Shall we dance?
Guest blogger extraordinaire, Jane, is inspired by some of the treasures in our sheet-music collection…… I am currently helping out with the sheet-music spreadsheet-cataloguing project (try saying that quickly!) in… Read More ›
SA postal directories going online
Family matters, Uncategorized:
For those of you like me researching South Australian family history you will be pleased to know that the State Library of South Australia is gradually making most of the… Read More ›
Continental Cafe, Greville St, Prahran
Buildings & streets, Such was life:
The area on the eastern side of Prahran Station has a long history as a performance venue. In 1920 the famous Leggett’s Ballroom was built and became a dancing institution for decades to come. On the same site, The Continental Cafe at 134 Greville Street became a lynch pin in the Melbourne live music scene from 1993-2001.
New books for a new year
New books, Painting, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
What better way to start the new year….. Australia: curated by Anne Gray, Ron Radford, Kathleen Soriano et. al. This major show of Australian art at the Royal Academy in… Read More ›
Prince down a mine shaft!
People & professions, Such was life:
The most conservative of commentators would describe the 1867-8 Australian visit of the Duke of Edinburgh as ‘eventful’. Even before the Duke survived an assassination attempt, he raised eyebrows by voyaging… Read More ›
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year
A few presents for Christmas…… Magnificat by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Son of the great Johann Sebastian, and a very fine composer in his own right, C.P.E.Bach wrote this wonderful… Read More ›
Take a break with a great Victorian book this summer
Announcements, Events, Family history events:
The Summer Read is on again and with the warm weather already here, it’s time to sit back, relax and lose yourself in a great Victorian book.
Are you making a list and checking it twice?
Ready for Christmas? Have you done everything that needs doing? Are you sure?
Christmas music listening in Arts.
With Christmas fast approaching the Listening Posts in Arts are alive with festive sounds including new releases and old favourites. The online catalogue indicates which Listening Post the CD is available on. There are eight… Read More ›
Rare Australian poetry acquired by the Library
Arts & literature, Such was life:
The Library has recently acquired a small and very rare volume of Australian poetry. John Manifold’s Verses 1930–1933 was written while Manifold was a high school student and published when he… Read More ›
Such was life
Strange lights in the sky: The Westall UFO event, 1966
On 6 April 1966, in a quiet suburb south east of Melbourne, reports emerged of something strange in the sky…
Arts
Nineteenth century Victorians
The Etkins collection consists of wonderful portraits of people and places throughout 19th century Victoria.
