Photography, Rare Books & Arts:
With the State Library’s major Victor Hugo exhibition coming up in July, the name of Charles Marville has been getting mentioned in despatches recently. One of the very greatest photographers… Read More ›
Some new CD arrivals feature on the Listening Posts in Arts. They include recent releases in pop, rock, country, opera and film soundtracks. The online catalogue indicates which Listening Post the… Read More ›
Arts & literature, Such was life:
For over a year, we’ve been providing free access to digitised copies of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria’s magazine for 1911-1954. Thanks to the Society, we’re now able to make Victorian Historical… Read More ›
Film, Performing Arts, Rare Books & Arts, Theatre:
William Shakespeare isn’t looking too bad for 450……. Henry IV, parts 1 & 2: Shakespeare’s Globe To many people the plays Henry IV and Henry V hold a special place… Read More ›
Family matters, Uncategorized, Websites:
Last week the The National Archives of Ireland and Find my past anounced the release of over 600,000 Irish census records. These records cover the period 1821-1851 and have been made available through… Read More ›
Announcements, Exhibitions, News:
The original 1862 manuscript of Les Misérables, a French national treasure, is leaving Europe for the first time to be exhibited exclusively at the State Library of Victoria, Minister for… Read More ›
Film, New books, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
This week’s new ebooks I’ll be focussing on are a pleasant handful of contemplations on film and filmmakers, both present and past. A collection of interviews with photographer and film… Read More ›
Performing Arts, Rare Books & Arts:
New DVDs arriving into the collection include the following: Bolshoi : a renaissance. Graeme Murphy’s Romeo & Juliet by The Australian Ballet. George Harrison: living in a material world.… Read More ›
From enlistment to conscription, to laments for the lost to our duty to England, war poetry spans all the hardship and reasoning of battle.
Family matters, Research guides, Research tips & tricks:
In the lead-up to the centenary of the start of the First World War, there has been a proliferation of commemoration plans and projects including online record releases, digitising projects,… Read More ›
Madame Weigel’s Journal of Fashion became a staple of Australian life for those interested in being well dressed, well presented, and well informed. This treasure trove has recently be digitised and made available online.
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.
