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Naarm / Melbourne, Australia
Joined February 2010
✨ Give your ideas a flying start! . Applications are now open for the 2025 Fellowship Program. As a Library fellow you can delve into the collection, bringing new perspectives on Victorian life and history. 👀 Read more & apply!
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🎉 Happy 111th birthday to the iconic La Trobe Reading Room Dome!. Since 1913, this stunning space has inspired generations of readers, researchers & dreamers. Dive into its history 👉 📷 Domed Reading Room, c.1940, Herald & Weekly Times; H94.5
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#AFLGrandFinal fever has hit fever pitch in Melbourne! 🏆 But did you know university students played a key role in shaping the VFL? 🤯 . Read the blog 👉 📷 The University Football Team, Weekly Times, 8 May 1909
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🌟 Be Tiny but Mighty these #SchoolHolidays!. With just moments of Term 3 remaining, step into a world where being small is a superpower! 🌱🌊 Seas of fantastical stories, creative workshops, and interactive Storytimes to ignite imaginations. 👉
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📰 Learn how to navigate the Library’s extensive newspaper collection! Discover how to explore over 4000 local and international newspapers dating back to the 18th century. 📅 10-11am, Tues 17 Sep via Zoom.🔗 📷 Cumming, L. G. (1910)
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This #FathersDay, we celebrate all the special people in our lives who guide, support, and inspire us—whether they're dads, mentors, or other loved ones ✨. 📷 Welcome home for Dad [1945], Argus Newspaper Collection of Photographs, State Library of Victoria, H98.103/4737
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We’ve all got that one princess in the family 👑. Dig a little deeper into your family stories at State Library Victoria. Follow the clues today at 📷 Vincent W Kelly, Studio portrait of a young girl …, c. 1910-1935, H2024.6/42. #FamilyHistoryMonth
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🏅Feeling the #Olympic spirit with #Paris2024? Flashback to #Melbourne1956! Relive iconic moments with our collection 👉 . 📷 Autograph hunters at the athletes' village, Heidelberg, 1956. Credit: © Herald & Weekly Times . #AllezAUS @AUSOlympicTeam
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Awkward family photos. Est.1924 📸. Dig a little deeper into your family stories this #FamilyHistoryMonth with State Library Victoria🔍 Ruth Hollick, Two girls and two boys wearing party hats . , c. 1910-1930, https://H2004.61/392
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🚪 The doors are open! It's time for another #OpenHouseMelbourne weekend. Join members of the Architectus and Heritage Architect teams to explore the Library on a heritage tour 👉 📷 State Library Victoria North Rotunda portrait gallery
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🌿The magic of Paper Planet is still alive!. Join @PolyglotTheatre for the final days of the school holidays and dive into a world of imagination. 🎨✨. 📅 4 - 14 July.📍 Children's Quarter.🎭 FREE. Don't miss out on this enchanting experience! .🔗
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Limited tickets remain for #RareBookWeek events! 📚. 🔍 Dive deeper into the #WorldOfTheBook 2024 collection with events ranging from exploring the Women Writers Fund to viewing collections at the grand Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Book now 👉
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Who can believe we're already halfway through #SchoolHolidays? 🤯. Elevate your school holidays with a Family Membership. Behind-the-scenes experiences, family passes for school holiday events and discounted tickets to family events! 👇. . 📷 Eva Gorobets
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There's still so much left to do these school holidays at the Library with We Are Makers!. Plan your final week of holiday fun now 👇.
📖👨👩👧👦 Planning a family day out in Melbourne? .Check out State Library Victoria’s free tours for families! Educational and exciting. .#melbournekids
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Meet #StateLibraryVictoria's 2024 Fellows! 👋. Awarded to 16 creatives and scholars this year, each Fellow receives a share in $195,000 to support in-depth inquiry into the State Collection. Learn more about the 2024 Fellows 👇 📷 Credit: Jarrod Barnes
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🌍 On this #WorldRefugeeDay, stand in solidarity with refugees and discover the powerful journey of double Walkley Award-winning photographer @BaratBatoor. Witness his life-affirming documentation of searching for sanctuary 👉 📍 Open daily 10am - 6pm
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💡 Ideas, imagination, art and nature. World of the Book features more than 300 rare and remarkable items from the State Collection, uncovering the unique stories they tell. 📆 Open until 18 May 2025.📍 Dome Galleries.👉 . 📷 Credit: Teagan Glenane
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One month remaining! 🍃. Explore and connect with beruk; an exhibition celebrating the life and legacy of William Barak. 📆 Open daily 10:00am - 6:00pm. Must close 22 July 2024.📍 South Rotunda.👉 . 📷 Credit: James Braund
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Baby, it's cold outside! 🥶📚. With Victorian winter well and truly wintering, now's the time to snuggle up with a selection of fabulous Librarian-curated reads from the winter ebookshelf 👇. 📷 Abigail Varney. #LibraryVicPic #eBooks
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