Welcome
Welcome to the State Library of Victoria’s Such was life blog. Here we’ll explore both new and historic Library collections that relate to Australia’s past. We’ll showcase our favourite items,… Read More ›
Some particularly rapid unintelligible patter: celebrating Gilbert and Sullivan
Once guaranteed crowd-pleasers, it seems that the works of Gilbert and Sullivan have lost a bit of traction in recent years with our major opera companies. A shame really as… Read More ›
New books: Yoshitoshi, Venetian masters, rising stars and Canada, O Canada….
Yoshitoshi: masterpieces from the Ed Freis collection by Chris Uhlenbeck and Amy Reigle Newland Hotei, 2011 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi was one of the greatest masters of the Japanese woodblock print… Read More ›
Musical Listening in Arts
Musical theatre features on new Listening Post music in Arts highlighting some recent CD arrivals, plus a few popular titles making a return visit. There are eight jukebox listening posts… Read More ›
Opera Screening: The Merry Widow
The Merry Widow : an operetta in three acts is the next program in the Arts on Film series, to be screened this Wednesday October 10 in Arts. With music… Read More ›
Your State Library,Your Say October 2012
Family matters, Uncategorized:
Right now the State Library of Victoria is planning its future so a great opportunity for the Family Matters blog community to contribute their ideas about what this Library could be. You… Read More ›
Library asks Victorians to shape its future
About us, Announcements, Library services, News:
What do you want us to be? This is the question the State Library of Victoria is asking all Victorians to answer to aid in its planning for the next… Read More ›
Salt beef, tinned carrots and haggis – the 19th century ships diet
The current library exhibition Gusto! a culinary history of Victoria, explores the role food has played in Victoria’s history. One food topic that’s of great interest to many family historians is… Read More ›
New Books: boy wizards, designing women, creature features, and that movie…..
Harry Potter : page to screen, the complete filmmaking journey by Bob McCabe Harper Design, 2011 Quidditch anyone? Enough said! In praise of the needlewoman : embroiderers, knitters, lacemakers, and… Read More ›
Outside-in cinema has a few bugs
Well before films, music, photography, and all manner of other idle pursuits took over, I found nothing more fascinating than the insects that crawl beneath my feet. When people stepped… Read More ›
Such was life
Online Collection Spotlight: Trench journals and unit magazines of the First World War.
This Online Collection Spotlight examines WWI trench journals created by units from several combatant nation between 1914 and 1919. Produced in camps and battle zones, these handmade publications reveal humour, creativity, and resilience through poems, sketches, notes and stories.
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.
