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 | | 100 Not Out - a century of Queensland sporting memories
100 Not Out honours Queensland sporting achievers and achievements
over the past century, from the days when Indigenous boxer Jerry Jerome was as
much a household name as Alfie Langer is today.
Featuring 48 athletes and
six of the most memorable Queensland sporting moments, 100 Not Out is a
selective exhibition of Queensland's sporting history. Curator Robert
Longhurst explains, The aim was to create a gallery of household names
of sporting identities; Queenslanders who have achieved national and
international recognition and prominence.
[State Library of Queenland, QLD
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100 Years of Queensland Aboriginal Life
History and photographs showcasing a century of Aboriginal life in
Queensland since 1897
[State Library of Queenland, QLD
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 | | 1918: Australians In France
By 1918, the First World War had been in progress for over three
years, and thousands of Australians had already been killed or wounded. During
the last year of the war, Australian soldiers had the opportunity to serve
alongside men of many different nationalities, as well as to mix with French
civilians.
[Australian War Memorial, ACT
] |
1956 Melbourne Olympics
Discover how Melbourne won the right to host the
Games from The Games Bid. Some of the issues and problems involved in
organising the Games are described in Preparations and Melbourne and the World.
Revisit some of the great moments in The Games. The Melbourne Games became
known as The Friendly Games yet were held at a time of extreme interNational political tension summarised in World Events.
[State Library of Victoria , VIC
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 | | A Gift of Presence
This exhibition is a collection of words and images about
reconciliation. The words were gathered by curator Wayne Coolwell who utilised
his extensive experience as a journalist to elicit heartfelt responses from a
diverse range of Queenslanders. Complementing these personal statements are
striking photographs by Suzanna Clarke which reveal the essence of the people
who gave them.
[State Library of Queensland, QLF
] |
A Rage for Curiosity
A Rage for Curiosity presents images of European Australia
between 1788 and 1830. These crucial documents of Australian history highlight
the way Europeans first looked at the land, its nature and the Aboriginal
peoples.
[State Library of New South Wales, NSW
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 | | A Vision for Australia : The Snowy Mountains Scheme 1949 - 1999
A dynamic photographic exhibition to commemorate 50 years of the
Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme. It captured the unique and inspiring
story behind the building of a modern Australian icon by more than 100,000
multicultural workers. The exhibition presented over 100 rare and powerful
photographs showing the Scheme under construction, and how it looks today.
[State Library of New South Wales, NSW
] |
A Visual Aspect - Images of the State Library of Victoria
The latest in a series of exhibitions in the Picture collection.
The works chosen for this display all show aspects of the history of the State Library of Victoria.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
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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
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 | | 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
] |  |
 | | Baron von Mueller's Melbourne: Remarkable 19th Century Germans
When we think of Germans in 19th century Australia, we probably
think first of their role in the opening of the vast sheep and wheat belts of
South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, and the feats of
intrepid individuals such as Ludwig Leichhardt. We tend to overlook the role of
groups like Melbourne's small but distinguished band of Germans, whose
achievements in the sciences, arts, crafts, commerce, even gymnastics, amounted
to what has been described as one of the high points of Australian colonial
culture ...
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
] |
Batman, Catman & a kid called Ginger
The comic book invasion of Australia! The State Library of
Victoria might seem an unlikely venue for an exhibition of comic books but
these are among the many unexpected items in the Library's collections.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
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 | | Beaconsfield, Tamar's Golden Heart Celebrations
Once the home of the biggest gold mine in Tasmania, Beaconsfield
now looks forward to another golden era. Gold was first discovered at
Beaconsfield in 1869, and by the turn of the century more than 50 mining
companies had worked the goldfields in the area ... These photographs are all
part of the extensive collection held at the Launceston Library.
[State Library of Tasmania - Launceston Reference Library, TAS
] |
Belonging : A century celebrated
What sort of country do you want to belong to? What ties us
together as Australians? What tears us apart? Since Federation in 1901, people
have felt that they belonged or did not belong in Australia for many different
reasons. Belonging explores some of the ways people experienced 'belonging' in
Australia in the twentieth century. Drawing on the extensive collections of the
State Library of New South Wales, the State Library of Victoria, the National Archives of Australia and the National Library of Australia, this exhibition
challenges viewers to consider the question: Where do I belong?
[State Library of New South Wales, NSW
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 | | Beyond the Picket Fence: Australian Women's Art in the National Library's Collections
The exhibition Beyond the Picket Fence: Australian women's art
in the National Library of Australia was held from 8 March to 4 June 1995. It
was opened on the twentieth anniversary of International Women's Day and was
one of more than one hundred exhibitions held in Australia in 1995 to celebrate
women's activities and creativity.
[National Library of Australia, ACT
] |
Birds!
