High standard of entries in Draw a Story competition
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.
New books in Arts, and some heritage swimwear!
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 ›
New FamilySearch website
FamilySearch have launched their new website and it offers some new features designed to make it easier to find your ancestors. I like how you can simply search by name… Read More ›
Summer Sound Beam
Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
Sound Beam is a regular program highlighting recorded music from the Arts audio-visual collection. It is accessible through headphones at selected workstations in the Arts Reading Room. The current program… Read More ›
Going coastal
The wind in the ash-tree sounds like surf on the shore at Truro. I will shut my eyes… Edna Saint Vincent Millay: Memory of Cape Cod (The harp weaver, and other… Read More ›
Finding early Australian census records
Family matters, Research guides, Research tips & tricks:
Finding early Australian census records, using the Library’s new online research guide.
Merry Xmas and happy new year
Looking forward to resuming our blogging activities in January!
“What a dodgy dude” Shane Bourne talks family history
Family history events, Family matters:
An underage bride, desertion, divorce, larceny and fraud made for fascinating viewing as Shane Bourne explored the ins and outs of his grandparent’s lives in the latest episode of Who… Read More ›
In the mix
Music, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
Within the last week, I made my final venture to a university graduate exhibition for the year. It’s a busy season to negotiate, with some institutions staging numerous events over… Read More ›
Family history highlights of 2010
Family matters, Uncategorized:
2010 has been a fascinating and vibrant year for genealogy at the State Library of Victoria. Of course, this blog was created this year and it is a fun and… Read More ›
Such was life
Early views of Melbourne by Robert Russell
Surveyor and artist Robert Russell published an early survey of Melbourne featuring the Yarra Falls that determined the site for the foundation of the township. He also produced drawings and watercolours of the Yarra Falls from where his cottage was located.
Arts
Collecting Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie was a leading author of the golden age of detective fiction whose books continue to excite, delight and intrigue readers. To celebrate her outstanding legacy, State Library Victoria recently acquired first editions of some of Christie’s most popular titles.
