Cloud watching: how we came to understand the weather
People love talking about the weather. How many times have you heard someone say “Crazy weather we’re having, hey?” in the past week (or said it yourself)?
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Preservation: caring for our collections
Collection Care, Our stories, Preventive conservation:
The Library’s Preservation team work to ensure the ongoing care, preservation and access of our collections. Here the team bring you inside their work, from the quarantine room where items are checked for pests and mould, to the preservation studio where an average of 50,000 items are re-housed in any given year.
The erasure of Melbourne’s wetlands
Buildings & streets, Cities & towns, Such was life:
Creative fellow and author, Dr David Sornig, shows us how the library’s maps and manuscripts chart the demise of West Melbourne’s wetlands in his special guest blog this week. Welcome David.
The first day of the Battle of the Somme
This day saw the British Army experience the single bloodiest day in its entire history, with close to 60,000 casualties, as Lord Kitchener’s inexperienced new recruits came face to face with the brutal realities of modern warfare’s industrialised killing.
550+ aerial photographs go online
News:
These photographs are part of the State Aerial Survey that was produced by the Department of Crown Lands & Survey between 1945-1965.
State Library Victoria: open for 160 years
Cities & towns, Such was life:
On the Library’s 160th birthday we look at events which have shaped Victoria since 1856.
Life behind the stacks
11 kilometres of books, papers and ephemera are hidden beneath the streets of Melbourne. Anyone can access them, but they’ll need a State Library card.
The map that changed the world
People & professions, Such was life:
This year marks the bicentenary of the publication of the first geological map of England and Wales, laying the foundations for geological surveys across the world.
Beautiful architectural drawings now online
Buildings & streets, News, Such was life:
The Melbourne University architecture includes stunning plans of Melbourne houses, which you can now view online.
Curiouser and curiouser
Collection, Exhibitions, News:
To mark the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s beloved children’s book, the first edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is going on display in our free Mirror of the World exhibition.
