Introducing the Genealogy Team
Family matters, Uncategorized:
After a busy August which included the fantastic Family History Week, we present to you the people who make up our Genealogy Team. We hope this post gives you a… Read More ›
Sound Beam featuring Mozart and Muse
Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
Sound Beam is a regular program highlighting recorded music from the Arts audio-visual collection. It is accessible via headphones at selected workstations in the Arts Reading Room. Sound Beam currently features… Read More ›
Free Screening in Arts: Swing & Rock ‘n’ Roll.
The next program in the Music and Dance on Film series will held be this Wednesday September 1, between 12.00 and 2.00 in Arts. Two episodes from Tony Palmer’s award-winning documentary series… Read More ›
New and old photography in Arts
The Sea: an anthology of maritime photography since 1843 A recent addition to our photography collection, this book compiled by Pierre Borhan contains images of the sea and those who… Read More ›
Break dancing & hip hop in the library
As a part of the Outside-in Cinema screenings in Experimedia here at the Library, on Wednesday 25 August at 6:30pm you can catch the recent break dancing documentary entitled Planet… Read More ›
Irish Ancestry Seminar August 8th 2010
Collections, Family history events, Family matters, Research tips & tricks:
On Sunday 8th August, at the Celtic Club in Melbourne, the Irish Ancestry Group (Genealogical Society of Victoria) presented the 2010 Irish Ancestry Seminar. The seminar featured 3 speakers, Gregory… Read More ›
Burke and Wills anniversary
The Library has launched a new website that tells the story of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition.
New books in Arts
Photographing fashion: British style in the sixties by Richard Lester ACC Editions, 2009 Francis Bacon: a terrible beauty Steidl, 2009 Irving Penn: small trades J.Paul Getty Museum, 2009 European masters:… Read More ›
Family History Feast 2010 in photographs
Family history events, Family matters:
Monday 2 August, almost 200 genealogists, seven speakers and National Archives of Australia (Victorian Office) photographer Anna Koh capturing the day. Here are some highlights. Philip Thiel, Immigration Discovery… Read More ›
Giselle: free ballet screening.
Giselle: a ballet in two acts, is the next screening in the Music and Dance on Film series. This is Maina Gielgud’s acclaimed production of the classical ballet that is a… 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.
