eNews June 2019
Tax Time Appeal: Preserving Our Past to Inspire Our Future
There are more than 7,000 Australian advertising posters published before 1950 in our collections, but only a fraction are available online.
By donating to our appeal, you’ll be helping make these fragile records available online and accessible to future generations.
Discover New Stories in the Treasures Gallery
We have introduced some exciting new stories into our Treasures Gallery this winter, covering an eclectic mix of topics, including Queen Victoria and Federation; swashbuckling film idol Errol Flynn; and renowned cricket hero Don Bradman.
Delve into a world full of adventure in the Treasures Gallery
Quirky Fact of the Month
Photographs are a great record of people and places, but it can be frustrating when there is no date on them. What many people don’t know is that looking at the hairstyles and clothes of the people in the photos can often help solve the date mystery. If you need help dating your photos, check out some of the books in our catalogue on hair and dress styles of the past.
Discover Our Frank Hurley Collection
We have extensive holdings of material related to Frank Hurley—most notably his negative collection. It includes over 10,000 glass negatives, plastic negatives, colour transparencies, lantern slides and stereographs from a lifetime of world travel. In 2002, in one of the first projects of its kind, we digitised the entire collection of Hurley’s negatives.
To see some of Hurley’s collection, visitPilgrimage: Hurley in the Middle East
June Events
This winter is our ‘Festival of Fellowships’, with Library fellows presenting on a range of topics—starting with Dr Yasuko Claremont, who will explore responses to atomic bomb literature in her talk, Nuclear Legacies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Also this month, you can join exhibition curator Dr Guy Hansen as he discusses editorial cartooning at The Canberra Times with cartoonists Geoff Pryor and David Pope. It’s bound to be an entertaining conversation as they share insights into the changes in Australia’s newspaper industry.
Book Launch: Australia’s First Naturalists
Well into the twentieth century, Indigenous people were routinely engaged by collectors, illustrators and others with an interest in Australia’s mammals—yet there was little, if any, recognition of their contribution.
Join authors Penny Olsen and Lynette Russell for an in-depth discussion of the crucial contribution made by Aboriginal people to early Australian zoology.
Tuesday 11 June | 6pm
Book your free ticket to the launch of Australia’s First Naturalists
Webinar: Australian Web Archive
Rediscover your recent history in the Australian Web Archive. Learn how to search Trove to find Australian websites from the last 20 years.
Wednesday 5 June | 1pm
Blog: What Is a Micro Fish?
Are you searching for electoral rolls and historical resources to assist you with family history research? Make sure you look at our microform resources, which include microfiche, microfilm, microprint and more.
While some people may think microform is dead, we still regularly receive collection items in these formats and may have just what you’re looking for.
The Gerritsen Collection: Women’s History Online, 1543–1945
Are you interested in the history of feminism and the women’s rights movement? The Gerritsen Collection of Women’s History provides an entire international library spanning four centuries and documenting the lives and experiences of women in the public and private arenas.
Use your Library card to access this resource from home.
Inked: Australian Cartoons
By Guy Hansen
Presenting a selection of thought-provoking cartoons from our extensive archive, Inked: Australian Cartoons demonstrates the depth and breadth of Australia’s cartooning history. From the First Fleet to the present day, little has escaped the satirical pens of our skilled cartoonists.
$29.99 | Buy Inked: Australian Cartoons
Unbound: New Issue
In the latest issue of Unbound, we look at the life of musician and author Peter Gelling, investigate the use of music in historic house museums and discover Italian folk music in the Library’s collections.
Images: 1. nla.cat-vn6931141; 2. nla.cat-vn2105485; 3. nla.cat-vn1866133; 4. Exhibition Curator Rosalind Clarke looks at Frank Hurley photographs; 5. David Pope (b.1965), How Your Weekly Cartoon Is Produced (detail), 1997, courtesy David Pope; 6. cover of Australia’s First Naturalists; 7. National Library of Australia website, 10 January 2001; 8. Microform reader with various types of microform; 9. nla.cat-vn6301456; 10. cover of Inked; 11. nla.cat-vn550381
