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Australia’s earliest surviving life insurance policy and the insurance claim for the destruction of the Glenrowan Inn by the Victorian Police are some of the historical riches to b... More

You may have had the good fortune to discover what your ancestors did for a living, by searching through electoral rolls, census records etc. If you’d like to find out more about t... More

We used to call them “open access” collections, but they have been transformed into the far more appealing “browsing shelves”; a pleasant notion which carri... More

Last month the third and final instalment of the Montmaray Journals was published. If the blizzard of comments on sites such as Goodreads is anything to go by, readers are loving i... More

I thought I'd take a break from book talk and proceed straight to gossip (well, kind of). I went to the opening party of the Sydney Writers’ Festival on Tuesday night. Now that is ... More

Express Media: The 2012 NYWM Travelling Story read more... More