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News
The State Library of Victoria would like to send condolences to the family of Leigh Masel who passed away over the weekend. Leigh Masel served as the Library’s President from 1992 ... More 
Dome 100
On 26 April 1997 a most unusual event took place in the domed reading room: 65 women from the Women’s Circus leaped, sang, juggled and tumbled under the dome to launch their book ... More
Family matters
In 2013 the State Library of Victoria will again host the annual Family History Feast (the tenth) to be held at the Library on Monday 5 August during National Family History Month.... More
Arts
17June to 5 July inclusive The Library will be reorganising some collection and activity spaces and creating a community language laboratory. As a result: The Audio Visual room wil... More
Such was life
Thousands of years before alpine resorts, chalets and four-wheel drives, Victoria’s Mt Buller was inhabited by Aboriginal tribes, in particular the Taungurong people (also sp... More
Read alert
It was with great pleasure today that we kicked off Reading Matters with the able assistance of the State Library of Queensland (SLQ). American graphic novelist Raina Telgemeier a... More
Inside a dog residence
First and last sentences
I am never happy with a story until I know the first and last sentence. The in-between can be hazy, but as long as I know where it begins and where it ends... More
Inside a dog news
Hello! This Saturday I had an awe-inspiring fangirl experience. With a group of friends I flew out to Melbourne to go see Tim Minchin as Judas in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar... More
