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Rupert Bunny (1864-1947)
Portrait of Henry Handel Richardson c.191 0
oil on canvas; 58.7 x 48.6 cm
Pictotial Collection R4000

Henry Handel Richardson (1870-1946), best known as a novelist, also composed music written exclusively for her own enjoyment and seldom performed. This month the National Library hosts the first of three concerts in the Federation Concert Series. The first of these concerts, entitled Hidden Talents: The Words and Music of Henry Handel Richardson and Frederick Septimus Kelly, will explore the words and music of these two great Australians.

 

June 2001 Volume XI Number 9

IMPRESSIONS OF THE EXOTIC: THE XITH DAVID NICHOL SMITH CONFERENCE

Ann Nugent hears about the role and meaning of the exotic in the eighteenth century

GEORGE DIBBS AND UNIFICATION: THE FORGOTTEN ALTERNATIVE

Tom Campbell writes about the option of unification as proposed by George Dibbs in the federation debates of 100 years ago

IN THE CENTRE, NOT AT THE PERIPHERY: VIETNAMESE AUSTRALIANS CELEBRATE 25 YEARS

Diana Giese reports on the aims and achievements of the Australian Vietnamese community

THE MAN WHO CULTIVATED CANBERRA

Judy Cannon relates how the spirit and work of landscape architect Harry Oakman have enhanced the lives of the countless people who enjoy Canberra's parks and open spaces

REGIONAL ROLE, INDONESIAN FOCUS

June 2001 marks the 30th anniversary of the opening of the National Library of Australia's Regional Office in Jakarta. Oliver Mann describes the challenges of acquiring Indonesian publications in the current era of change and transition

FRIENDS

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

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

Highlighting events marking the Centenary of Federation, and the 100th Anniversary of the National Library of Australia

100TH BIRTHDAY BOOKSEARCH

Help uncover items on the National Library's desiderata list

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