Announcements, Collection, Education, Library services, News, Opening hours, Search, Updates:
Most State Library of Victoria websites will be unavailable between 6pm and 7pm AEST on Friday 28 September due to maintenance. Our catalogue will still be available. We apologise for… Read More ›
Music, Performing Arts, Rare Books & Arts, Television, Visual arts:
New DVD arrivals include the following: These and other DVDs & audiovisual material can be requested through the Library’s online catalogue, for playing on audiovisual equipment in Arts during opening… Read More ›
Back to the book collection for a while; how very analogue of me! How to read erotic art by Flavio Febbraro Art and erotic representation have been bedfellows (sorry…)… Read More ›
An interesting development in the Naxos Video Library is the appearance of rock music and jazz documentaries and concerts; classics of course! AC/DC: Highway to Hell – A Classic Album… Read More ›
Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
It can be a horrible thing to acquaint yourself with artists you admire. As a rule, I would advise against it. The passionate vocalist will sigh and check their e-mail… Read More ›
Performing Arts, Rare Books & Arts:
Shakespeare’s comedy in five acts Love’s Labour’s Lost, is the next program in the Arts on Film series to be screened this Wednesday September 12 in Arts. Love’s Labour’s Lost… Read More ›
Family history events, Family matters:
The videocast and complete written transcript of the 2012 Don Grant Lecture ‘Vandemonians in Victoria’ given by Professor Janet McCalman at the annual Family History Feast event held on 30 July has just… Read More ›
Family matters, Research tips & tricks:
In a move likely to cause much excitement in genealogy circles, the National Archives of Australia have recently announced a new partnership with Ancestry.com.au, which will see incoming Australian passenger… Read More ›
New books, Photography, Rare Books & Arts:
Photography and Ireland by Justin Carville Reaktion Books in London has been publishing this marvellous “exposures” series for a while now, exploring the history of photography through its relationships with… Read More ›
Collections, Family matters, Research tips & tricks:
One of my favourite resources in the Genealogy Centre is the historical set of Victoria Police gazettes. The police gazettes began in December 1853 and were originally for police eyes… Read More ›
A recent donation to the Library gives us insight into the last wills and testaments of Victorians of the 19th and 20th Century, from what they were bequeathing to who they held dear.
Agatha Christie was a leading author of the golden age of detective fiction whose books continue to excite, delight and intrigue readers. To celebrate her outstanding legacy, State Library Victoria recently acquired first editions of some of Christie’s most popular titles.