Birds! contains watercolours, oils, lithographs, photographs,
sculptures and books, most of them drawn from the library's own collection. It
explores ornithological illustration from the earliest colonial images
featuring the work of John Lewin and Elizabeth Gould to contemporary
photographs by Graeme Chapman and Donald Trounson. The exhibition displays
contrasting manuscripts - a 15th century Book of Hours and two of Donald
Friend's diaries and also features the Hunter sketchbook and the Lycett album
as well as other Library treasures.
[National Library of Australia, ACT
] |  |
 | | Boag Photograph Collection
In 1984, a collection of over 300 photographic negatives on glass
plates produced in the 19th century were discovered in the photographic studio
of the Haig Brothers, in the town of Warwick, Queensland. The negatives had
been taken by William Boag, a travelling 19th century photographer. The
original glass plate negatives were probably purchased from Boag when he left
Warwick in 1873 or 1875, possibly by John Haig, the founder of the Haig dynasty
of photographers.
[State Library of Queensland, QLD
] |
Brave
This exhibition displays a selection of boys' adventure books
from the Children's Literature Research Collection in the Special Collection at
the Woolstores Campus, Geelong. Boys' adventure books flourished in the late
19th and early 20th century. They explore notions of masculinity based on
physical fitness and courage against the background of empire.
[Deakin University Library, VIC
] |  |
 | | Bringing the House
Bringing the House Down brings together the best of Australian
political cartooning. Artists represented in the show include Bill Leak, Alan
Moir, Peter Nicholson, Geoff Pryor, Cathy Wilcox, Ron Tandberg, Mark Knight,
Sean Leahy, Bruce Petty, Dean Alston and Ward O'Neill.
[National Museum of Australia, ACT
] |
Bunyips
Even before the First Fleet landed in 1788, Europeans expected
to see fabulous creatures down-under. They had been conditioned by centuries of
superstition and travellers' tales to believe in the existence of sea
serpents, hairy giants, mermaids and other strange creatures. The Southern
Hemisphere, in fact, was believed to be the realm where the natural order of
things was reversed.
[National Library of Australia, ACT
] |  |
 | | Burke and Wills - Terra Incognita
The Victorian Exploring Expedition of 1860-1861 was the largest,
costliest journey of exploration ever mounted in Australia. It was also one of
the worst failures in Australian history, with many lives needlessly lost. Led
by Robert O'Hara Burke and his navigator William John Wills, it set out to
cross the deep continent from southern to northern coast - Melbourne to the
Gulf of Carpentaria - at a time when coastal cities were booming but the
interior was almost unknown: terra incognita.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
] |
Celebrating our sporting heritage
'From the appointment of the trustees of the Domain Cricket
Ground in 1851 to the 2000 Olympics, government has played an active part in
the promotion and regulation of sport in New South Wales. Whether checking the
standards of dressing accommodation on metropolitan beaches by the Surf Bathing
Committee in 1911 or creating a sports portfolio in 1971, the Government of New
South Wales has taken sport and recreation seriously.
[State Records New South Wales, NSW
] |  |
 | | Celebration of Ability
An exhibition displaying the Nican photographic exhibition
established to celebrate the International Day of Disabled Persons in 1996 -
features selected works from a national photography competition.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
] |
Charles Joseph La Trobe - Land scapes and Sketches
Charles Joseph La Trobe is well known for his contribution as
Victoria's first Lieutenant-Govenor, however little is known about his art.
Over his lifetime Charles Joseph La Trobe, an accomplished artist, produced
over 437 known watercolours depicting landscapes and scenery illustrating his
travels. This exhibition provides information on the man, his travels and his
art.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
] |  |
 | | Child's Play
Child's Play provides access for Queenslanders, Australians and
international visitors to photographs that reflect Queensland's diverse culture
and heritage through the experiences of children. You'll find over 1,000
photographs of children from the 1890s to the 1920s on this site. The majority
of them are focused on growing up in rural and regional Queensland. There are
photos of children celebrating the Centenary of Federation in Brisbane, at
school on a Torres Strait island, milking cows on a farm near the Darling Downs
town of Allora, playing dress ups in Childers, wearing army cadet uniforms and
even riding billy goats.
It also provides educators and students with
resources which can be used in the classroom, including some activities that
are linked to the new Queensland Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE)
syllabus.
[State Library of Queensland, QLD
] |
Childrens Literature Exhibitions
Material from the State Library of Victoria's childrens
literature collections. Includes The Children's Books of Margaret Mahy;
Ethereal or Earthly? Friend or Foe; Evil Females in Children's Books; The
Gingerbread Man Meets Dali; Moving Tales; Moomintrolls; My Oath - 102 Years of
Seven Little Australians; Domesticity to Danger.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
] |  |
 | | Connies
This exhibition celebrates Tram conductors - affectionately
known as 'connies' by generations of Melburnians. Connies presents a selection
of Neale Duckworth's evocative black and white photographs of the last
conductors to work on Melbourne's trams.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
] |
Crewing for Flinders
Your invitation to be part of the celebrations of the life and
work of the great navigator, Matthew Flinders, 1774-1814.
