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Dymphna Cusack 1947
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Pictorial Collection Neg.2869

AUGUST 2001 Volume XI Number 11

GETTING TOGETHER: THE BANGARRA DANCE THEATRE AND THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET
 

Michelle Potter examines Stephen Page's Rites and the groundbreaking partnership between two very different dance companies

SHARED BEGINNINGS: THE NATIONAL LIBRARY AND THE COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY
  Penelope Layland reveals that the early history of the National Library is inextricably linked with that of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library
THE FORGOTTEN PHILANTHROPIST: DAW TEE TEE LUCE (1895–1982)
  Diana Carroll tells of the courageous Burmese woman who worked to help the street children of Rangoon
LITERARY LIVES IN LETTERS
 

Carole Ferrier shows how personal correspondence can be used in a variety of ways by biographers and historians

REPRESENTING THE NATION: THE AUSTRALIAN DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY

Di Langmore reports that, on any given day, research assistants and editors from the ADB can be found combing the various departments in the National Library
FRIENDS PAGE

A regular news page about the activities of the Friends of the National Library of Australia
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
  Highlighting events marking the Centenary of Federation, and the 100th Anniversary of the National Library of Australia
 
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