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Speech by Professor Geoffrey Bolton, Historian
Given at the Launch of the National Librarys 100th
Anniversary Program.
Merchandise released during 2001 Anniversary Paperweights
Treasures from
the Worlds Great Libraries: The National Library of Australias
Centenary Exhibition
A Collector's Book of Sheet
Music Covers
Bunyips: Australia's
Folklore of Fear
Sharing the Harvest:
Field Recordings
from the Meredith Collection in the National Library of Australia
Hidden Spaces of the
Heart: A Little Book of Love
Remarkable Occurrences: The National Library
of Australias First 100 Years, 19012001
Cook & Omai: The Cult of
the South Seas
100th Birthday
Booksearch To mark the National Library of Australia's 100th
Anniversary, the Library conducted a 100th Birthday BookSearch, in association
with The Australian, to identify the whereabouts of key items not yet
held in the Library's Collection.
Treasures From the
World's Great Libraries exhibition
7 December 2001 - 24 February 2002 The exhibition features over 150
treasures from 39 great libraries in 22 countries. The exhibition is
arranged in themes of Knowledge and belief, Exploring the world, Developing
scientific thought, Challenge and order in society, Expressing
creativity.
National Library Open
Day
The open day was
held on 23 September 2001
Edmund Barton: Our first Prime Minister
web site This site contains a biography, photos, timeline, draft
papers as well as a link through to the Barton papers finding aid.
Federation Gateway
web site The National Library of Australia's Federation Gateway was
created to assist in the location of materials such as books, web sites,
pictures and manuscripts relating to the Federation of Australia.
Federal
Fashions web site Explore this site to discover what life was like
at the time of Federation.
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