[State Library of New South Wales, NSW
] |  |
 | | Crux: Rare maps from the State Library of New South Wales
From purely speculative representations of Terra Australis on
items such as Ortelius' 1579 world map, the coastlines of New Holland,
Antarctica and other lands slowly emerge. The exhibition includes Fowkes' 1789
map of the settlement at Sydney Cove and concludes with Flinders' General Chart
of Terra Australis or Australia, published in 1814.
[State Library of New South Wales, NSW
] |
Dare to Know: The Art and Sciences of Pacific Voyages
The late 18th century was a period of acute interNational rivalry between France and Britain in the advancement of science and Pacific
exploration. The spirit of the age was overwhelmingly scientific, dominated by
Enlightenment concepts such as knowledge, progress, reason and truth.
[State Library of New South Wales, NSW
] |  |
 | | Diaries of a Working Man
An exhibition from the Picture Collection of the State Library of
Victoria, featuring photographs by Warren Kirk. My photographs are personal
documents of ordinary, everyday objects and places that are survivors of a past
within my memory - and that are of interest because of their impending
extinction.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
] |
Die Bucher der Kunstler
This exhibition shows a great range of artists books currently
being produced by young German artists. The genre of the livre d'artiste, or
artist's book is a very popular one in the US, Britain, Europe and Australia.
It is the result of an artist looking at the conventions of book production and
seeing what can be done within them. Often the conventions are stretched in
some way, typically by using materials which make a statement about the book's
content, and producing a concept.
[Monash University Library, VIC
] |  |
 | | Disappearing Victoria
An exhibition from the Picture Collection of the State Library of
Victoria, featuring photographs by Warren Kirk. My photographs are personal
documents of ordinary, everyday objects and places that are survivors of a past
within my memory - and that are of interest because of their impending
extinction.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
] |
Doing the best for the country: Behind the scenes of Australia's wartime decision-making 1939-45
Five Prime Ministers served Australia during the war years - Menzies, Fadden, Curtin, Forde and Chifley.
The nation's key decision-making bodies, the Cabinet, War Cabinet and Advisory War Council, decided the
direction of the war effort in meetings held mainly at Parliament House in Canberra and Victoria Barracks
in Melbourne, supported by the hard work and dedication of staff in the Prime Minister's Department and
the War Cabinet Secretariat. This web publication takes you inside the walls of the offices and meeting
places where the course of the war was directed and invites you to explore the stories of the places and
people who worked there.
[John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library, WA
] |  |
 | | Domesticity to Danger: Themes in Girls' Annuals 1880 - 1960
An exhibition of girls'
annuals from 1880-1960 illustrating the changing themes over the period,
particularly with regard to women's roles in society. April 22 to June 9
1996.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
] |
Drawing the Antipodes: Printed Images of Australia and the Pacific 1788-1900
An exhibition of significant plates from the State Library's
important collection of eighteenth and nineteenth century illustrated books on
the landscapes, flora, fauna and indigenous peoples of the Australian and
Pacific regions.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
] |  |
 | | E.J. Banfield of Dunk Island
A selection of photographs and writings relating to E.J. Banfield
and his life on Dunk Island.
[State Library of Queensland, Qld
] |
Edmund Barton our first Prime Minister
On the 1st of March 1901 Parliament was opened by the Duke of
York, later to be crowned George V. The first Cabinet consisted of Edmund
Barton as Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs, Alfred Deakin
Attorney General, George Turner as Treasurer......
[National Library of Australia, ACT
] |  |
 | | FabricAsian
Celebrating an aspect of material culture for which Asian
societies have long been renowned: cloth, and the articles made from it.
'Seersuckers, baftas, hummums, cossaes, four-thread weaves, common bazeens,
gazas, Permacody cottons, Yanaon guineas, conjoos...' part of a French
memorandum on textiles available from India in the middle of the eighteenth
century.
[University of Melbourne,VIC
] |
Federal Fashions
The fashions worn by the men, women and children who attended the
celebrations marking the Federation of Australia were transitory styles between
the stiff, formal lines of late-Victorian fashions and the looser, more
comfortable Edwardian clothing. While men's clothing during the period
1890-1910 continued to be quite conservative, women's clothing broke free
of late-Victorian constraints..
[National Library of Australia, ACT
] |  |
 | | Federation Images
Welcome to the Federation Images web site. Visitors to this site
will find a range of black and white photographs, cartoons and newspaper
excepts, from the Federation period in Australia. Most of these images have
been retrieved from microfilm, resulting in varying degrees of clarity.
