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David Moore (b.1927)
Bar Billiards, Lancelin, Western Australia, 1963
gelatin silver photograph on layout sheets; 38 x 27 em or smaller
Pictorial Collection P2102/38

This evocative image forms part of the exhibition Belonging: A Century Celebrated, currently showing at the National Library of Australia and the National Archives. In the section 'Dressed to belong', it is suggested that the way people dress can say much about where they feel they belong and that not only formal but informal dress codes operate among different groups of society.

 

September 2001 Volume XI Number 12

FREDA THOMPSON: GYPSY IN A MAJOR MOTH

Judy Cannon researches the life of the first Australian woman to fly solo from England to Australia

BEYOND SURVIVAL: RECLAIMING CULTURE

The Khmer Community in Australia talks to Diana Giese about cultural revival, change and growth in this country

A MAN FOR HIS TIME: ALLAN PERCY FLEMING CBE,OBE

John Brudenall shows how Allan Fleming's vision, leadership and enthusiasm contributed to making two libraries the great institutions they are today

BELONGING: A CENTURY CELEBRATED

Roslyn Russell describes the conceptual and organisational process behind the current exhibition at the National Library of Australia

HOWARD FLOREY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PENICILLIN

Barry York discusses the work of Howard Florey, the medical scientist responsible for turning penicillin into a dispensable drug which saves countless lives worldwide

FRIENDS

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

100TH BIRTHDAY BOOK SEARCH

Help uncover items on the National Library's desiderata list

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