What’s Brewing?
Collections, Family matters, Uncategorized:
If you had an ancestor who worked at the Carlton and United Breweries or if you are simply interested in the history of the Australian brewing industry, the CUB staff… Read More ›
Something to sing about in the Arts Library
Music, Musicals, Rare Books & Arts:
A selection of some of the newer piano-vocal scores available for browsing in the Agnes Robertson Music Scores Room in the Arts Library: Shrek, the musical: lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire… Read More ›
New Music: Bubblegum hits, Celtic Divas & a smokingun
Music, Musicals, Rare Books & Arts:
New CD arrivals include the following: Graeme Lyall meets the Joe Chindamo Trio : smokingun. For jazz fans there is “Smokingun” featuring two Australian jazz greats together. Saxophonist, Graeme Lyall,… Read More ›
Family History Feast 2012 – Monday 30 July
Family history events, Family matters:
A look at some highlights of Family History Feast 2012!
Virtually catastrophic events at Outside-in cinema
The potential for societal collapse as a result of our increasing reliance on computers has long been a favourite theme of speculative fiction in cinema, with few film-goers able to… Read More ›
Arts on Film: Cats, Phantom, Les Miserables & more.
Musicals, Rare Books & Arts, Theatre:
Hey Mr Producer : the musical world of Cameron MacKintosh! is the next program in the Arts on Film series, to be screened this Wednesday August 14 in Arts. This… Read More ›
New Books: weddings, pianos, pictures and a bit of car fetishism
Not a film book in sight while we have a rest from the Melbourne Film Festival: At the piano: interviews with 21st-century pianists by Caroline Benser With the Sydney International… Read More ›
Family photographic albums: the stories we choose to tell
Family history events, Family matters, Research tips & tricks:
At this year’s Family History Feast, Susan Long from the library’s Pictures collection, represented the library with her presentation Family photographic albums: the stories we choose to tell. I thoroughly… Read More ›
Library’s most appetising exhibition
Collection, Exhibitions, Family history events, News:
Gusto! A culinary history of Victoria, a new free exhibition at the State Library of Victoria, opened Friday 3 August. It provides a fascinating insight into the gastronomic world of… Read More ›
Pictorial records at National Archives
Family history events, Family matters, Research tips & tricks:
In the first afternoon session of Family History Feast, Mark Brennan from the National Archives of Australia (NAA) presented on Pictorial records at National Archives. Mark introduced us to the… Read More ›
Such was life
Strange lights in the sky: The Westall UFO event, 1966
On 6 April 1966, in a quiet suburb south east of Melbourne, reports emerged of something strange in the sky…
Arts
Nineteenth century Victorians
The Etkins collection consists of wonderful portraits of people and places throughout 19th century Victoria.
