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 ›
Family matters, Uncategorized:
In the middle of May, I decided to escape the cold weather of Melbourne for the extremely cold weather of Hobart. Being my first visit to Tasmania, I followed the… Read More ›
Rare Books & Arts, Television:
The new books shelf was a bit light-on this week, but an enquiry I took from a customer regarding popular television shows had me delving into an increasingly interesting part of… Read More ›
Family matters, New to the collection:
Want to know how to research an occupation? If records of your ancestor are likely to exist? Guides to occupational records are a fantastic resource for the family historian. For those… Read More ›
Yet more self-indulgence on my part! All-star Superman written by Grant Morrison ; pencilled by Frank Quitely DC Comics, c2007 Some comic book characters come and go, but Superman appears to… Read More ›
The Tales of Hoffmann (Les contes d’Hoffmann) : an opera in three acts, is the next program in the Music and Dance on Film series, to be screened Wednesday August… Read More ›
Family history events, Family matters:
A look at some of the highlights of the day (photographs courtesy of Anna Koh, National Archives of Australia, Melbourne Office) Mark Brennan (National Archives), Hazel Edwards (author and National… Read More ›
Comic books, Music, Painting, Rare Books & Arts:
Yet more self-indulgence on my part! All-star Superman written by Grant Morrison ; pencilled by Frank Quitely Some comic book characters come and go, but Superman appears to be eternal and… Read More ›
New CDs arriving into the collection include a mix of pop, musical theatre and world music. From latest hit releases by Kylie Minogue & Silvie Paladino, to this years Best Musical… 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.
