Tiger in the goldfields

Tiger in the goldfields

June 9, 2015

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: cover by El Lissitzky

Wendingen: Designing modernity

June 5, 2015

Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:

Anna Welch introduces us to an art magazine that is itself a work of art

Red Planet, 1995

Moments to treasure

May 29, 2015

Film, Music, Rare Books & Arts:

Between the Library and the internet you can find almost any treasure

Finding inspiration: An interview with Julius Bryant

Finding inspiration: An interview with Julius Bryant

May 29, 2015

Our stories:

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

New historic material on display at the Library

May 29, 2015

News:

Last week 164 new items were added to The changing face of Victoria exhibition, refreshing the existing displays with exciting new material.

Barbara and Albert Tucker at a gallery event in Melbourne, mid 1970s, photographed by Rhonda Senbergs.

A tribute to Barbara Tucker

May 27, 2015

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.

Bela Lugosi

118 years young, but who’s counting…….

May 22, 2015

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

Inside the conservation of a 13th-century bible

May 19, 2015

Collection Care, Conservation, Our stories:

Enter the facinating world of conservation, where scientific experimentation and artistry come together to uncover layers of history.

A Melbourne love affair

A Melbourne love affair

May 19, 2015

Social life & customs, Such was life:

Melbourne’s love affair with coffee has been long-term, passionate, and sometimes controversial.

Victorian places website

Victorian places website

May 19, 2015

Family matters:

Have you just discovered ancestors residing in a Victorian town or suburb and want to know more about the environment in which they lived? If so, you may be interested… Read More ›

Such was life

Digitised dogs

Digitised dogs

August 26, 2024 0 comments

Celebrating this much loved (and digitised) species on International Dog Day.

Arts

Portrait of Ken Pound for the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project, 2010. Photo by Gwenda Davey. This work is in copyright. National Library of Australia; nla.obj-228944556

‘It really belongs to you people anyway…’: The story of Ken Pound

August 19, 2024 4 comments

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.