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Hand-coloured illustrations of designs for Blinky Bill mugsHand-coloured illustrations of designs for Blinky Bill plates and egg-cupShows Stormtrooper, Scouts & Jawas in the Domed Reading RoomGrey pencil drawing of designs for children's bowlPrinces Bridge decorated with an arch to welcome the PrinceBlank pen and ink drawing of Blinky Bill catching a yabbyAttempted assassination of Prince Alfred at Clontarf SydneyPrince Alfred laying the foundation stone for the Melbourne Town Halllaptops on deskDonald Sutherland letterTorch parade outside the LibraryStar Wars characters outside the State LibraryCollectible cards in boxesPrince Alfred's ship Galatea in Hobson's BayFemale technician performing a quality assurance inspection at Thycon Industries, Coburglaptops on tableRichard Sutcliffe by T. F. ChuckElectronic test equipmentcigarette cards in boxRichard Sutcliffe by / T. F. Chuckopen bookFlat boxesvintage cigarette tinsvintage cigarette packetswooden boxesMale and female librarians looking at a book togethercigarette cardsThe explorers and early colonists of VictoriaVote Yes Mumsilk cigarette cardsCartoon of William Irving and Alexander PeacockDog Show in the Apollo Hall, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1871Vote No MumEight women gathered on a lawnCartoon of William IrvingThe Death Ballotcigarette cardsAddress with decorative border in gilt and coloured inks of shamrocks, Australian native flowers, and the flags of Ireland and the United States; a portrait photograph of Augusta DargonCover of book 'Secret histories of queer Melbourne'cigarette cardsProfile picture of Marcus Fergusoncigarette cardsThe Argus article on Chuck's shieldPhotograph showing four-masted barque Trafalgar in harbourcigarette cardsCollage of more than fifty small photographic portraits, showing Victorian colonist mencigarette card albumred album titled cigarette picturesWaiting for the train, Healesville tunnel by J. H. HarveyCobb & Co. coach and horses outside Harcourt, Warburton, Victoria]Intrada, 1962, 2012James Rutherford [developer of Cobb and Co. coaches]cigarette trading card albumcigarette cards in albumfirst aid cigarette cardsPhotograph showing the front of Carngham station, a rendered 1920s-style building with several verandahsbacks of first aid cigarette caardsFilm Score Monthly, 1968, 2009Black and white photograoh of a young woman with long dark curled hair, seated on rock, clutching hands together at right shoulderblack and white of cottage"Doctor Nikola, etc" by Stanley WoodWatercolour showing interior layout of makeshift operating theatre, with partitions for major and minor surgery, instruments and medical supplies on tables.A newspaper wood engraving showing street and shopfronts in Elizabeth Street in 1864, including the businesses of William Dean, George Robertson, McBean, James McEwan & Co. and Thomas Jackson.Watercolour of a large tropical ulcer on a male patient positioned on the upper left torso, beneath the armpit.cigarette cards in albumWatercolour of bomb wound on lower left arm of male patient.Advertising for Doctor Nikola serial. The Argus, 3 January 1896 p. 4.Universal, [2011]Plastic storage tubs stackedWatercolour of large tropical ulcer on lower leg of male patient.Contemporary Musicianscigarette card albumContemporary MusiciansDigital camera sitting on top of notebook with pencilKate GreenawayFamous Artists Productions, Inc., Danjaq LLC, MGM, 1967, 2012cigarette cardsCartoon of Edmund Barton and the Kyabram 'chook'Rome: Piranesi's visionContemporary Musicians on the Arts shelvesPremier William IrvineFilm Score Monthly, 1968, 2009Painting of bushfireIntrada, Sony, 1963, 2012Painting of bushfireFilm Score Monthly, 1970, 2005Part of a coloured diagram showing different red and green colour patches used by 1st Division soldiers from New South Wales and VictoriaThree young girls with long hair wearing white shirts in circular mountstacked plastic tubsTyped title 'Emerald Hill' crossed out in pen with handwritten amendment changing name to 'South Melbourne'Wood engraving. Elevated view of the plan of Bendigo, showing all major streets and buildings.Equipment kitFamous Artists Productions, Inc., Danjaq LLC, MGM, 1967, 2012plastic tubs and towelsDetail from photograph showing Australian soldier standing in trench, wearing uniform; sandbags in background. Colour patch on right hand sleeve of his uniform circled in red.Watercolour showing interior layout of makeshift operating theatre, with