Library acquires three treasures for State Collection
News:
Thanks to many generous donations, we are thrilled to announce that we have raised more than $80,000 for our 2015 Annual Appeal.
New Sights & Sounds including Stones, Sinbad and Satchmo.
Film, Music, Rare Books & Arts:
Some great new arrivals in popular music, film soundtracks, musical theatre, jazz, rock, classical, and even marching music for those so inclined.
August 2015 National Family History Month with guest blogger Shauna Hicks
Family history events, Family matters:
Special welcome to our August guest blogger Shauna Hicks, coordinator of National Family History Month in Australia.
Sonya Hartnett on the power of the manuscript
As a child, celebrated Australian author Sonya Hartnett, submitted her handmade manuscripts to publishers. In this speech she reflects on how much has changed since then.
Bohemian Melbourne honoured at Museum Awards
News:
Our acclaimed 2014-15 summer exhibition, Bohemian Melbourne, received a Highly Commended honour at the Museums Australia (Victoria) Awards ceremony last night.
Slums of Melbourne
Social life & customs, Such was life:
As far back as the 1850s, slums existed in inner city Melbourne. In the 1930s, Frederick Barnett began taking photos of the slums, using them in a push for social reform.
Melbourne International Film Festival; that’s entertainment!
It’s that time of year again when Melbourne’s cinephiles either come to work bleary-eyed and tetchy, or just take a couple of weeks off and disappear into darkened cinemas around town.
Let us enjoy the beauty of the moon
Its been 46 years since astronauts first walked on the moon, but artists the world over have been travelling there for centuries.
ABC Director of News to take the helm of State Library Victoria
News:
The President of the Library Board of Victoria, Mr John Wylie AM, today announced the appointment of Ms Kate Torney as the new Chief Executive Officer of State Library Victoria.
The great flood of 1891
Buildings & streets, Such was life:
In July 1891, non stop rain over a weekend saw the Yarra break its bank and flood surrounding suburbs- leaving thousands homeless.
Such was life
Online Collection Spotlight: Trench journals and unit magazines of the First World War.
This Online Collection Spotlight examines WWI trench journals created by units from several combatant nation between 1914 and 1919. Produced in camps and battle zones, these handmade publications reveal humour, creativity, and resilience through poems, sketches, notes and stories.
Arts
Ailsa O’Connor: highlights of a life of socialist activism, feminism and art
Ailsa O’Connor (1921-1980) was a political activist, painter, sculptor, author and teacher. Throughout her art career she was a member of the Communist Party and associated with the Socialist Realist Group.
