Love and Devotion: From Persia and Beyond now open.
Announcements, Exhibitions, Family history events, News:
The largest exhibition of illustrated Persian manuscripts in Australia’s history is now open at the State Library of Victoria.
Love and Devotion in music and words
To celebrate the opening of the Library’s magnificent new exhibition, Love and Devotion: from Persia and beyond, I thought it might be interesting to highlight some of the material we… Read More ›
Videos galore on Naxos, and a great trivia question!
Dance, Music, Performing Arts, Rare Books & Arts, Theatre:
Drum roll, fanfare, marching band, etc., etc.! I’m really pleased to be able to tell you that, along with the Naxos Music Library, we are now able to offer our… Read More ›
Labour Day Monday 12 March 2012
Announcements, Exhibitions, News:
The Library will be open from 10am to 6pm on Monday 12 March during the Labour Day public holiday.
Bibliography saves the day!
Family matters, Uncategorized:
Reference and research librarians, especially those fortunate enough to work at institutions such the State Library of Victoria, have a large arsenal of reference sources to draw on in the… Read More ›
Movies, backlots, a bit of art and a gust of wind!
A mixed bag from the new books shelf this week; just the way I like it! That movie book : awesome, weird and wonderful movies for every weekend of the… Read More ›
Good news for South Australian family history researchers!
Family matters, Research tips & tricks:
Genealogy SA in conjunction with the South Australian Registrar of Births Deaths and Marriages has just announced that public domain South Australian Births, Deaths and Marriages Indexes are now available online via… Read More ›
May I quote you?
I’ve been watching some old Mae West movies lately, and her snappy way with a one-liner (“His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork“) got me thinking… Read More ›
World Radio Day….can you hear me?
International commemorative days come thick and fast, but I can’t let World Radio Day on February 13th slip by without some kind of celebration! Out of the bakelite box :… Read More ›
Popular culture, sometimes it ain’t pretty!
Just in case you thought things were getting a little straight-laced on the Arts Blog….. Allied Artists horror, science fiction and fantasy films by Michael R. Pitts If, like me,… 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.
