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Amalie Colquhoun, 1894?-1974
Portrait of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
oil on canvas; 66x 53 cm
From the Pictorial Collection
Photographed for reproduction by National Library Photographic Services

 

October 1993 Volume IV Number 1

HISTOIRE GENEALOGIQUE

Mauritius and Family History at the National Library

From records held in the National Library, Edward Duyker traces back Australia’s links with Mauritius from the beginning of the seventeenth century, to an overview of current Mauritian–Australian exchanges

A NATIONAL IDENTITY

The Ideas for Australia Program held a forum, 'Museums: An Argument With Their Own Society' at the National Museum, Canberra in June this year. Penelope Layland reports on the role of collecting institutions in forming a national identity

ANNOTATIONS OF CHILDHOOD

Deakin University Library holds a fascinating collection of old school textbooks and other material relating to childhood. Susan Powell explores this rich and diverse material

FRIENDS

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

NLA PUBLICATIONS

The SPRING 1993 issue of Voices focuses on the performing arts in Australia and will be published mid-October

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