National Library of Australia Annual Report 2000-01
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Public Outreach

Involving the broader community in the Library's activities and reaching beyond Canberra has been a focus over the past year. Particular public outreach highlights this year include:

The annual Kenneth Myer Lecture hosted by the Friends of the National Library in Melbourne in August. A capacity audience listened to world-renowned scientist and Australian of the Year 2000, Sir Gustav Nossal, AC, CBE, speak on a variety of issues including public health and Indigenous reconciliation.
Sir Gustav Nossal and Yvonne Cramer

Sir Gustav Nossal who gave the Kenneth Myer Lecture for 2000, and Chair of the National Library Friends Committee Yvonne Cramer,
30 August 2000

 



Assisting community organisations around Australia to preserve documentary heritage material in their care through the Community Heritage Grants program. Funding and training in preservation techniques were given to 32 organisations throughout Australia. This year the National Archives of Australia agreed to become a partner with the Library and the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.

Max 1935

click to enlarge imageOlive Cotton (b. 1911)
Max 1935
Collection of the McInerney family, courtesy Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney

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Helen Ennis, guest curator, introduces the Olive Cotton exhibition
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, courtesy ABC



Launching a sponsorship and fundraising program. During its first year, the program has focused on seeking support for exhibitions, developing a Treasures Gallery within the Library where visitors can have year-round access to many of the icons of Australia's history held in the Collection. A 100th Birthday BookSearch was also established at the Library and aims to discover items that will fill gaps in the Library's Collection.


Four major exhibitions held at the Library—Olive Cotton, Nora Heysen, Cook & Omai: The Cult of the South Seas and Banksias—Watercolours by Celia Rosser from the Monash University Collection. Four exhibitions also toured to eight locations throughout Australia.


The publication this year of Remarkable Occurrences: The National Library of Australia's First 100 Years 1901–2001 and The Genius of Donald Friend: Drawings from the Diaries 1942–1989.

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