[Monash University Library,VIC
] |
Federation of Australia
'The Federation of Australia from six British colonies on 1
January 1901, was not inevitable. The need for common defence policies,
standardisation of railways, control over immigration and agreement on tariff
policies both external and internal could have resulted in a co-operative
association of states similar to the European Union, rather than a new
nation.'
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
] |  |
 | | Follow the Sun: Australian Travel Posters 1930s - 1950s
'Follow the Sun' depicts characteristic images of Australians at
play and on holidays. Golden beaches, exotic wildlife, healthy bodies and
magnificent scenery are illustrated in these wonderful posters. Come and enjoy
these colourful, attractive and nostalgic images of the way Australia was.
[National Library of Australia, ACT
] |
Forging The Nation - federation the first 20 years
The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act received the royal
assent on 9 July 1900 and it was proclaimed that, on the first day of the
twentieth century, the six Australian colonies would be united as a federal
commonwealth under the name of the Commonwealth of Australia.
[Australian War Memorial, ACT
] |  |
 | | Freedom's on the Wallaby
A centenary exhibition prepared and presented by the National Library of Australia. This exhibition was mounted to mark the centenary of the
Australian Labor Party (1891-1991), the oldest of Australia's political
parties.
[Australian Workers Heritage Centre, QLD courtesy of the National Library of Australia
] |
French Theatre
Features works from the library's holdings of french literature
from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The exhibition includes works by
Voltaire, Moliere and Satre, as well as examples from the library's collection
of travel accounts. 7 October 1998 - 26 February 1999.
[Monash University Library, VIC
] |  |
 | | From the Sands of The Sahara Ancient Kellis and Its Texts
An exhibition of photographs from the Department of Classics and
Archaeology and material from the Monash University Library Rare Books
Collection 30 July - 2 October 1998.
[Monash University Library, VIC
] |
Gallipoli 1915 : The Drama of the Dardanelles
Gallipoli had its roots in strategic failure. By the end of 1914
trench warfare had spread along the line in the west. In the east Turkey had
aligned itself with the Central Powers and Russia , Britain and France's main
ally, was looking increasingly vulnerable. '
[Australian War Memorial, ACT
] |  |
 | | Harold Cazneaux Photographs
The photographs of Harold Cazneaux are timeless in their creative
beauty and their extraordinary tonal qualities. Cazneaux was the leading
exponent in Australia of the school of 'pictorial photography.' Indeed, Max
Dupain once called him 'the father of modern Australian photography.
[National Library of Australia, ACT
] |
History in Photographs: Images from the Hume Family Collection
An exhibition from the Fryer Library in association with the
History Department, University of Queensland. The exhibition is a very
interesting account of the early life of some Queensland settlers, the Hume
family and includes copies of letters and other papers, an historical account
of their lives, and lots of photos.
[University of Queensland Library, QLD
] |  |
 | | Immigration In Focus 1946-90: A Photographic Archive
This photographic archive dates back to 1946 when the then
Department of Immigration first confronted the massive task of organising
settlement for thousands of displaced persons located in camps throughout
Europe. As shiploads of migrants arrived and moved into places like Bonegilla,
Departmental photographers were there to record the arrivals and daily
lifestyles of these new communities .
[Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) Library, ACT
] |
In Their Own Image: Greek Australians
This moving exhibition captures the stories, the successes, the
failures, the conflicts and the previously unrecognised diversity of
Australia's Greek migration and settlement over the past two centuries.
[State Library of New South Wales, NSW
] |  |
 | | John Curtin: A Good Sport
Australians are known for their obsession with sport and John Curtin shared this national passion, both as a participant and as a spectator.
Images, letters, newspaper cuttings, video and audio clips combine to tell the
story of the prime minister well regarded as fairest and best.
[The John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library, WA
] |
John Curtin: A Man of peace, a time of war
John Curtin was the Labor prime minister who led Australia
through the darkest hours of World War II. He was the poor country boy who rose
to become prime minister, the revolutionary young socialist turned political
pragmatist, the pacifist called upon to lead Australia during wartime.
[The John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library, WA
] |  |
 | | John Curtin: A prime minister and his people
This selection of about 500 letters documents the relationship
between Prime Minister John Curtin and the general public during the years
1941-1945 . A joint project between the National Archives of Australia and the JCPML
[National Archives of Australia, The John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library, WA
] |
John Curtin: Fairest and Best
This online exhibition reflects a current display in the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library Challenge Bank Reading Room and tells the story of Curtin's life from his early days to his time as Prime Minister.
[The John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library, WA
] |  |
 | | John Curtin: From revolutionary firebrand to journalist in spirit
John Curtin is best remembered as the prime minister who led
Australia through the dark days of World War II. However, before entering
parliament, and for a few years in the early nineteen thirties, John Curtin
earned all or part of his livelihood as a journalist.
