Family matters, Research tips & tricks:
It can be frustrating when you cant find a records of your ancestors arrival in Victoria after completing the research steps outlined in my previous post. There are a range… Read More ›
Family matters, Research tips & tricks:
Before you can begin searching for your ancestors’ arrival in Victoria, I recommend that you begin by doing some background research to decide when he or she may have arrived.… Read More ›
I know that you can’t (or shouldn’t) judge a book by its cover and maybe the same can be said about the title as well, but some things just demand your attention!… Read More ›
Announcements, Library services, News:
Experimedia will be closed from Friday 4 to Monday 28 February inclusive while an electrical upgrade is done. The room will re-open at 10am Tuesday 1 March.
Announcements, Library services, News, Opening hours:
The Library will be closed on Wednesday 26 January for the Australia Day public holiday.
Announcements, Library services, News:
If you have personal belongings affected by the recent floods the State Library conservation team can offer advice.
Online access to well over 49,000 classical recordings, and counting! Over 716,000 individual tracks of music, and counting! Over 300 different record labels available, and counting! That’s what you… Read More ›
Family matters, Research tips & tricks, Websites:
I know what you’re thinking, Twitter and family history? Could the medium that has so utterly enthralled Gen Y, actually be useful for genealogists? The answer is YES. Twitter, has… Read More ›
Judges have their work cut out for them as State Library mail bags fill with high quality entries for the Look! Draw a story competition.
A new year, and a shelf of new books! Sole mates : cowboy boots and art by Joseph Traugott The cowboy boot seen as an American icon, a subject for… Read More ›
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.
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.
