henry IV and Henry V hold a special place… Read More ›
Pre-1901 Irish census records available on Find my past Ireland
Family matters, Uncategorized, Websites:
Last week the The National Archives of Ireland and Find my past anounced the release of over 600,000 Irish census records. These records cover the period 1821-1851 and have been made available through… Read More ›
Cultural coup as Melbourne secures French national treasure
Announcements, Exhibitions, News:
The original 1862 manuscript of Les Misérables, a French national treasure, is leaving Europe for the first time to be exhibited exclusively at the State Library of Victoria, Minister for… Read More ›
New ebooks in Arts: From daguerréotypes to white cubes
Film, New books, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
This week’s new ebooks I’ll be focussing on are a pleasant handful of contemplations on film and filmmakers, both present and past. A collection of interviews with photographer and film… Read More ›
New DVDs: Bolshoi, George Harrison, Superstar & Shakespeare in Italy
Performing Arts, Rare Books & Arts:
New DVDs arriving into the collection include the following: Bolshoi : a renaissance. Graeme Murphy’s Romeo & Juliet by The Australian Ballet. George Harrison: living in a material world.… Read More ›
World War I poetry
From enlistment to conscription, to laments for the lost to our duty to England, war poetry spans all the hardship and reasoning of battle.
Such was life
Collection of wills from Cohen, Kirby & Co. Solicitors, Bendigo
A recent donation to the Library gives us insight into the last wills and testaments of Victorians of the 19th and 20th Century, from what they were bequeathing to who they held dear.
Arts
Collecting Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie was a leading author of the golden age of detective fiction whose books continue to excite, delight and intrigue readers. To celebrate her outstanding legacy, State Library Victoria recently acquired first editions of some of Christie’s most popular titles.