partitions for major and minor surgery, instruments and medical supplies on tables.brush vauumingMap of Victoria showing county boundaries, gold diggings marked in yellow, rivers and towns. Relief shown by hachures.Formal portrait of a young man, William Shotton.Inky awards longlist 2014Watercolour showing interior layout of makeshift operating theatre, with partitions for major and minor surgery, instruments and medical supplies on tables.La Trobe reading roomCleaning book with smoke spongeShows a single storey licensed business, the single storey Eagle Tavern and a large, wooden Theatre Royal with gabled roof, several people in the streetadd alt text hereEvents at the Exhibition buildingsPacked grandstand at the 1881 Melbourne Cup2nd Exhibition Building MelbourneResource Recommender banner image for Easter 2023cigarette cardsViva L'Italia!Exhibition Buidling 1854Portrait photograph of unidentified Australian soldier taken during World War I, with colour patch on sleeve of his uniform circled in red.photo of andrewImages of Melbourne's first exhibition buildingMelbourne Exhibition Building 1854Melbourne Exhibition Building 1854Press Dress at Mayoral BallThe books shortlisted for the Gold Inky awardThe Inky Award shortlist.Page from Ashton's sketchbook, with sketches of characters from the Mikado performance.The shortlisted books for the Silver InkyShield collage of Chuck's portaitsGhostlight Records, 2011SFS Media, 2014Shout! Factory, 2012Man in fabric shoptestTwo volunteers reading the Argus newspaper and creating index cardsJob Warehouse building facadePS Classics, 2015Job WarehouseMayoral ballBroadway Records, 2015Man in shopGeorge Frederick Folingsby, Sir Redmond Barry, c 1880, oil on canvas, State Library of VictoriaPortrait of Trewey from "How it is done", 1893Group of people using listening post in Arts room © Andrew LloydBlack and white photograph of a bird's eye view of the township of Clunes around 1861.Advertisement for Tennis championshipsMiss MoppetAll aboard for the Cobb & Co. coach outside Harcourt, Warburton, Victoria.Drying wet books and papersBrush vacuuming mouldy itemsResource Recommender banner for scheduled upgradesWatercolour showing adjacent American and Irish flags, Australian coat of arms, woman representing 'Ireland' in green dress holding golden harpdrying photographsThe article in 'The Argus' in 1856 notes the farewell dinner for Freeman Cobb.First international crciket match, All England 11 in Melbourne 1862Gas lights in Queens HallDrying photographsQueens Hall with men studying at night circa 1860Watercolour showing interior layout of makeshift operating theatre, with partitions for major and minor surgery, instruments and medical supplies on tables.Detail of electric lights attached to gas lightsTwo Bad Mice coverTwo Bad Mice by Beatrix PotterAvenue of pyramidsTwo Bad Mice title pageBrush vacuuming mouldPlastic tubs and tea towelsRichard Sutcliffe by T. F. ChuckUS Peter RabbitAustralian Test Team 1880Search Access Australia iconmobile catalogue imagedredgingdredgingEuroArts, c2010Aunt Kate's Conjuring and Parlor MagicDredging on HMS ChallengerLake ColacPortrait of woman in front of Library shelfRichard Sutcliffe by / T. F. ChuckImage of VFA football captains 1884. Late George Coulthard in the centreShows many Australian soldier spectators watching Australian Rules football match in France during World War I.George Coulthard breaking away from opponentSketchbook no. 4, containing watercolours, drawings, photographs and newspaper clippings], Creator: Charles Hammond. ca. 1890 - ca. 1910, Accession no: H90.72/4 (Page 4a)Opera Australia, c2011Collection Discovery > Theatre Programmes image Rigo Grand Opera Company. / Troedel & Cooper Pty, Ltd.Newspaper headlineNews headlinedredgingExcerpt from Melbourne CBD grid map shows tents sites in CBDArarat advertiser, 12 June 1915, page 3Football match 1866Headline from The ArgusSoldiers Memorial, AraratAbrams ComicArts, 2010Advertisements for products claiming to counter Spanish FluCropped portrait of woman recliningThe letter in The ArgusScarecrow Press, Inc, 2011verso of previous imageFamily playing tug-of-warConsultationIncludes Felina Kennedy holding the hose as Peggy walks through the "Washmobile"; Peggy being coaxed by keepers Carl Mackaway and Bill CraigState Academic Mariinsky Theatre, 2017Comic crime sceneWarner Classics, 2006Wood engraving showing large funeral procession made up of military or policemen, clergymen, men in top hats and other people, horse drawn carriages, and decorated carts displaying coffins. The procession winds back and forth several times into the distance.Front steps of the State Library of VictoriaSimon Coronel wows with magicShows three monkeys each with a baby's feeding bottle, title of poster printed above and below imageCrystal Palace LondonMayoral Ball 1866Graf by Rennie Ellis. 