Family history events, Family matters:
From 28 to 31 March I was fortunate to be able to join almost 400 keen genealogists and staff working in the field at the 13th Australasian Congress on Genealogy… Read More ›
Comic books, New books, Photography, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
This week on the new books shelf, pictures in all forms telling all kinds of stories: Tapestry in the Baroque : new aspects of production and patronage edited by Thomas… Read More ›
There are many new arrivals on the DVD shelf in Arts that include the following. These & other audiovisual material can be requested through the Library’s online catalogue, for playing on audiovisual… Read More ›
Family history events, Family matters:
On Saturday 31st March 2012, Grant Hamston and I represented the State Library of Victoria at the 5th annual Shake Your Family Tree day, a family history event presented by… Read More ›
Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
I was listening to Jeff Buckley in the car the other day and was struck (as I always am when I hear him) by the extraordinary beauty of his singing,… Read More ›
Many of us have experienced the joy of collecting particular objects; whether it is teapots, paintings, football cards or first editions. When the fascination blossoms into a sizeable collection, we… Read More ›
Turandot : an opera in three acts is the next program in the Arts on Film series to be screened this Wednesday 28 March in Arts. This is Graeme Murphy’s… Read More ›
Film, New books, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts, Television:
Sitting pretty : the life and times of Clifton Webb by Clifton Webb with David L. Smith A face that any lover of classic Hollywood movies will instantly recognise, Clifton… Read More ›
Announcements, Library services, News:
The Library will be closed on Good Friday 6 April 2012. During this period you may still access many digitised collection items and online resources via our website. The Library… Read More ›
New CDs arriving in Arts include a few re-releases by Irish supergroup U2, all with a bonus disc. The recent multi-Grammy award winning English singer, Adele, features on her 2011 multi-planinum release… Read More ›
Mary Fortune was the author of the longest running 19th-century crime fiction series published in a periodical and one of the earliest female crime writers in the world.
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.
