On the cover this month
Michael Leunig (b.1945)
Street Football c.1990 (detail)
watercolour, gouache and crayon on paper; 21.0 x 36.3 cm
Pictures Collection, H98.98/1
State Library of Victoria
Gift of Helga Leunig, 1996
Michael
Leunig’s artwork is one of more than 170 items gathered from
Australia’s state and territory libraries which, along with works from
the National Library’s Collection, make up a major exhibition, National
Treasures from Australia’s Great Libraries, showing around Australia,
beginning at the National Library in December.
November 2005 Volume XVI Number 2
NATIONAL TREASURES FROM AUSTRALIA'S GREAT LIBRARIES
A preview of the major national exhibition opening at the Library in December, before touring Australia
A TASMANIAN TREASURE: HOBART'S ALLPORT LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Christopher Bantick introduces one of the Heritage Collections of the State Library of Tasmania
MIRROR OF THE WORLD: THE NATIONAL LIBRARY AND UNESCO'S MEMORY OF THE WORLD PROGRAM
Gwenda Beed Davey gives an update on a major international cultural initiative
SCHOLARS' VOICES
Ann Moyal samples an array of interviews from the Library’s Oral History Collection
EBENEZER EDWARD GOSTELOW--A NAME WITH WHICH TO CONJURE
Christobel Mattingley looks at the lifework of one of Australia’s most significant nature painters
FRIENDS
A regular news page about the activities of the Friends of the National Library of Australia
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