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✨ Give your ideas a flying start!
Applications are now open for the 2025 Fellowship Program.
As a Library fellow you can delve into the collection, bringing new perspectives on Victorian life and history.
👀 Read more & apply! slv.vic.gov.au/fellowships
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🎉 Happy 111th birthday to the iconic La Trobe Reading Room Dome!
Since 1913, this stunning space has inspired generations of readers, researchers & dreamers. Dive into its history 👉 guides.slv.vic.gov.au/slvhis…
📷 Domed Reading Room, c.1940, Herald & Weekly Times; H94.5
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#AFLGrandFinal fever has hit fever pitch in Melbourne! 🏆 But did you know university students played a key role in shaping the VFL? 🤯
Read the blog 👉 blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-sto…
📷 The University Football Team, Weekly Times, 8 May 1909
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🌟 Be Tiny but Mighty these #SchoolHolidays!
With just moments of Term 3 remaining, step into a world where being small is a superpower! 🌱🌊 Seas of fantastical stories, creative workshops, and interactive Storytimes to ignite imaginations.
👉 slv.vic.gov.au/stories/spotl…
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📰 Learn how to navigate the Library’s extensive newspaper collection! Discover how to explore over 4000 local and international newspapers dating back to the 18th century.
📅 10-11am, Tues 17 Sep via Zoom
🔗 slv.vic.gov.au/whats-on/news…
📷 Cumming, L. G. (1910)
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This #FathersDay, we celebrate all the special people in our lives who guide, support, and inspire us—whether they're dads, mentors, or other loved ones ✨
📷 Welcome home for Dad [1945], Argus Newspaper Collection of Photographs, State Library of Victoria, H98.103/4737
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We’ve all got that one princess in the family 👑
Dig a little deeper into your family stories at State Library Victoria. Follow the clues today at slv.vic.gov.au/national-fami…
📷 Vincent W Kelly, Studio portrait of a young girl …, c. 1910-1935, H2024.6/42
#FamilyHistoryMonth
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🏅Feeling the #Olympic spirit with #Paris2024? Flashback to #Melbourne1956! Relive iconic moments with our collection 👉 bit.ly/SLV_Olympics
📷 Autograph hunters at the athletes' village, Heidelberg, 1956. Credit: © Herald & Weekly Times
#AllezAUS @AUSOlympicTeam
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Awkward family photos. Est.1924 📸
Dig a little deeper into your family stories this #FamilyHistoryMonth with State Library Victoria🔍 slv.vic.gov.au/national-fami…
Ruth Hollick, Two girls and two boys wearing party hats ..., c. 1910-1930, https://H2004.61/392
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🚪 The doors are open! It's time for another #OpenHouseMelbourne weekend.
Join members of the Architectus and Heritage Architect teams to explore the Library on a heritage tour 👉 slv.vic.gov.au/whats-on/open…
📷 State Library Victoria North Rotunda portrait gallery
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🌿The magic of Paper Planet is still alive!
Join @PolyglotTheatre for the final days of the school holidays and dive into a world of imagination. 🎨✨
📅 4 - 14 July
📍 Children's Quarter
🎭 FREE
Don't miss out on this enchanting experience!
🔗slv.vic.gov.au/whats-on/pape…
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Limited tickets remain for #RareBookWeek events! 📚
🔍 Dive deeper into the #WorldOfTheBook 2024 collection with events ranging from exploring the Women Writers Fund to viewing collections at the grand Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute.
Book now 👉 slv.vic.gov.au/
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Have you experienced @BaratBatoor's Searching for Sanctuary yet?📷
slv.vic.gov.au/sanctuary
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Who can believe we're already halfway through #SchoolHolidays? 🤯
Elevate your school holidays with a Family Membership. Behind-the-scenes experiences, family passes for school holiday events and discounted tickets to family events! 👇
slv.vic.gov.au/membership
📷 Eva Gorobets
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There's still so much left to do these school holidays at the Library with We Are Makers!
Plan your final week of holiday fun now 👇
slv.vic.gov.au/stories/spotl…
📖👨👩👧👦 Planning a family day out in Melbourne?
Check out State Library Victoria’s free tours for families! Educational and exciting.
tothotornot.com/state-librar…
#melbournekids
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Meet #StateLibraryVictoria's 2024 Fellows! 👋
Awarded to 16 creatives and scholars this year, each Fellow receives a share in $195,000 to support in-depth inquiry into the State Collection.
Learn more about the 2024 Fellows 👇 slv.vic.gov.au/fellowships/
📷 Credit: Jarrod Barnes
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🌍 On this #WorldRefugeeDay, stand in solidarity with refugees and discover the powerful journey of double Walkley Award-winning photographer @BaratBatoor.
Witness his life-affirming documentation of searching for sanctuary 👉slv.vic.gov.au/sanctuary
📍 Open daily 10am - 6pm
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💡 Ideas, imagination, art and nature.
World of the Book features more than 300 rare and remarkable items from the State Collection, uncovering the unique stories they tell.
📆 Open until 18 May 2025
📍 Dome Galleries
👉 slv.vic.gov.au/whats-on/worl…
📷 Credit: Teagan Glenane
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One month remaining! 🍃
Explore and connect with beruk; an exhibition celebrating the life and legacy of William Barak.
📆 Open daily 10:00am - 6:00pm. Must close 22 July 2024
📍 South Rotunda
👉 slv.vic.gov.au/beruk
📷 Credit: James Braund
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Baby, it's cold outside! 🥶📚
With Victorian winter well and truly wintering, now's the time to snuggle up with a selection of fabulous Librarian-curated reads from the winter ebookshelf 👇
slv.vic.gov.au/search-discov…
📷 Abigail Varney
#LibraryVicPic #eBooks
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