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The Pioneer Schottische or the Alligator Hop',
music by Hewetson Burne, Queensland
(London: Crowther & Goodman; Melbourne: Gordon & Gotch, 1900)

Sheet music is a remarkable record of the social history of an era, reflecting changing beliefs and ideals. Musical and visual images keep alive a whole history of personalities, passions, attitudes and social activities. The National Library of Australia's latest publication, The Collector's Book a/Sheet Music Covers, portrays some 100 images of Australian sheet music held in the National Library and discusses the themes and stories associated with them.

 

November 2001 Volume XII Number 2

LOVE AMONG THE LOTUSES: THE STORY BEHIND AN EDWARDIAN 'HIT' SONG

Jennifer M.T. Carter discovers that the poet 'Laurence Hope' was in fact a remarkable and tragic woman Paragraph text

SHEET MUSIC AND AUSTRALIAN STORIES

Robyn Holmes reveals that sheet music, in its capacity as both a visual and aural record, can tell us much about our past and present society

COMMUNITY HERITAGE GRANTS: PRESERVING AUSTRALIA'S DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Roslyn Russell highlights some of the successful 2001 Community Heritage Grant applications which, in their diversity and quality, represent the commitment of Australians to recording and conserving their heritage

THE READERS OF '68

Graeme Powell delves into the Libraty's register of reader's tickets to discover some well-known names amongst those who first used the research facilities of the current building

FEDERATION CARTOONS: A CLUB-MAN'S VIEWS

Ann Nugent finds Federation cartoons revealing in their attitude to women

FRIENDS

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

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

Highlighting events marking the Centenaty of Federation, and the 100th Anniversary of the National Libraty of Australia

100TH BIRTHDAY BOOKSEARCH

Help uncover items on the National Libraty's desiderata list

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