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Unknown artist
[Portrait of Charles Sturt c.1805]
watercolour and bodycolour on paper;
14.5x17.5 cm
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December 2003 Volume XIV Number 3

WANDERINGS AND GATHERINGS: TRAVELS OF A SURGEON-NATURALIST

 

Jennifer M.T. Carter discusses the exploits of Dr George Bennett in the South Seas

IT'S AUSTRALIAN-AND IT'S GOOD!: THE AUSTRALIAN MUSICAL COLLITS' INN

  John Thomson explores the history of one of the earliest Australian musicals

BUYING BOOKS IN MY GARAGE: MEMORIES OF AN INDONESIAN ACQUISITIONS LIBRARIAN

 

Andrew Gosling describes his time working for the National Library in Indonesia

ETHNIC PRESSES: ASIANS AND ARABS, 1980s-1990s

 

In the second and final instalments, Barry York looks at the Library's collection of ethnic community newspapers published in the 1980s and 1990s

CHEAP LIVERS AND DEATH DODGERS: VEGETARIANISM IN THE NATIONAL LIBRARY

Edgar Crook finds in the National Library a wide variety of material relating to vegetarianism

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