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 ›
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 ›
In 1922 Agatha Christie accompanied her husband on an around the world tour to promote the British Empire Exhibition in 1924. On her travels, she spent 10 days in Victoria- find out what she thought…
Cavalacde of Transport, The Story of Fire and The history of Australian thoroughbred racing are some of Melbourne’s largest and most seen artworks. These were from the hands of Harold Freedman, locally born and bred, whose exploration of monumental art came later in his life.
