What’s Brewing?
Collections, Family matters, Uncategorized:
If you had an ancestor who worked at the Carlton and United Breweries or if you are simply interested in the history of the Australian brewing industry, the CUB staff… Read More ›
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Virtually catastrophic events at Outside-in cinema
The potential for societal collapse as a result of our increasing reliance on computers has long been a favourite theme of speculative fiction in cinema, with few film-goers able to… Read More ›
Family photographic albums: the stories we choose to tell
Family history events, Family matters, Research tips & tricks:
At this year’s Family History Feast, Susan Long from the library’s Pictures collection, represented the library with her presentation Family photographic albums: the stories we choose to tell. I thoroughly… Read More ›
Films about film: behind the dream factory facade
To celebrate the Melbourne International Film Festival, part two of our film studies festival: History of Australian cinema: directed by Alan Anderson, Joan Long and Keith Gow This documentary covers… Read More ›
Painting and photography….and dogs!
New books, Painting, Photography, Rare Books & Arts:
Dogs in Australian art : a new history of antipodean creativity by Steven Miller As the proud owner of two whippets who just happen to be the most beautiful dogs… Read More ›
Outside-in Cinema and Babies: Beyond the Odessa Steps
The first thing that comes to my mind when thinking of babies in films is pretty harrowing: the Odessa Steps sequence in Sergei Eisenstein’s epic, Battleship Potemkin (which was famously… Read More ›
The surface of things
Last July, one of my housemates and I spent three nights together in New York City. We were both at the end of our holidays, and winding down in our… Read More ›
New books: musicals, comics and The Queen (and a spot of nudity…..)
Something’s coming, something good: West Side story and the American imagination by Misha Berson Arguably the greatest musical of them all, West Side Story has achieved almost mythic status in… Read More ›
Occupations
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You may have had the good fortune to discover what your ancestors did for a living, by searching through electoral rolls, census records etc. If you’d like to find out… Read More ›
Happy 2nd birthday Family Matters!
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May 2012 marks our blog’s second birthday. Two years ago we began with our first post “Hello world!” More than 110 posts later we are celebrating our second birthday!
