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Hear tips from State Library Victoria experts on how to research occupations and jobs when investigating your family history.
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Hear tips from State Library Victoria experts on how to research occupations and jobs when investigating your family history.
Hear how to research migrant occupations in postwar Victoria in this Family History Feast 2016 talk by Darren Watson from National Archives.
Hear tips from Jack Martin on researching the teachers in your family tree, presented during Family History Feast 2016.
Watch the annual Don Grant Lecture, delivered as part of Family History Feast 2016 by genealogist and researcher Susie Zada.
In this Family History Feast 2016 talk, hear the stories of those who travelled from afar to settle in Melbourne.
Hear the colourful history of a rare lambswool-covered book created to launch Melbourne's bid for the 1956 Olympics.
Join Dr Juliet O'Conor for a glimpse at some of the Beatrix Potter gems in our Children's Literature Collection.
Watch Patrick Spedding's 2016 Foxcroft Lecture on the history of private case collections, filed by libraries as 'dangerous' books.
Hear a lively panel discussion about the Confedrate ship Shenandoah's 1865 visit – an event that both thrilled and divided Melbourne.
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