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Online Collection Spotlight: Early English books online

Online Collection Spotlight: Early English books online

September 19, 2025

Arts & literature, Collection spotlights:

Proquest’s Early English Books Online database features page images of almost every work printed in the British Isles and North America, as well as works in English printed elsewhere, from 1470-1700. More than 200 libraries worldwide have contributed to this comprehensive database, which covers literature, art, architecture, philosophy, religion, politics, history and linguistics. The collection has everything from the first book printed in English through to the ages of Spenser, Shakespeare and the English Civil War.

Slums of Melbourne: Dudley Flats

Slums of Melbourne: Dudley Flats

September 8, 2025

Ask a librarian, Our stories, Victorian history:

Dudley Flats was a slum that emerged on the West Melbourne swamp during the early years of the Great Depression. Residents of the Flats were known for their resourcefulness, fashioning makeshift houses – known colloquially as ‘Dudley mansions’ – out of refuse scavenged from the nearby tip.

Researching your World War II ancestors

Researching your World War II ancestors

September 2, 2025

Family matters, Research tips & tricks:

September 2 marks the 80th anniversary of the official end of World War II. This is a time when people may reflect on the experiences of the service men and… Read More ›

Finding Florrie

Finding Florrie

August 3, 2025

Ask a librarian, Family matters, Our stories, Victorian history:

When librarian Sarah Matthews stumbled across a female publican in her family tree, she couldn’t resist investigating. In this blog, Sarah explains how the library’s collection supported her research, and shares some fascinating findings from her own family’s archive.

A Library Week look at our favourite photographs

A Library Week look at our favourite photographs

August 3, 2025

Our stories, Victorian history:

It is Library week and some or our librarians have picked some favourite photographs from our collections. Our collection of images is varied, eclectic and endlessly fascinating and many have been digitised and are often available to download as high resolution TIFF files

Strizic, Mark, Siemens Aust. Pty Ltd building, 189 William Street, Melbourne, H2008.11/2294

Online Collection Spotlight: Multi-subject databases

June 13, 2025

Collection spotlights, Research tips:

Delve into the vast array of online resources in our multi-subject category.

Detective Inspector Christie: Victoria’s master of disguise

Detective Inspector Christie: Victoria’s master of disguise

June 6, 2025

Arts & literature, Ask a librarian, People & professions, Victorian history:

Detective Inspector John Christie was one of Victoria’s most well-known detectives. His use of disguises to catch opium smugglers, diamond thieves, moonshiners, and murderers saw him hailed as the Sherlock Holmes of Australia.

Passengers On the Deck of 'SS Ballarat' Arriving a..., 1925, © Museums Victoria. Migration to New Worlds

Online Collection Spotlight: Migration to New Worlds

May 16, 2025

Family matters:

Migration to New Worlds charts the emigration experience of those who travelled from Great Britain, Ireland and Europe to Australasia and North America in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Researching your home

Researching your home

August 28, 2024

Collections, Family matters, Research guides, Research tips & tricks:

Are you interested in the history of you home? Or would you like to discover more about the home your ancestor lived in?

Unless it’s a well-known property, it’s unlikely you will find a detailed history but there are ways you can try and find details about the house and the occupants who lived in it.

In today’s blog, we will look at what resources can be used to research the history of your house.

Central map showing streets and allotments, surrounded by text. The text says there are 45 allotments, trains every ten minutes, and that the deposit required is ten pounds. Dalley’s Orchard (Riversdale Road, Henrietta Street and Marian Street), 1884

Online collection spotlight: Batten and Percy Auction Plans

July 19, 2024

Ask a librarian, Collection spotlights:

As Melbourne began to be subdividen in the late nineteenth century, real estate agents produced maps and advertisements to advertise these land sales. In this blog post we take a closer look at these digitised plans and the sort of information they can reveal.

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