The SLV paper run
So we’ve all heard that newspapers are on their last legs, right? To be replaced entirely by digital editions? Well the Library still receives about 280 papers each week.
Persian treasures in Mirror of the World
Exhibitions, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
Anna Welch introduces us to some beautiful Persian manuscripts currently on display in the Mirror of the World exhibition
Coming soon: Australian sketchbook exhibition
News:
The first major retrospective of Australia’s most popular mid-19th century artist, opens at State Library Victoria 17 July.
Celebrating children’s literature at the Library
In this special guest post Juliet O’Conor, our Children’s Research Librarian – best job ever – takes us through highlights from our collection.
Family History Feast 2015 BOOKED OUT
Some of the boys, Mena 1915 H84.356/13 The annual Family History Feast hosted by the State Library of Victoria will be held on Monday 10 August 2015 during National Family… Read More ›
Lights and shades of city life
People & professions, Such was life:
In the 1920s Reverend George Wong was a minister at the Collingwood Methodist Church, helping the poor, teaching at kindergarten and lecturing around Victoria about the life of Melbourne’s poor with the help of a limelight projector.
The Battle of Waterloo and its 200 year old legacy
Film, Painting, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
The Battle of Waterloo continues to fascinate, even 200 years after those ferocious days
Friends of the Library view children’s classics
News:
Throughout the year there are opportunities for Friends of the Library to go behind the scenes and enjoy the Library’s treasures.
Tiger in the goldfields
People & professions, Such was life:
Ballarat: Sunday 8th July, 1855: ‘Got home and found the tent afloat and my blankets wet…Kindled fire and cleaned up tent. Boiled kettle and prepared supper. Ironing my blankets, I burned one of them.’
Wendingen: Designing modernity
Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
Anna Welch introduces us to an art magazine that is itself a work of art
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.
