On the cover this month
Marcus Fillinger
Series presenter Betty Churcher with the National Library’s silver kettle and
spirit lamp given to Sir Joseph Banks by Queen Charlotte in 1813
Photo taken during the filming of ABC-TV’s Hidden Treasures, series 2
(Courtesy Film Australia)
Betty Churcher inspects the silver kettle and spirit lamp which Queen Charlotte presented to Sir Joseph Banks during his convalescence from an illness in 1813. This photograph was taken during production of Film Australia’s Hidden Treasures, series 2, television program which highlights a number of the National Library of Australia’s items in 10 weekly episodes of 10 minutes each. Other Library ‘treasures’ featured include the recently discovered watercolours of First Fleet artist George Raper, various artistic renditions of the death of Captain Cook, and items from the Maps Collection. The series, following an earlier one in which Ms Churcher presented treasured items from the National Gallery of Australia, commences on ABC 1 on Tuesday 3 June, immediately before the 7.00 pm News. Read the full article
June 2008 Volume XVIII Number 9
Judging progress towards a civilised society: Stanley Leighton’s colonial Australian tour, 1868
Marion Amies investigates some illuminating albums and journals in the Manuscripts Collection
A few words from William Dawes and George Bass
Keith Vincent Smith explores the role of Dawes and Bass in the recording of early Sydney’s Indigenous language
Charles Ulm: Master Mind of Early Australian Aviation
Christobel Mattingley tells the tale of a great air services pioneers
Further Glimpses of Mr Gilbert’s ‘Beautiful Parrakeet’
Penny Olsen adds a postscript to the paradise parrot’s tale, following the Library’s publication of her book Glimpses of Paradise last year
Betty’s New Little Blockbuster
Ian Warden previews ABC-TV’s Hidden Treasures, series 2, in which Betty Churcher discovers some of the Library’s prize holdings
Friends
A regular news page about the activities of the Friends of the National Library of Australia
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