A pick n’ mix of new books: Buzz : the life and art of Busby Berkeley by Jeffrey Spivak University Press of Kentucky, 2011 It’s a wonder really that Busby Berkeley’s life… Read More ›
Ned’s Head, a recent documentary following the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine investigation into what was believed to be Ned Kelly’s skull, has revealed it was not Ned’s but possibly that of notorious serial killer Frederick Deeming. But who was Deeming?
Family history events, Family matters:
About 700 people over the two days, more than 70 exhibitors and some 36 talks, such was the successful Unlock the Past Expo held at the Geelong Arena on Friday 2… Read More ›
New CDs arriving into the collection include classic movie soundtracks like 2001: a space odyssey and Doctor Zhivago, pop favourite Rihanna, two Gershwin selections and another ABC compilation, High Tea: elegant… Read More ›
Family history events, Family matters:
No the mighty Cats (Geelong Football Club) are playing Collingwood in Melbourne at the MCG on Friday night 2 September! Sketches at Geelong 14 January 1888 (wood engraving) IAN14/01/88/5 mp 006963 State Library… Read More ›
Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
The current Winter Masterpieces exhibitions at NGV International explores Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century; a city of enormous vitality, creativity and burgeoning avant garde arts. If you would like… Read More ›
A complete performance of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 in D Minor is the next program in the Music and Dance on Film series, to be screened this Wednesday August… Read More ›
Sometimes oddness is its own reward…… Reefer movie madness : the ultimate stoner film guide by Shirley Halperin & Steve Bloom It would appear that there is a movie guide for just… Read More ›
Collections, Family matters, Research tips & tricks:
I always love speaking with our Rare Books Librarian, as I often learn about remarkable items in our collection. Yesterday, I was introduced to the publication Instructions for the Surgeons… Read More ›
Legendary anime director Hayao Miyazaki is no stranger to Outside-in cinema here, having featured in last years season not just once, but twice. This Wednesday just past we showed another… Read More ›
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.
