Labour Day Holiday Monday 11 March
Please note that the Library will be open on Monday 11 March from 10am to 6pm. The Dome Galleries will close at 5pm. If you want to use items from… Read More ›
Get ready, get set, get Go-Set!
Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
Librarian-hipster Jane Miller has been exploring the wonders of Victoria’s incredible popular music scene in the sixties and seventies, and kindly sent through this groovy post for likeminded coolcats: Your… Read More ›
Performance pay for teachers: an old and new debate
People & professions, Such was life:
Working conditions and rates of pay for Victorian teachers are often in the news, with a recent proposal to introduce performance based salaries being one of the most hotly debated… Read More ›
Special one-time fellowships to celebrate the Dome Centenary
About us, Announcements, Grants, News, Uncategorized:
The State Library of Victoria offers several Creative Fellowships annually to artists and scholars who propose thoughtful and innovative ways to use the Library’s collection. Applicants may be individuals or… Read More ›
Playwrights invited to apply for $30,000 script development awards
About us, Announcements, Grants, News:
Applications are now open for The R E Ross Trust Playwrights’ Script Development Awards 2013. The awards are open to Victorian-based playwrights and deliver a total of $30,000 to support… Read More ›
A mania for collecting: not for the knick-knack phobic!
Confession time (the squeamish might want to turn away now), I love all of those antique/collectable shows on television such as Antiques Roadshow, Bargain Hunt, and the now sadly defunct… Read More ›
Temporary closure of the Genealogy Centre 26 February – 2 March 2013
Family matters, Uncategorized:
The Genealogy Centre of the State Library of Victoria will be closed for essential building work from Tuesday 26 February to Saturday 2 March 2013 inclusive. It will reopen at 10am… Read More ›
Temporary closure of the Genealogy Centre
About us, Announcements, Collection, Education, Family history events, Library services, News, Opening hours, Uncategorized:
The Genealogy Centre will be closed for essential building work from Tuesday 26 February to Saturday 2 March 2013 inclusive. It will reopen at 10am on Sunday 3 March.
Mock Valentines
Arts & literature, Such was life:
The State Library held a Valentine’s exhibition in 1951 which, according to the Report of the Trustees of the Public Library of Victoria, consisted of a small display on a… Read More ›
New DVDs: Clint, Carol, Chopin…and more luminous selections.
New DVDs arriving into the collection include the following: Bill Cunningham New York : the New York Times and First Thought Films presents a film by Richard Press. John… Read More ›
Such was life
Ailsa O’Connor: highlights of a life of socialist activism, feminism and art
Ailsa O’Connor (1921-1980) was a political activist, painter, sculptor, author and teacher. Throughout her art career she was a member of the Communist Party and associated with the Socialist Realist Group.
Arts
Ailsa O’Connor: highlights of a life of socialist activism, feminism and art
Ailsa O’Connor (1921-1980) was a political activist, painter, sculptor, author and teacher. Throughout her art career she was a member of the Communist Party and associated with the Socialist Realist Group.
