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Ian Kenins (b.1961)
Australian String Quartet, (left to right) Peter Tanfield, James Cuddeford, Keith Crellin and
Niall Brown, out on the blinding white salt plains of Lake Hart for a filming of a dream sequence
which was part of an ABC documentary of their 1999 tour of outback South Australia
col. transparency; 5.3 x 7.9 cm
Pictures Collection,
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Ian Kenin’s image of the Australian String Quartet is one of many that can be accessed through MusicAustralia, a unique new service which enables users to discover Australian music <www.musicaustralia.org> and the people who made it. MusicAustralia contains almost 150 000 Australian musical resources--of which more than 10 000 are currently online--including digitised scores, audio, websites, archives, pictures, books and theses (see story on page 3).

 

May 2005 Volume XV Number 8

AUSTRALIA'S MUSIC: ONLINE, IN TIME

Robyn Holmes and Marie-Louise Ayres speak about MusicAustralia, the latest online service, launched at the Library in March by Senator the Honourable Rod Kemp, Minister for the Arts and Sport

THE MYTH AND MAGICAL WRITING OF CHARMIAN CLIFT

With a resurgence of interest in the works of author Charmian Clift, Tina Faulk considers aspects of her eniqmatic life

STILL flYING TOWARDS THE SUN

Providing an alternative view, Charmian Clift’s biographer, Nadia Wheatley, speaks of the issues that shaped the person and her writing

STAGING THE REVOLUTION: TRACES OF THEATRICAL CULTURE IN FRENCH EVOLUTIONARY
PAMPHLETS

Michael E. McClellan discovers some fascinating French theatrical practices through his examination of the Library’s holdings of eighteenth and early-nineteenth-century French pamphlets

MILES FRANKLIN: A BRILLIANT CAREER?

Paul Brunton reveals contradictions between the private and public life of renowned Australian author Miles Franklin

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