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The People's
Treasures
The People's
Treasures invites readers into the magnificent and diverse collections
of the National Library of Australia.
Built up
over nearly a century the treasures range from such notable icons as James
Cook's Endeavour journal and the personal notebook of Captain Bligh
from his ill-fated Bounty voyage to rare accounts of emigrant experiences
and trade voyages; from exquisite documentary paintings by notable artists
including Tom Roberts, S.T. Gill, Augustus Earle and Conrad Martens to
rare maps charting the coastline of Terra Australis; and from treasures
of the Asian and Pacific region including posters from the Taiping Rebellion
and records of early exploration to contemporary photographs of Australia
and the Australian way of life.
The People's
Treasures provides a tempting insight into the richness of the collections
held in the National Library of Australia for the people of Australia.
Information
on author:
John Thompson
grew up in Australia in the 1950s. He is a graduate in history from Monash
University and the Australian National University where he is now working
on a study of the public career of historian Geoffrey Serle. From 1979
until 1999 he was employed at the National Library of Australia. He was
Director of Australian Collections and Services from 1987-92. His other
publications are Faces of Mandurama (19), Hurley’s Australia:
Myth, Dream, Reality (1999), Of Love and Friendship (1998)
and The Oxford Book of Australian Letters (with Brenda Niall, 1998).
At present, he is preparing an anthology of writings selected from Australian
journals and diaries for Oxford University Press.
ISBN 0 642
10597 9
1993, pb, 240 x 240 mm, 88 pp, colour illus.

Last
updated 11 September 2000
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