[The John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library, WA
] |
Just a Line: Comic Postcards 1900-1950 from the Eve Pryor Collection
Comic postcards provide a fascinating insight into Australian
values and attitudes during the first half of this century. This colourful
exhibition is available to be viewed online.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
] |  |
 | | Kids, cows n' copters
These drawings were produced by children from the School of the
Air in Alice Springs, towards the end of 1998. The National Museum of Australia
and the School of the Air worked together on a project in preparation for the
celebration of the School's 50th Anniversary in 2001.
[National Museum of Australia, ACT
] |
Launceston's Cataract Gorge
Launceston is fortunate in having a magnificent natural wonder in
the heart of the city. The spectacular Cataract Gorge on the South Esk River is
only a kilometre from the shopping and commercial centre. Historical
Photographs from the Local Studies Collection.
[Launceston Reference Library, TAS
] |  |
 | | Life on the Goldfields
Explore the world of the diggers at the time of the 1853
Goldfields Petition. Material taken from the State Library's rich collections
of paintings, postcards, books, maps, theatre posters and diaries will
illustrate the journey to the diggings, life under canvas, making new chumsand entertainment on the goldfields, as well as mining techniques. Find out if
someone in your family signed the Petition by searching through a transcription
of the 5000 signatures.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
] |
Looking Back
Looking Back is drawn from the slide collection of the State Library of Queensland's John Oxley Library. Looking Back is a searchable
database of 250 coloured images depicting a variety of Queensland subjects and
locations from 1950 - 1970.
[State Library of Queensland, QLD
] |  |
 | | Marcus Clarke: Literary Dynamo
It seems appropriate, in a year that has seen great changes in
the library, to pay homage to a former staff member. He may not have been the
ideal Librarian, yet 'Genius has an imperialism of its own' and the library is
proud to call Clarke one of its own.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
] |
Memories of Picnics
'Memories of Picnics' will give you a brief look at the picnic
experience in Western Australia in the first half of this century.
[Library and Information Service of Western Australia, WA
] |  |
 | | Modern Australian Poetry
The items on display range from the 1920s to the present. They
include examples of the works of many of Australia's most important writers,
e.g. Kenneth Slessor, A.D. Hope, Judith Wright, and one of the rarest books on
display, Patrick White's The Ploughman. 18 March - 10 June 1999.
[Monash University Library, VIC
] |
Nora Heysen
One memory of childhood is always wanting to draw or paint. This
is my earliest memory and will be my last, I think, that I must put something
on paper or canvas or whatever within reach. From an interview with Nora
Heysen, 25 August 1994. Oral History Collection.
[National Library of Australia, ACT
] |  |
 | | Norman B Tindale
On his first major field trip after being appointed assistant
entomologist at the South Australian Museum in 1918, Norman Tindale sketched
the tribal Aboriginal boundaries in the Groote Eylandt and Roper River area of
the Northern Territory. His map was edited before publication and the
boundaries removed on the basis that Aborigines were wanderers with no fixed
attachments to land...
[South Australian Museum, SA
] |
On Track: John Curtin's Railway Journeys
John Curtin had a lifelong link with train travel. Experience
train travel as it was from 1917 when the trans Australia line first spanned
the continent until the mid 1940s. Images, film clips and the memories of the
people who travelled with John Curtin bring this story alive.
[John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library, WA
] |  |
 | | One People, One Destiny: Celebrating the Centenary of Federation
One People, One Destiny: Celebrating the Centenary of Federation
is a display illustrating the gestation of Federation over a period of 60
years, from the first mutterings amongst the Colonial states to the writing and
debate of the constitution and the official ceremonies and celebrations..
[State Library of New South Wales, NSW
] |
Oscar Sketchbook
This notebook is a rare and significant record of an Aboriginal
child's memories of life in the late 1800s in far North Queensland. Oscar was
an Aboriginal boy from the Palmer River people of North Queensland.
[National Museum of Australia, ACT
] |  |
 | | Our Nation's Album - The Library's First 100 Years
In 1901 a Commonwealth Parliamentary Library was established to
serve the newly formed Federal Parliament of Australia. In time, this Library would evolve into the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library and the National Library of Australia, but the drive to collect and document the Australian
identity was there from the beginning. .
[National Libray of Austraia, ACT
] |
Out in the Cold : Australia's involvement in the Korean War
In the aftermath of the Second World War (1939-1945), communities
were still coming to terms with the devastation which that conflict had caused,
and the millions it had killed. Yet only five years after the end of this war,
another was to break out, and again Australia would commit its forces. It was
the Korean War.
[Australian War Memorial, ACT
] |  |
 | | Pages for all Time
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
] |  |
 | | Queenslanders on the Veldt
A selection of photographs from the Queenslanders on the Veldtphotographic exhibition about Queenslanders in the South African War of
1899-1902.
