Film, Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
The Backbeat section of the Melbourne International Film Festival is known for highlighting a variety of fascinating films on various aspects of popular and un/non-popular music and music culture over… Read More ›
Family history events, Family matters:
The podcast of our annual Family History Feast held on Monday 2 August 2010 is now available on the State Library of Victoria website. There is also a vidcast of… Read More ›
Announcements, Collection, Exhibitions, News:
Ned Kelly’s armour has been lent to Beechworth for the annual Ned Kelly Weekend and will not be on exhibition at the State Library between Tuesday 3 – Wednesday 11 August 2010.
Comic books, Film, Painting, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
French paintings of the fifteenth through the eighteenth century byPhilip Conisbee British paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875 by Katharine Baetjer The Greek body by Ian Jenkins and Victoria… Read More ›
Music, Rare Books & Arts, Theatre:
The Salzburg Festival is an international festival of music and drama, held each European Summer in the Austrian town of Salzburg – birthplace of Mozart and location for the classic movie… Read More ›
Family history events, Family matters:
This afternoon, attendees at the Family History Feast, had the great pleasure of hearing Professor Geoffery Blainey deliver the 2010 Don Grant lecture on the topic of Victoria in the… Read More ›
Collections, Family history events, Family matters:
At every Family History Feast, a presentation is delivered about a different State Library collection. At this year’s event, Sandra Burt, Librarian in the Australian Manuscripts Collection presented On the… Read More ›
Family history events, Family matters:
The range of records available for family history research in state and national archives is extraordinary! Talks from different government archives during this years Family History Feast provided a terrific… Read More ›
Family history events, Family matters:
Family history is fundamentally about the stories of your ancestors. In his talk as part of the annual Family History Feast, Philip Theil, Coordinator of the Discovery Centre at Museum… Read More ›
Rare Books & Arts, Television:
Elegant tuxedos, droll patter and effortless prestidigitation abound in a series of dvds from the Miracle Factory, celebrating magic in the early days of television. Early TV Magic Among… Read More ›
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.
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.
