On the cover this month
Olive Cotton (b. 1911)
Seed Head 1991
gelatin silver photograph; 32.5 x 27.7 em on a sheet 40.4 x 36.5 cm
Pictorial Collection (P1683/E)
The exhibition Olive Cotton, curated by Helen Ennis for the Art Gallery
of New South Wales and on display at the National Library of Australia
until 8 October 2000, reveals the photographic practice of Olive
Cotton. In a career spanning six decades--ftom the 1930s to the
1990s--Cotton produced many outstanding photographs in such diverse
fields as portraiture, still life and landscape. But it is the natural
world that has been at the heart of her work, resulting in numerous
photographs of natural subjects, such as Seed Head, Vapour Trail and
Cherokee Rose.
August 2000 Volume X Number 11
A DANCER'S DREAM: HELENE KIRSOVA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIAN DANCE
Helene Kirsova made a great contribution to the development of dance in Australia. But, says Michelle Potter, her life has remained slightly mysterious
AN AMERICAN IN SYDNEY
What did visitors to Sydney's International Exhibition in the 1880s think of the city? Judy Cannon discovers American W. Anderson's candid impressions in the National Library's collection
DRAWING WITH LIGHT: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF OLIVE COTTON
A new exhibition, curated by Helen Ennis for the Art Gallery of New South Wales, reveals the diverse photographic practice of Olive Cotton
THE RESEARCH ADVENTURE
In the second of two articles about the National Library's April conference, Challenging Australian History: Discovering New Narratives, Diana Giese outlines some of the challenges of the relationships between libraries and the research community
CURTAIN CALLS
Ann Nugent discovers some gems of Australian theatre history in the National Library's collection of theatre broadsides, playbills and posters
FRIENDS
A regular news page about the activities of the Friends of the National Library of Australia
NLA PUBLICATIONS
Eyes to the Future: Sketches of Australia and Her Neighbours in the 1870s
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