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Recent acquisitions Australian Manuscripts Collection State Library of Victoria including important documents by John Pascoe Fawkner on the early settlement of Victoria. This online exhibition is updated quarterly showcasing new acquisitions to the State Library's Manuscripts collection.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC ]


Paradise Possessed: The Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Sir Rex de Charembac Nan Kivell (1898-1977) was a collector possessed of great imagination, taste and persistence. Born in New Zealand, he lived most of his life in London where he amassed an extensive collection of documentary evidence relating to the European exploration, discovery and colonisation of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific ... The Rex Nan Kivell Collection is a resource unrivalled for its beauty, coherence and comprehensiveness.
[National Library of Australia, ACT ]


Picture Queensland

Picture Queensland - images of Queensland, its people and places, past and present - is from the photographic collection of the State Library of Queensland's John Oxley Library. The photographs in Picture Queensland depict various aspects of Queensland life from the contributions of Indigenous Queenslanders, the settlement of early pioneers; the prominent people who have shaped our history; the homes and buildings constructed, to the fashions we wore through the years..
[State Library of Queensland, QLD ]


Possessed

This exhibition revealed the vast collection of the State Library of New South Wales. Inspired by the theme of European collecting, it presented rare and beautiful items ranging from illuminated medieval manuscripts to a collectors chest.
[State Library of New South Wales, NSW ]


Postcards from Deloraine, Tasmania

An exhibition of eight historic postcards selected from the extensive collections of the Tasmaniana Library and the Launceston Library's Local Studies Collection.
[Launceston Reference Library, TAS ]


Prime Ministers of Australia

Australia has had twenty-five Prime Ministers since Federation in 1901. The Prime Ministers of Australia has details about all of them: their lives and the times in which they lived.
[National Museum of Australia, ACT ]


The Picture Gallery - 19th Century Australian Paintings

The Picture Gallery presents an occasionally changing selection of paintings and sculptures from the holdings of 2,000 framed works of art, over 150,000 watercolours, prints and drawings and 3,000 objects which are part of the Library's Pictures Collection.
[State Library of New South Wales, NSW ]


Last modified: January 12 2005.