Music, music everywhere…..
November is host to both Australian Music Month and Melbourne Music Week, so I’ve dipped into the Naxos Music Library to see what local treats are on offer: An Australian… Read More ›
Arts on Film: Wonderful Town!
Wonderful Town! : excerpts from the musical in concert, is the next program in the Arts on Film series for 2012, to be screened this coming Wednesday November 21 in Arts.… Read More ›
A marvellous mercantile map of Melbourne
Cities & towns, Such was life:
The most complete popular & mercantile map of Melbourne, Victoria was produced by Frederick Proeschel in the early 1850s. Proeschel describes the map as ‘giving most useful information as to… Read More ›
Stop, Repair, Prepare: the Dome receives a birthday present
To celebrate the centenary of our beautiful Domed Reading Room (aka. the LaTrobe Reading Room), the Library is kickstarting a full year of celebrations in 2013 this month with a… Read More ›
Forgotten Australians and former child migrants
Family matters, Research guides, Research tips & tricks:
Tomorrow marks the third anniversary of the National apology to Forgotten Australians and former child migrants. ‘Forgotten Australians’ is a term the Australian Senate has used to describe children who… Read More ›
View the 2012 Keith Murdoch Oration delivered by the Honourable Paul Keating, former Prime Minister
Family history events, News, Talks, Uncategorized:
View the 2012 Keith Murdoch Oration that was delivered by the Honourable Paul Keating, former Prime Minister of Australia, last night. A copy of his oration follows.
The Argus newspaper in colour
Social life & customs, Such was life:
On Monday 28 July 1952, the Melbourne Argus became the first newspaper in the world to print a high-speed action news picture in full colour. In what was a technological… Read More ›
New DVDs: Haydn, the New York Times, the Don & more.
Film, Music, Rare Books & Arts:
New DVDs arriving into the collection include the following: In Search of Haydn: a film by Phil Grabsky Michel Legrand and the cinema A classical and film composer are… Read More ›
Diggers’ diaries
‘Well I have been to gay Paris and all I can say is it is wonderful…Melbourne is like the smallest of bush towns compared with it, wishing that dear old… Read More ›
Early closure on Wednesday 14 November
About us, Announcements, Collection, Education, Exhibitions, Family history events, Grants, Library services, News, Opening hours, Search, Talks, Uncategorized, Updates:
The Library will close at 5pm on Wednesday 14 November due to a major event, the Keith Murdoch Oration. You can watch a live webcast of the oration by the Honourable… Read More ›
Such was life
Arts
‘It really belongs to you people anyway…’: The story of Ken Pound
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.
