Vale Leigh Masel
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The State Library of Victoria would like to send condolences to the family of Leigh Masel who passed away over the weekend.
Building works in the Arts Reading Room
17June to 5 July inclusive The Library will be reorganising some collection and activity spaces and creating a community language laboratory. As a result: The Audio Visual room will close… Read More ›
2013-14 Creative Fellowships announced
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Today we are very pleased to announce the recipients of the 2013-14 Creative Fellowships, a program we started ten years ago to foster the creative use of the State Library’s collections… Read More ›
The Beatles in Australia: all five of them!
Andrew McConville, the State Library’s very own mop-top, couldn’t resist commemorating the anniversary of this special madness! In Melbourne on 14 June 1964 all five Beatles, John, Paul, George, Ringo… Read More ›
Arts on Film: Triple Bill.
A triple bill featuring Australian explorer, natural scientist and artist William Blandowski, Australian artist Julie Gough and Belgian musician Rene Jacobs, is the next program in the Arts on Film series to be… Read More ›
Family History Feast 2013 booked out!
Family history events, Family matters:
In 2013 the State Library of Victoria will again host the annual Family History Feast (the tenth) to be held at the Library on Monday 5 August during National Family History… Read More ›
Happy birthday Sir Redmond Barry
Today we celebrate the 200th birthday of Sir Redmond Barry, founding trustee of the Library. Sir Redmond Barry (1813 – 1880) was an Anglo-Irish lawyer who arrived in Melbourne in… Read More ›
New listening post sounds: Edwin Drood, Laura, Benjamin & Tina.
Music, Musicals, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
Some recent CD arrivals feature on the Listening Posts in Arts. They include latest releases in musical theatre, popular, folk and classical music. The online catalogue indicates which Listening Post the… Read More ›
Skiing Marnong
Thousands of years before alpine resorts, chalets and four-wheel drives, Victoria’s Mt Buller was inhabited by Aboriginal tribes, in particular the Taungurong people (also spelt Taungurung). A Taungurong woman is quoted… Read More ›
Enjoy the Queen’s birthday with a visit to the Library
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It’s cold outside. The Queen’s Birthday public holiday is the perfect time to explore one of our fascinating exhibitions, inside the warmth of the Library.
Such was life
Melbourne’s Marvelous Madame Weigel
Madame Weigel’s Journal of Fashion became a staple of Australian life for those interested in being well dressed, well presented, and well informed. This treasure trove has recently be digitised and made available online.
Arts
‘It really belongs to you people anyway…’: The story of Ken Pound
To celebrate the Children’s Book Council of Australia Week, we pay tribute to the life of children’s literature collector, Ken Pound, and the collection he has left for us all.
