Melbourne's State Library Victoria has seen many changes since it opened 160 years ago. Opening as Melbourne Public Library in 1856, the library initially consisted of a single building fronting ...
Victoria’s iconic Melbourne library is turning 165. Take a look behind the scenes and lesser known secrets including ghosts and a gun safe. Originally called the Melbourne Public Library, it is ...
How a Melbourne 'mutilation' mystery almost 200 years in the making was solved by a chance encounter
When State Library Victoria historian Anna Welch opened the pages of an almost 200-year-old book three years ago, her heart sank and her mouth went dry. The mystery of a series of beetle images cut ...
More than 200,000 votes were cast in the 1,000 Libraries Awards, with State Library Victoria ranking as the world's seventh most beautiful Melbourne is overflowing with cosy cafés and magical secret ...
MELBOURNE BEACH — Betty Pappas has always been an avid reader. At 100 years old, the Indialantic resident visits the Melbourne Beach Library at least once a week with her daughter Sandy Grunewald to ...
Nick Cave, 1973, gelatin silver photograph by Ashley Mackevicius. Gift of the artist 2006, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Goths, punks and hipsters roam the streets, wilfully asserting their ...
With over 1.9 million visitors and 4 million online users each year, the State Library Victoria caters to the educational needs of people from a wide range of ages and cultural backgrounds. These ...
With the opening of the city-shaping rail line just weeks away, the Herald Sun was given a sneak peek of the State Library station ahead of passengers getting access later in the year. The station is ...
How a librarian’s trip to the car park planted the seed for a project to help people who can’t afford wifi It was during Melbourne’s sixth lockdown that Coralie Kouvelas started noticing the cars. The ...
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