Pop music ephemera is pop music
There has been an amazing new collection that has received a steady stream of attention here in the SLV Arts Collection, and it’s more obscure than you might immediately guess:… Read More ›
Branching out with a special guest.
The Branching out online course is curated by the Family History Team from State Library Victoria (SLV), who guide participants through the processes involved in family history research. Participants learn… Read More ›
New-look catalogue: News Articles search
This new search feature makes it easier to find the newspaper articles you want.
State Library Victoria to open its doors on 5 December
News:
State Library Victoria today announced that it will open the doors to its transformed library on 5 December. This will mark the completion of an ambitious $88.1 million redevelopment that… Read More ›
Murder, mayhem and misdeeds: read all about it in the Police News
Social life & customs, Such was life:
The ‘Police News’ had nothing to do with the police- it was a scandalous Melbourne weekly publication which relished depicting all manner of crime.
A considered approach to the conservation of the McCrae family collection
Collection Care, Conservation, Our stories:
Kathleen Rowbottom, Professional Placement, Conservation, Collections Care. The papers of the McCrae family collection are extensive and feature a range of different objects: from bound volumes such as scrapbooks, diaries… Read More ›
New Sights and Sounds in Arts : Spring menu
classical music, Dance, Film, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
Some great new arrivals in Arts include recent releases and acquisitions in popular music, rock music, arts documentary, cabaret, country, modern dance, classical music, and film music on CD, DVD… Read More ›
National Family History Month: and that’s a wrap!
Family history events, Family matters:
Thank you to all those who joined us onsite or online for National Family History Month. All events were completely booked out!
Our new-look catalogue: My favourites, Saved searches and Search history
Learn some catalogue tips which will help manage your research.
Duels in Melbourne
Social life & customs, Such was life:
Early one Thursday morning in June 1839, two young men at an empty racecourse stood 16 paces from one another armed with pistols. They were preparing to engage in Melbourne’s first duel.
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.
