Queen’s wharf
Buildings & streets, Such was life:
In the 1840s a burgeoning Melbourne needed a robust wharf, one to replace the current bog built over swamps.
Out of Ireland have we come: the arts in a century of change
Photography, Rare Books & Arts, Updates, Visual arts:
As the State Library celebrates the anniversary of the Easter Rising in Dublin, 1916, it seems appropriate to look at how Irish artists have transformed their culture over the course of a not uneventful century.
New display opens to commemorate Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising
News:
Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising was a pivotal moment in the Irish struggle for independence from Great Britain, that would have far-reaching repercussions here in Australia.
State Library recognised as ‘speciality event venue’
News:
The Library has been named a state finalist at the Meetings and Events Association Industry Awards. The awards recognise excellence and best business practice in the meetings & events industry.
Law making and breaking in colonial Victoria
People & professions, Social life & customs, Such was life:
Criminals, crime and justice in colonial Victoria!
Behind the lens of the Library’s studio photographer
The Library’s imaging studio is home to two full-time photographers and a studio supervisor. We handle the high end digitisation of a variety of collection items for public orders, digitising projects and other library requests. A day in the studio is never dull.
What do Bob Hope, Japanese gangsters and Patti Smith have in common?
They are all here as popular culture rears just a few of its many heads, on the shelves and online…..
774 ABC Melbourne takes up residence at the Library
News:
774 ABC Melbourne is packing up its Southbank headquarters to take up residence at the State Library from Friday 26 to Monday 29 February.
The 1939 register – now available through FindMyPast and Ancestry
Great news for anyone interested in British genealogy. The 1939 Register has been released online and can now be freely accessed here at the State Library through the FindMyPast UK… Read More ›
21,000 enjoy White Night Melbourne at the Library
News:
The Library was flooded with bright lights and sweeping soundscapes on Saturday 20 February for White Night Melbourne, a dusk ‘til dawn celebration of culture and creativity across the city.
Such was life
Mary Fortune: pioneer of Australian detective stories
Mary Fortune was the author of the longest running 19th-century crime fiction series published in a periodical and one of the earliest female crime writers in the world.
Arts
‘It really belongs to you people anyway…’: The story of Ken Pound
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.
