On the cover this month
Bruce Howard (b 1936)
On a Bicyle Built for?
[Melbourne]: Herald and Weekly Times, 1981
gelatin silver photograph; 30.3 x 40.5 cm
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This
visual record of how one Melbourne family solved its transport problems
is part of the Library’s current exhibition, In a New Light: Australian
Photography 1930s-2000, curated by Helen Ennis.
Lesser known
photographers, as well as the Australian 'greats'--Frank Hurley, Harold
Cazneaux, Olive Cotton, David Moore, Jeff Carter,Wolfgang Sievers and
Athol Shmith--are represented in this ambitious exhibition of more than
300 works depicting Australian life in the last six decades of the
twentieth century.
January 2005 Volume XV Number 4
REDLIGHTGREEN: HOW TO 'GOOGLE' YOUR LIBRARY CATALOGUE
Merrilee Proffitt explains how RedLightGreen makes searching library catalogues more like surfing the Web
INDEXING AND DELIVERY OF HISTORICAL MAPS USING TlMEMApTM
We invited Ian Johnson to describe an innovative research tool for clients using map collections in the National Library and elsewhere
'BUILDING CASTlES IN THE AIR' -- THE CASTIEAU DIARIES
Mark Finnane gives us a tantalising glimpse into the diaries of a colourful official who was acquainted with many of the notable characters of 'Marvellous Melbourne' from the 1850s to the 1880s
WHAT TIME'S DINNER, MA?
Russell Doust has a bit of fun tracking changes in our grazing habits
COMIC CAPERS IN THE NATIONAL LIBRARY
Edgar Crook investigates the varied history and fortunes of the comic book in Australia
FRIENDS
A regular news page about the activities of the Friends of the National Library of Australia
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