Hazel Edwards on non boring family histories

August 1, 2011

Family history events, Family matters, Research tips & tricks:

This morning’s Family History Feast sessions kicked off to a great start.  Hazel Edwards was first cab off the rank with her presentation  “Writing a non-boring family history”.  Having read… Read More ›

Family History Feast 2011 is here

Family History Feast 2011 is here

August 1, 2011

Family history events, Family matters:

Good morning all! Today is Family History Feast day and I’m feeling extremely excited about this year’s program. With talks on conscription records, Koorie records, genealogical gems in the State… Read More ›

A wizard, a daring suffragette and a census return

July 29, 2011

Family matters, Websites:

As family historians we crave to know who our ancestors are. A name is only one part of this. We want to know their story, what their life was like,… Read More ›

Beautiful things from around the world, and a naughty postcard!

Beautiful things from around the world, and a naughty postcard!

July 29, 2011

New books, Rare Books & Arts:

Now I would never judge a book by its cover (well, hardly ever!), but sometimes a cover can be just a wee bit irresistible, don’t you think? Textiles of the… Read More ›

Something musical on the Listening Posts

Something musical on the Listening Posts

July 28, 2011

Rare Books & Arts:

New stage musicals are recent additions to the Listening Post menus in Arts.  These include – Women on the verge of a Nervous Breakdown, based on the film by Pedro… Read More ›

New to Ancestry Library Edition

July 27, 2011

Family matters, Websites:

Ancestry have recently added the following Australian databases to their website Tasmania, Australia, Passenger Arrivals, 1829-1957 Western Australia, Australia, Crew and Passenger Lists, 1852-1930 New South Wales, Australia, Immigration Deposit… Read More ›

Visual architects

Visual architects

July 26, 2011

Photography, Rare Books & Arts:

This Wednesday 27th July at 6:30pm, as a part of the Outside-in cinema series in Experimedia here at the Library, we will be showing the documentary Manufactured landscapes, which follows… Read More ›

“The play’s the thing”, so why not make your own Shakespeare Festival?

“The play’s the thing”, so why not make your own Shakespeare Festival?

July 23, 2011

Rare Books & Arts:

The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good — in spite of all the people who say he is very good. Robert Graves in The Observer… Read More ›

International Zine Library Day!

International Zine Library Day!

July 20, 2011

Rare Books & Arts:

Barely two weeks ago, I had the privilege to attend the third Zine Librarians (un)Conference in the USA, this year held at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. This event was a… Read More ›

New listening-post music in Arts

New listening-post music in Arts

July 20, 2011

Music, Musicals, Rare Books & Arts:

New stage musicals are recent additions to the Listening Post menus in Arts.  These include – Women on the verge of a Nervous Breakdown, based on the film by Pedro… Read More ›

Such was life

Photographic portrait by Richard Beck of Ailsa O’Connor (1921-1980), political activist, painter, sculptor, author and teacher.

Ailsa O’Connor: highlights of a life of socialist activism, feminism and art

March 23, 2026 2 comments

Ailsa O’Connor (1921-1980) was a political activist, painter, sculptor, author and teacher. Throughout her art career she was a member of the Communist Party and associated with the Socialist Realist Group.

Arts

Photographic portrait by Richard Beck of Ailsa O’Connor (1921-1980), political activist, painter, sculptor, author and teacher.

Ailsa O’Connor: highlights of a life of socialist activism, feminism and art

March 23, 2026 2 comments

Ailsa O’Connor (1921-1980) was a political activist, painter, sculptor, author and teacher. Throughout her art career she was a member of the Communist Party and associated with the Socialist Realist Group.