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Maurice Seymour (photographer)
Irina Baronova as Odette in Swan Lake c.1935
Reproduced from the Special Album No.1, 1938-40 of the Margaret Walker Archives
Manuscript Collection

Irina Baronova was one of Colonel de Basil's celebrated 'baby ballerinas' and began performing with de Basil in his Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo at the age of 13. She toured Australia with the Covent Garden Russian Ballet in 1938-39. She was a great favourite with Australian audiences and was admired for both her classical purity and her expressive powers.

 

December 2000 Volume XI Number 3

WALTER SIMON: A SCHOLAR-LIBRARIAN AND HIS EAST ASIAN COLLECTION

Andrew Gosling describes the life of an outstanding linguist and academic

EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY

Michelle Potter describes how the personal photograph albums of two dancers reveal their personalities

MUSIC FOR THE NATION: THE PUBLIC FACE OF AUSTRALIAN MUSICAL SCHOLARSHIP

Robyn Holmes presents an edited version of a paper delivered at Monash University in honour of the 70th birthday of pioneer Australian musicologist, Professor Andrew McCredie

PRESERVING OUR PAST: COMMUNITY HERITAGE GRANTS

Alex Philp describes the benefits that a Community Heritage Grant can bring

REFLECTIONS OF AUSTRALIA: RESEARCHING THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Maurice Saxby describes how children's books can be a window onto society by reflecting the attitudes of the time

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NLA PUBLICATIONS

Eyes to the Future: Sketches of Australia and Her Neighbours in the 1870s

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