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AIDS

This exhibition displays material from two AIDS-related ephemera donated to Monash over the past two years. One collection was put together by the late Ian Goller, the other by Dr. Richard Travers. Dr. Travers was the curator of this exhibition.
[Monash University Library, VIC ]


ALL THE RAGE: the poster in Victoria 1850-2000

This exhibition traces the development of the poster in Victoria, from 19th-century letterpress text to brightly coloured contemporary street posters.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC ]


Across the Coral Sea

This exhibition of 32 historical images from the John Oxley Library within the State Library of Queensland highlights the role played by South Sea Islanders in the development of Queensland in the 19th century.
[State Library of Queensland, QLD ]


Alfred Deakin: the Voice of Federation

In May 2000 Deakin University embarked on a project to celebrate Alfred Deakin's contribution to the Federation of Australia by producing a high quality travelling exhibition, an interactive CDROM and web site. The Alfred Deakin : the Voice of Federation project is part of a national program of Federation events which will be show-cased throughout Victoria during 2001.
[Deakin University Library, VIC ]


All Human Life: A Photographic Journey

The images from this photographic journey between birth and death - originally commissioned and shown at the Barbican Art Gallery, London in 1993-94 - have been selected by art critic Bruce Bernard, assisted by the Hulton Getty Picture Collection's own curator, Sue Percival. The collection, based in London, is one of the largest photographic archives in the world, containing 15 million pictures.
[State Library of New South Wales, NSW ]


Andrew and Janet McLean : Children' Literature Interview Series

Janet and Andrew McLean have won acclaim for their picture books since their first book was published in 1978. This exhibition provides a video interview with this team, as well as images and further information about their work.
[State Library of Victoria, WA ]


Aspirations of a working class man: Achievements under John Curtin's leadership

Believing that 'the peace must be won for the masses', John Curtin used his prime ministership in World War Two to further his lifelong dream of a fair go for all Australians, implementing Labor programs in the areas of economic reform, social services and immigration, education, public broadcasting, and foreign policy, while maintaining confidence in the power of Parliament. Political cartoons illustrate vividly the achievements which are the focus of the resource. Online educational activities involve interpretation of some of these cartoons.
[John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library, WA ]


Aubrey Beardsley - a tribute

This exhibition, using the resources of our Rare Books and Prints collections, seeks to reveal the extraordinary creativity of Aubrey Beardsley and the decadents in terms of book production and illustration.
[University of Melbourne, VIC ]


Australian Observer: The Photographs of Harold Cazneaux 1878-1953

This absorbing exhibition presents a stunning selection from the National Library's substantial holdings of the work of Pictorial photographer Harold Cazneaux. It forces a major reassessment of the importance of this highly individual twentieth-century photographer. His break from the constrained formalism of studio photography, along with his joyful use of light, produced a body of influential and enduring images of Australian life and scenes..
[National Library of Australia, ACT ]


Australians in Black & White (the Most Public Art)

As we hurtle towards the millennium, Australians in Black & White (the most public art) is a timely examination of the development of Australian identity through a presentation of recurring themes in our visual history. In themes such as sport, workers, crime, land, war, sex, foreigners, death, drugs, people and culture we can not only chart the changes in Australian society but also witness the development of a vital artistic and cultural tradition.
[State Library of New South Wales, NSW ]


The ABN-2 Outside Broadcast Van

With the Olympic Games starting on 22 November and the major television stations in Melbourne and Sydney not fully operational it was vital that facilities for telecasting on location at the Games be made available. For this purpose two outside broadcasting vans had been commissioned by the ABC from the English companies Papworth Coachworks and the manufacturers of outside broadcast equipment, Pye Ltd.
[National Museum of Australia, ACT ]


The Art of Audubon & Gould

A visual tribute to the mid-19th century art of John James Audubon and John Gould as featured in two sets of priceless publications: Audubon's The Birds of America and Gould's The Birds of Australia. 13 September 1999 - 12 January 2000
[State Library of New South Wales, NSW ]


Last modified: January 12 2005.