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Ross Dearing
Exterior of one of the houses on the property ofDonald Friend, Bali, 1975
colour transparency; 35 mm
Pictures Collection
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When the artist Donald Friend died in 1989, he left behind over 40 volumes of his diary, now held in the National Library of Australia. Friend lived a peripatetic life in Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Australia and Bali and his diaries speak of art, love, friendship and travel. The diaries showcase his skill as both draughtsman and writer. They are being published by the National Library as a major ongoing project, with volume 2 shortly to become available. This is one of 10 recently acquired photographs which document Donald Friend’s life in Bali.

 

May 2003 Volume XIII Number 8

NED, JUANITA AND THE GANG!

John Thomson sings the praises of Australian musicals

'A LIVELY,MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNITY HUB'

Diana Giese visits three key Sydney libraries and examines their changing roles within local communities

SIR DAVID GRIFFIN: RENAISSANCE MAN

Meredith Hinchliffe describes the extraordinary achievements of Sir David Griffin, CBE

CREATING A GOTHIC PARADISE: PUG IN AT THE ANTIPODES

An edited extract of the launch speech made by Sir Alastair Goodlad, British High Commissioner, at the opening of the Pugin exhibition at the National Library on 12 February 2003

PUBLIC LIBRARIES: COMMUNITY GATEWAYS IN THE INFORMATION AGE

Penelope Layland reveals how public libraries have reinvented themselves as access points to the world of digitised knowledge-helped by initiatives such as the National Library’s Kinetica cataloguing system

FRIENDS

A regular news page about the activities of the Friends of the National Library of Australia

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