Andres Segovia double bill screening
An Andres Segovia Double Bill is the next program in the Music & Dance on Film series, to be screened this Wednesday August 3 in Arts. Two films by Christopher… Read More ›
Hazel Edwards on non boring family histories
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 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
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!
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
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
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
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 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!
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 ›
Such was life
The sky is the limit: pioneering aviator Freda Thompson
In 1934, Australian aviator, Freda Thompson, made history as the first Australian woman to fly solo from England to Australia. Thompson was a pioneer who believed the sky was the limit – she wanted to reach that limit, to feel the adrenaline, to just fly.
Arts
Ailsa O’Connor: highlights of a life of socialist activism, feminism and art
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.