1984Botanical illustration'View from Mt. Hope. Pyramid Hill bearing S. 30W. Sep. 1. 60'. Ludwig Becker. State Library of Victoria.Botanical illustrationThe Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek sculpture in position in its new home on the Library forecourtState Library of VictoriaPerformance poster of Vika & Linda Bull. Performance dates printed on poster: Friday 28, Saturday 30 & Sunday 31 August '97.Icon for the Australiana Indexlucy gooseyPainting of the parading of 1865 Melbourne Cup horses prior to the start of the race - Toryboy, the grey horse in the centre is following race favourite PanicWatercolour painting depicting Queens wharf in the 1850sfull moon with cloudsVictorian Mint Building 1870sSpine of book model displaying sewingRoyal Exhibition Building H2001_60_38Painting of newly arrived immigrants in Canvas TownBook model on work benchDomed Reading Room at the LibrarysucculentDocuments on a deskCanvas Town in the 1850sMacrame kitStudio spacePlay day at the LibraryMannequin with head piece and cloakPhotograph showing front exterior of large, rendered, 1920s-style house with several verandahsFacade of the State Library of VictoriaComputer on desk with chairDisplay cases in a galleryCanvas TownYour library your sayPerformance poster of Jimeoin. Printed on poster: Jimeoin & the Cooking Show.Statue covered with white sheetInscriptionEmpty gallery with dim lightingCowen GalleryView of empty conservation labCleaning detailBook, tools and magnifying glass on tableHelen GillFront cover of Melbourne's Argus newspaper, printed in colour, showing horse jumps racingResource Recommender banner image for Xmas 2022Farewell, dear peopleAllegro Films/Argos Productions, c2008Woman sitting at a desk facing the cameraAfter TreatmentAllegro Films, c2008The Press DressPainting ATNotice from Victorian Government Gazette to occupiers of Canvas TownPolice gather as little Ned makes a get awayFramed paintingAllegro Films, 2008Hypnerotomachia PoliphiliSculpture covered with white sheetLandscape detailAllegro Films, c2008Insect specimens on a tableBack page of Melbourne's Argus newspaper, showing Australian Rules football match between Collingwood andNewspaper article about the first reported discovery of payable gold in Victoria.Naxos/Bel Air ClassiquesVictor Hugo's manuscript of Les Misérables 1862Illustration of 19th-century classroomLondon, [19-?]Photograph of school assembly outside school houseScreenshot of websiteSchool assembled outside school houseYellow otto binPortrait of young woman against background of foliageHalf open sliding door with sign 'Quarantine Room'Ivo Blighs teamSue Roberts and Patti ManolisView of Canvas Town from a distancescreenshot of zoom meetingDog with footyTwo images: left side, illustrations for newspaper. Right side, black pen and ink drawing of Blinky Bill and an owl in a gum treePerformance poster for Archie Roach & Ruby Hunter. Photograph of Archie Roach. Performance date printed on poster: Friday 23 Feb '96.books and papers on a deskTwo drawings, designs for Blinky Bill dress up book, one is in grey pencil and one is in black pen and inkLocation of Canvas town on map from 1853The Adam and Eve hotelTools and materials, including paste, brushes, and paper, used by conservators to mend tears in paperMap showing locality of Canvas Townlaptop on deskDetail view of a tear in a drawing on tracing paperBefore treatment view of drawing on tracing paper torn in halfWatercolour painting of Canvas TownIain Grandage and mezzo-soprano Dimity Shepherd perform. Image Charlie KinrossPrince Charles at Mansfield near TimbertopHand drawn map of Melbourne's CBD from the early 1850sTwo images of isinglass being warmed on a cup warmer and in a bottle warmerWatercolour of the 'Canvas town' area of South Melbourne, 1850s, showing tents on the banks of the Yarra RiverTwo images, detail views of tears in two drawings on tracing paperpinned cockroach specimensscreenshot of zoom meetingHand-coloured illustration of Blinky Bill and Mrs Koala holding hands"Libraries are so broadening", by Deidre Hunt. Cover image Dine Impessions of the CatCats, wild and domestic, from Buffon's Natural History, V.4, London:1812