Dame Nellie Melba and the problems of being a legend
Now that the 150 candles have been blown out and the streamers have all been taken down, I thought it might be a good idea to highlight a few of… Read More ›
Global entertainments, gorgeous frocks and shaking up Mr Bond
A bit of dancing, a bit of acting, a bit of fashion, and even a bit of icon deconstruction (the name’s Bond, James Bond…..); all in a day’s work for… Read More ›
There is nothing like a Dame!
Happy birthday Dame Nellie (150 today!) Click hear for a selection of audio clips available through Trove: http://trove.nla.gov.au/music/result?q=melba&l-availability=y&l-format=Sound
Family History Feast 2011 – bookings open next week!
Family history events, Family matters, Uncategorized:
The Feast is a day of free information sessions for family history researchers including the annual Victorian Association of Family History Organisations (VAFHO) Don Grant Lecture. In 2011 the Lecture will… Read More ›
Capturing characters
Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
This Wednesday 18th April at 6:30pm, as a part of the Outside-in cinema series in Experimedia here at the Library, we will be showing the self-titled documentary on portrait artist… Read More ›
It’s always a pleasure…
I particularly love the work of northern European artists of the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. Rogier van der Weyden 1400-1464: Master of Passion Zwolle : Waanders Uitgeverij ; Leuven :… Read More ›
A sense of place : local studies in Australia and New Zealand
Family history events, Family matters:
The Sense of place conference organised by Auslib Press was held at the State Library of New South Wales on 5 and 6 May 2011 attracting more than 140 participants from… Read More ›
Beats, Punks and Portobello Road
Beat memories : the photographs of Allen Ginsberg DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2010 I just happen to have been reading some of Allen Ginsberg’s poems recently (as one does!), so finding this… Read More ›
Coppelia: free ballet screening.
Coppelia : a ballet in three acts, is the next program in the Music and Dance on Film series, to be screened this Wednesday May 11 in Arts. This ballet classic… Read More ›
Family Matters celebrates first birthday!
Family matters, Uncategorized:
May 2011 marks our blog’s first birthday. One year ago we began with our first post “Hello world!” We looked forward to sharing the State Library’s window on the world… Read More ›
Such was life
Melbourne’s Marvelous Madame Weigel
Madame Weigel’s Journal of Fashion became a staple of Australian life for those interested in being well dressed, well presented, and well informed. This treasure trove has recently be digitised and made available online.
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.
