The Battle of Waterloo and its 200 year old legacy
Film, Painting, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
The Battle of Waterloo continues to fascinate, even 200 years after those ferocious days
Friends of the Library view children’s classics
News:
Throughout the year there are opportunities for Friends of the Library to go behind the scenes and enjoy the Library’s treasures.
Tiger in the goldfields
People & professions, Such was life:
Ballarat: Sunday 8th July, 1855: ‘Got home and found the tent afloat and my blankets wet…Kindled fire and cleaned up tent. Boiled kettle and prepared supper. Ironing my blankets, I burned one of them.’
Wendingen: Designing modernity
Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
Anna Welch introduces us to an art magazine that is itself a work of art
Moments to treasure
Film, Music, Rare Books & Arts:
Between the Library and the internet you can find almost any treasure
Finding inspiration: An interview with Julius Bryant
Curator Julius Bryant tells us how the Victoria and Albert Museum’s National Art Library inspires designers.
New historic material on display at the Library
News:
Last week 164 new items were added to The changing face of Victoria exhibition, refreshing the existing displays with exciting new material.
A tribute to Barbara Tucker
News:
The State Library of Victoria pays tribute to Barbara Tucker, a founding member of the Redmond Barry Society, who has passed away at the age of 80.
118 years young, but who’s counting…….
Film, Music, Rare Books & Arts:
“Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make.” Can you guess whose 118th birthday it is this month?
Inside the conservation of a 13th-century bible
Collection Care, Conservation, Our stories:
Enter the facinating world of conservation, where scientific experimentation and artistry come together to uncover layers of history.
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.
