Library closed for Australia Day public holiday
The Library will be closed on Thursday 26 January for the Australia Day public holiday.
Happy new year and some dates for your 2012 family history diary
Family history events, Family matters:
Christmas 2011 has come and gone and over the holidays you spent time catching up with family members. Family stories have been shared as well as questions asked about events… Read More ›
Life’s a circus on our New Books shelf!
A splendidly eclectic mix of new books to greet the new year: Circus : the Australian story by Mark St Leon Mark St Leon has been researching the circus in… Read More ›
Oh I do love to be beside the seaside…….
Photography, Rare Books & Arts:
No denying that Summer is well and truly with us. What better way to begin the year than a trip to the beach? Dupain’s beaches by Jill White Is there… Read More ›
Some new books on surnames…
Collections, Family matters, Uncategorized:
Three new books covering different aspects of surnames reviewed by Genealogy Team member Ann Copeland. A dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia, by Alexander Beider This dictionary contains information on over 25,000 names… Read More ›
Ho, ho, ho…….
You didn’t think that we’d leave 2011 without something festive, did you? Santa Claus: collection of Luca Sacchi by Luca Sacchi For all of you Santa-philes out there (we know… Read More ›
2011 – the year that was for the Genealogy Team
Family matters, Uncategorized:
A year of events, acquisitions and communication : 25 February Participation in the annual Shake Your Family Tree Day organised by National Archives of Australia May Library began subscription… Read More ›
All aboard!
Photography, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
A beautiful new book highlighting the railroad photography of American photographer and train enthusiast David Plowden provoked a certain train of thought (sorry, I couldn’t resist!): Requiem for steam :… Read More ›
Festive Listening Post
Christmas festivity is one of the current themes on Listening Post 2 in Arts. Titles featured include The First Nowell : a choral Christmas, The Top 20 Christmas Carols : as chosen by… Read More ›
Such was life
Arts
‘It really belongs to you people anyway…’: The story of Ken Pound
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.
