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Kathleen Gorham and Vassilie Trunoff as Columbine and Harlequin in Le Carnaval
Borovansky Ballet, c.1956
W.F. Stringer Collection; Pictorial Collection P544/BB/196/A

July 2001 Volume XI Number 10

BORO’s BALLET: THE MAKING OF AN AUSTRALIAN BALLET, 1939—1961
 

Michelle Potter celebrates the life and achievements of Edouard Borovansky which are documented in a newly released video

SAMUEL’s LEGACY: THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL DICTIONARY
  Bill Ramson describes the work of the modern-day lexicographer
NOTHING IF NOT A SURVIVOR: VLADIMIR LEZAK BORIN
  In relating the life of a pioneering multicultural novelist, Stephen Holt gives us an insight into postwar Australia
THOMAS JOHN LEY: POLITICIAN AND MURDERER
  The National Library holds more than just books—Barry York discovers an urn containing the ashes of a convicted murderer and former Minister for Justice in New South Wales
GUARDIAN ANGELS OF THE INFORMATION AGE

In this edited version of his Word Festival lecture, Murray Waldren discusses the challenge that libraries face in this era of information overload
FRIENDS PAGE

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ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
  Highlighting events marking the Centenary of Federation, and the 100th Anniversary of the National Library of Australia
 
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