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Nora Heysen - Flowers in a Delft Vase c.1946
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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

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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