[State Library of Queensland, QLD
] |
Rawson Archives
The Rawson Archive showcases a rare and insightful collection of
hand-written pen and ink-illustrated diaries and photographs of the Rawson
family. The images have been selected from a larger collection of family
documents in the John Oxley Library, part of the State Library of Queensland
devoted to Queensland history. The material relates to members of the Rawson
family, who were among the first European settlers in the Mackay area which was
purchased by the Queensland Library Foundation at auction on Monday, 17 April
2000.
The Rawson Archive is important from a historical perspective as
it contains rare documentation that fills a great void in Mackay's
history. Following a major cyclone and tidal wave in the area in 1918, much of
Mackay's documented history up to this point was lost. The archive
material survived because when the Rawson family returned to England in the
late 1880s they took with them the material they collected during their time in
Mackay.
[State Library of Queensland, QLD
] |  |
 | | S.T. Gill: The Colonial Cruikshank
A fascinating selection of drawings and watercolours collected
by the State Library over a period of 125 years. S.T. Gill continued the
English tradition of caricature so impressively that in 1853, the Argus
described his lithographs as worthy of his famous contemporary, the English
illustrator and caricaturist George Cruikshank.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
] |
Science Fiction
This exhibition centres on two of the less-well known areas of the
Monash Rare Book Collection: - a collection of American Science-fiction
magazines from the 1920s to the 1960s; and the library's collection of comics.
1 September to 29 February 2000.
[Monash University Library, VIC
] |  |
 | | Sensational Tales
This exhibition highlights Australian popular publishing in the
University of Melbourne's collections. Some of the books are recognised as
great works of Literature - most are not. The emphasis is on professional
writers and publishers making a living from their craft, and on popular reading
habits.
[University of Melbourne, VIC
] |
Seringapatan 1799: Lachlan Macquarie and the British in India
This exhibition examines the history and significance of the
British military campaign against Tipu Sultan and the kingdom of Mysore in
southern India in 1799. It includes historical transcripts, 18th Century
artefacts (coins, military uniforms and regalia, medical equipment etc.),
photographs, maps, and books depicting and describing life in India in 1799.
[Macquarie University Library, NSW
] |  |
 | | Shaping the Nation: John Curtin and Australia
In following the development of John Curtin's political thinking
and career, this exhibition traces the developmment of Australia to full
adulthood - to the moment when Australia had to stand apart from Britain and
defend it's own soil. The exhibition is an exploration, through the eyes of one
of Australia's most prominant early citizens, of what it means to be a
nation.
[John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library, WA
] |
ShutterSpeed
See the synergy between sport and photography in Shutter Speed, a
display showcasing the work of top sports photographers. The scope of the
photographs goes beyond the Olympics to cricket, Australian Rules football and
other local and international sports. Highlighting images from the archives of
Allsport, the leading international sports picture agency.
[State Library of NSW, NSW
] |  |
 | | Southall from A-Z: Ash Road to Ziggurat
Melbourne born writer Ivan Southall is celebrated in this
exhibition. The exhibition provides information about his writings and an
audio/video interview with the author.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
] |
Stuart Gore, Photographer
This project celebrates the work of local Western Australian
photographer and film maker, Stuart Gore. Many of Gore's photographs and films
produced between 1920 and the late 1940's are held in the collections of the JS
Battye Library of West Australian History. These photographs and films,
together with extracts from an oral history interview, have been integrated in
this pilot interactive multi media project.
[Library and Information Service of Western Australia, WA
] |  |
 | | Sydney Eccentrics
Sydney Eccentrics provided an insight into these individuals,
revealing their own words and inspiration through original diaries and letters,
artworks and possessions. Individuals include Billy Blue, the legendary Bee
Miles, bohemians, Domain orators and recent figures such as Madam Lash.
[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
] |
The Bradman Collection
A number of years ago I donated a quantity of cricket memorabilia
to the State Library of South Australia. Part of this has been on permanent
display in the Mortlock Library of South Australiana. A special exhibition of
the collection is now being arranged. This will be of interest to cricket
lovers and hopefully to a wide cross section of viewers. I commend the Library for its work in connection with this project.
[State Library of South Australia, SA
] |  |
 | | The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 1998
The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 1998
exhibition of portrait paintings depicted a cross-section of Australian
society. The Prize requires that both painters and subjects be Australian
citizens, but not that the subject should be in any way well known.
[State Library of New South Wales, NSW
] |
The Empire Looks Back: Images of England and Europe
At a time when Australia is preparing to sever its last, tenuous
ties with England, why should Tasmania, this island outpost of the British
Empire, hazard a backward glance? The answer perhaps involves a clear
recognition of our cultural origins: an acknowledgment that although our
forebears may have landed in Terra Icognita, the first artistic efforts in the
Antipodes did not spring out of the void ...
[Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, TAS
] |  |
 | | The George Raper Collection
The National Library's most recent acquisition is a rare First
Fleet collection. Experience the wonder and peril of the voyage that changed
Australian history, through the eyes of seventeen year old Midshipman George
Raper.
[National Library of Australia, ACT
] |
The Johnstone Gallery Archive
This online exhibition commemorates one of Brisbane's most
influential art galleries throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Artists connected to
the Johnstone form an impressive list of the best Australian artists of that
generation - Charles Blackman, Sir Sidney Nolan, Donald Friend, Arthur Boyd,
Ray Crooke, Margaret Olley, Lawrence Daws and Robert Dickerson. Its founders,
Brian and Marjorie Johnstone, operated the gallery for 22 years and its closure
in 1972 marked an end of an era. Marjorie Johnstone bequeathed the Johnstone
Gallery Archive to the State Library of Queensland.
[State Library of Queensland, QLD
] |  |
 | | The Morgan Collection : To all the Little Masters and to all the Little Misses
In selecting exhibits for this on-line exhibition, an attempt has
been made to show books which are not only representative of the collection,
but also to show the depth of the collection by choosing around particular
themes. The nucleus of the Morgan Collection of Children's Books in the
Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne, was donated in 1954 by Mr. Frederick
Morgan (1878-1978), former City Librarian in Hereford, England and in his
retirement Librarian of the Hereford Cathedral Library. The original
collection, comprising 1086 items, was gathered over much of his very long life
- he lived to the age of 100 . The earliest item in the original collection
dates from 1729, the bulk of the collection is from before 1900.
[University of Melbourne, VIC
] |
The North Esk Wharves
Photographs of the North Esk Wharves from the local studies
collection of the Launceston Reference Library.
[Launceston Reference Library, TAS
] |  |
 | | The Occult
This exhibition displays material from the Rare Book Collection
covering the fields of witchcraft, spiritualism, alchemy and mesmerism. Objects
from private collections are also on display.
[Monash University Library, VIC
] |
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
] |  |
 | | The Restoration: 1660-1700
An Exhibition of Books from the Monash University Library Rare
Book Collection. The exhibition includes original writings from the time and
provides an insight into the politics and history of the era, including the
amoral lifestyle of the court, the execution of Catholics during the Popish
Plot scare and the 'glorious revolution', which saw the flight into exile of
Charles's brother James II. The books, pamphlets and caricatures of the period
offer a fascinating glimpse into the lives of the people from all levels of
society. The popular enthusiasms and the major calamities such as the Great
Plague are all features of the exhibition.
[Monash University Library, VIC
] |
The Studio of Max Dupain: Post-War Photographs
Australian photographer, Max Dupain (1911-1992) was best known
for his personal work - this exhibition shows Dupain's commercial photography,
which until now has rarely been acknowledged.
[State Library of New South Wales, NSW
] |  |
 | | The Summer Game
Drawing on the cricket collections of the State Library of New
South Wales, the summer game showcases 28 rare works of art, photographs,
manuscripts and books from the early years of white settlement to the infamous
bodyline series of 1933
[State Library of New South Wales, NSW
] |
The Virtual Exhibition: A Collection of Historical Photographs
These digitised images have been selected from photographs held
by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment and are made available
for educational and research purposes. Categories are: 'The Better Farming
Train', 'The 1939 Bushfires', 'Settlement', 'Butter Factories', 'National parks', 'Giant trees', Forest timber', 'Working in the forest', 'Royal
Melbourne Show', 'Mineral springs', 'Gold mines', 'Gold diggers'.
[Natural Resources and Environment Library, VIC
] |  |
 | | The Wandering Artist: Augustus Earle's Travels Around the World 1820-1829
The fifty watercolours selected for this exhibition have been
drawn from a group of 161 works that was offered for sale at Sotheby & Co.,
London in May 1926 by the grandson of Earle's half-brother. Some years later,
the works came into the possession of the New Zealand-born art dealer and
collection, Sir Rex Nan Kivell (1898-1977), and together with the rest of his
collection, were acquired for the National Library of Australia in
several stages between the 1940s and 1970s, initially by purchase and later by
gift.
[National Library of Australia, ACT
] |
The World Upside Down : Australia 1788-1830
The World Upside Down online exhibition is an
eyewitness account of Australia through time from 1788 to 1830.
[National Library of Australia, ACT
] |  |
 | | The World Upside Down : Australia 1788-1830
The World Upside Down online exhibition is an
eyewitness account of Australia through time from 1788 to 1830.
[National Library of Australia, ACT
] |
Travellers in the Far East
This exhibition includes works from the 16th to the early 20th
century, from Marco Polo to Chinese Morrison. There are 17th and 18th century
maps of the area, and photographic albums from the 1890s. 17 June to 20 August
1999.
