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Margaret Ackland, 1954—
Portrait of Richard Wherrett, 1988
acrylic on canvas; 182.2 x 165.7 cm
From the Pictorial collection

 

April 1996 Volume VI Number 7

TELEVISION IN AUSTRALIA: 40 YEARS ON

In the first of two articles on the fortieth anniversary of television in Australia, Barry York explores the National Library’s collections for historical information

A TREASURE CONCEALED IN THE PALM

Tina Faulk has uncovered in the National Library’s Manuscript collection a rare and remarkable example of a Sanskrit manuscript hand-tooled on palm leaves

TEAMWORK ON THE INTERNET

Linda Groom explains how a project team, based in the National Library, uses the Internet to communicate with its members located throughout the world

HANDS-ON HELP FOR PACIFIC LAW LIBRARIES

Law librarians in Australia and New Zealand are providing valuable expertise and resources to assist their counterparts in Pacific Island countries. Marion Anthony reports

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

News & Notes

A SENSE OF PLACE: LIFE, DEATH AND MUSIC IN AN INDUSTRIAL TOWN

Based on her research and her experiences with the Moe Folklife Project in the La Trobe Valley of Victoria, Gwenda Davey discusses the role of music in conveying a sense of place

FRIENDS

A regular news page about the activities of the Friends of the National Library of Australia

NLA PUBLICATIONS

The Angry Penguin: Selected Poems of Max Harris, a compilation of poems written by Max Harris throughout his life, has just been published by the National Library

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