Tim Burton at the State Library
Film, Music, Rare Books & Arts:
With the opening of Tim Burton the Exhibition at ACMI on June 24, you might want to do a bit of preparatory reading about this most extraordinary film director, credited… Read More ›
Victorian State Family History Conference, Mulwala NSW May 2010
Family history events, Family matters:
Two and a half days of family history by the Lake albeit a cold and rainy Mulwala! An excellent range of speakers and very well organised by the Victorian Association… Read More ›
State Library of Victoria announces new board appointments
About us, Announcements, News:
The President of the Library Board of Victoria, the Hon. John Cain, has welcomed the appointment of Bruce Akhurst, Sylvia Geddes and Dennis Goldner to the Library Board of Victoria.
Family History Feast 2010
Family history events, Family matters:
Family History Feast is a day of free information sessions for family history researchers at the State Library.It includes the annual Victorian Association of Family History Organisations… Read More ›
Hello world!
Family matters, Uncategorized:
Welcome to the Family Matters blog at the State Library of Victoria, one of several new blogs that are available through the Library’s new website. We hope that our posts… Read More ›
Such was life
Courting in the colony: finding a partner in 19th-century Australia
The course of true love never did run smooth, but what was it like finding love in early colonial Australia?
Arts
Victoria’s State Artist: Harold Freedman
Cavalacde of Transport, The Story of Fire and The history of Australian thoroughbred racing are some of Melbourne’s largest and most seen artworks. These were from the hands of Harold Freedman, locally born and bred, whose exploration of monumental art came later in his life.
