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Olive Cotton (b. 1911)
Seed Head 1991
gelatin silver photograph; 32.5 x 27.7 cm on a sheet 40.4 x 36.5 cm
Pictorial Collection (P1683/E)

August 2000 Volume X Number 11

A DANCER'S DREAM: HELENE KIRSOVA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIAN DANCE
  Helene Kirsova made a great contribution to the development of dance in Australia. But, says Michelle Potter, her life has remained slightly mysterious
AN AMERICAN IN SYDNEY
  What did visitors to Sydney's International Exhibition in the 1880s think of the city? Judy Cannon discovers American W. Anderson's candid impressions in the National Library's collection
DRAWING WITH LIGHT: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF OLIVE COTTON
  A new exhibition, curated by Helen Ennis for the Art Gallery of New South Wales, reveals the diverse photographic practice of Olive Cotton
THE RESEARCH ADVENTURE
  In the second of two articles about the National Library's April conference, Challenging Australian History: Discovering New Narratives, Diana Giese outlines some of the challenges of the relationships between libraries and the research community
CURTAIN CALLS

Ann Nugent discovers some gems of Australian theatre history in the National Library's collection of theatre broadsides, playbills and posters
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  Eyes to the Future: Sketches of Australia and Her Neighbours in the 1870s
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