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Online Collection Spotlight: The Making of the Modern World

Online Collection Spotlight: The Making of the Modern World

April 11, 2025

Ask a librarian, Collection spotlights, Our stories, Uncategorized:

This post explores another of our Gale databases – The Making of the Modern World – as it charts the spread of Western wealth, trade and colonial takeovers, and of knowledge and ideas.

European labour stamps on Australian furniture

European labour stamps on Australian furniture

September 11, 2015

Social life & customs, Such was life:

Why did furniture made in Victoria prior to 1960 have to be stamped ‘European labour only’?