[Monash University Library, VIC
] |  |
 | | Travellers' Tales: Journeys through the State Library Collections
Travellers' Tales, contains a selection of published tales by
travellers from the fifteenth to the twentieth century. Some travellers are
well known authors and statesmen; others are unknown - their lives and
experiences relived only through the printed record of their travels. These
tales reflect a fascination with travel for curiosity's sake, for the
experience of other cultures, for pleasure.
[State Library of New South Wales, NSW
] |
Treasures from the World's Greatest Libraries
'This exhibition presents an extraordinary sample of the cultural
treasures to be found in libraries throughout the world, ranging from ancient
texts and forms of writing to electronic books. The National Library's own
extraordinary collection is represented, as well as the collections of some of
Australia's State libraries..'
[National Library of Australia, ACT
] |  |
 | | Treasures of the
'An ongoing exhibition providing information about some of our
most famous, rare and inaccessible collection items. This site aims to enable
visitors to discover more about our special collection items. New items are
constantly being added.'
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
] |
Treasures of the
'An ongoing exhibition providing information about some of our
most famous, rare and inaccessible collection items. This site aims to enable
visitors to discover more about our special collection items. New items are
constantly being added.'
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
] |  |
 | | Victorian Rules
An exhibition to celebrate over a century of Football in Victoria
- includes images and information about the history of football in Victoria.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
] |
Victorians at War
'Over the last century Victorians have played an important role
in serving their country during times of peace and war. '
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
] |  |
 | | Visiting John Curtin at Home: 24 Jarrad St, Cottesloe
John Curtin's house, which was constructed in 1923 reflected not
only his own financial circumstances and his and his wife's domestic taste, but
also shows us something about the relatively tranquil pace of life in his
adopted city, Perth, and the ideas people had about domestic and personal
space.
[The John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library, WA
] |
Wall of Silence: stories of cabramatta street youth
Read the words. Look at the photograhs. Consider the stories.
These are images of Australian life; not of life in some far away, alien,
impoverished land. They portray young Australians whose parents have come from
different cultures and who must cross the bridge into full membership of our
society but with their own hopes and dreams intact.
[State Library of NSW
] |  |
 | | War & Peace: Rationing & Rebuilding : 1940's life in Cottosloe, WA
Explore what it was like to live in John Curtin's home community
as Australia moved from war-time privations to peace and growing prosperity.
Covering every thing from getting around, keeping in touch, school, work and
having fun, this resource contains a wealth of information, plenty of anecdotes
and images and online activities for the adventurous.
[John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library, WA
] |
Weird + wonderful Sydney
Weird & Wonderful Sydney is a selection of photographs that
shows many facets of city life including food, fashion, work, entertainment and
advertising. The images document that great post-war period of social change
from the early 1950s to the early 1970s.
[State Library of New South Wales, NSW
] |  |
 | | Western Australia and Federation
On 31 July 1900 Western Australia became the final Australian
colony to vote for Federation. An overwhelming majority of voters were in
favour of union with the eastern colonies. Within six months the Commonwealth
of Australia had been proclaimed - 1 January 1901 - and campaigning for Federal
elections had begun.
[Library and Information Service of Western Australia WA
] |
William Yang Diaries: A Retrospective Exhibition
William Yang's retrospective exhibition was a
personal chronicle of lives and landscape by one of Australia's great
photographers. Diaries revealed candid shots of theatrical luminaries, people
prominent in public life, those with HIV-AIDS, friends, parties and the
landscape of Australia.
[State Library of New South Wales, NSW
] |  |
 | | Without classisfication: Hazel Hawke
Asked whether she saw herself as a family woman or a
career woman, Hazel Hawke, then wife of Bob Hawke, Australia's Prime Minister
from 1983 to 1991, answered 'I don't classify myself'. Hazel Hawke shaped her
own role as prime minister's wife, becoming a strong and active leader in the
community. In this online exhibition, dynamic poster art from the 1980s, along
with images, documents, sound and video from Hazel Hawke's years in the Lodge,
reveal vividly the issues that she was passionate about.
[John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library
] |
Women & Politics in South Australia
South Australia was one of the first places in the
world to give women the vote in 1894, and was the first in the world to enable
women to enter Parliament.
[State Library of South Australia with the Women's Suffrage Centenary Committee, SA
] |  |
 | | ivor hele: the heroic figure
Ivor Hele, the first official war artist apppointed in the
Second World War, served in such diverse battle theatres as North Africa, New
Guinea and Korea. ... Hele's wartime work is the pinnacle of his achievements.
It carries on the great tradition of George Lambert, who set the standard for
Australian war art during the First World War. This exhibitions presents over
50 works in oil, ink and wash, pencil and crayon.
[State Library of New South Wales, NSW
] |
Last modified: January 12 2005.