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William Nicholas (1807–1854)
[Portrait of Mary Murray, née Gibbes 1843] 1843
watercolour; 39.4 x 27.8 cm
Pictorial Collection PIC6556

 

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June 2002 Volume XII Number 9

SPIKE MILLIGAN: A LIFE OF BEING FUNNY
 

Spike Milligan made people laugh. Barry York celebrates his achievements

POLITICAL EPHEMERA AND THE HIP-POCKET
  Sally Young takes a look at the Library’s Political Ephemera Collection
KEEPING HOUSE IN THE 1840s
  Tucked away in the Manuscript Collection is a small account book. It reveals a very ordinary life, as Joanna Richardson finds out
AUSTRALIAN ALBUMS: ‘ALL NEW—ALL COLONIAL’
  Music publishing played an important role in shaping an Australian colonial and social identity and was part of an educational vision, as Andrew Greenwood discovers
A WEEKEND OF IDEAS AT MANNING CLARK HOUSE

Roslyn Russell reports on a three-day feast of thinking and bright ideas
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