Friends' visit to State Library Victoria

Sep

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 02:00 PM

Location

State Library Victoria
179 La Trobe St
Melbourne, Vic 3000
Australia
Google map and directions

Event contact

Margaret Birtley

0418814957

This event offers a special opportunity to visit some behind-the-scenes areas of State Library Victoria. It's an exclusive opportunity for the HCV Friends, kindly made possible by State Library Victoria, a member of the HCV.

To join the HCV Friends, please sign up here.

Itinerary

Please note that the Swanston Street entrance to the Library will be closed from 21 September onwards, to enable major redevelopments in the building. The Russell Street entrance will open on the same date to allow regular admission to the Library.

Our group will assemble inside Entrance 3 on Latrobe Street (between Russell and Swanston Streets) (see yellow highlighter on the map image, below).

With guidance from the Library's expert staff, we expect to visit the following sections of the Library:

Some La Trobe collection areas, including the Riley Political Ephemera Collection and the Theatre Programmes collection
The digitising studio
The conservation laboratory

We expect to leave the Library at about 3.30 pm on the Russell Street side of the building. In doing so, we will see some of the changes that are taking place as part of the Library's Vision 2020 redevelopment project.

This event is free of charge for HCV Friends, and is organised exclusively for them. Our Friends are warmly invited to book a place in the tour group by clicking the RSVP button at the foot of this page. If you see a "Sold Out" button, you can join the wait-list by sending an email to [email protected].

Following the tour...

All participants are warmly invited to continue the discussion over afternoon tea, at own expense. (We have reserved a table at the Moat in Little Lonsdale Street.)

Entry 3 to State Library Victoria

Please note:

We will be on our feet for most of the tour and may have to climb some stairs, so please wear comfortable shoes.

The itinerary provided here is indicative. There may be some slight changes on the day if circumstances require.

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About

The History Council of Victoria Incorporated (HCV) is the peak body for history in the Australian state of Victoria. Its vision is to connect Victorians with history and to inspire engagement with the past, their identity and the world today. The HCV champions the work of historians and the value of history. It recognises that history can be written about any place, any person, any period. The HCV advocates why history matters.

Events

Our calendar lists all upcoming public events arranged by the History Council of Victoria (HCV), plus events in Victoria, Australia, that are added by our Friends and Members.

If you are organising an event that relates to History, we encourage you to publicise it on our website.

Advocacy

As the peak body for history in Victoria, the History Council makes submissions on current issues. In doing this, the HCV Board is guided by its Advocacy Policy and by the Value of History, a statement developed co-operatively by the HCV and the History Councils of New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia.

Prizes

Since 2015, the HCV has been pleased to sponsor the Years 9 and 10 category of the Historical Fiction Competition organised by the History Teachers' Association of Victoria.

Support

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Summary

The HCV was formed as an advisory body in 2001 and incorporated in 2003. It comprises representatives from cultural and educational institutions and heritage bodies; history teachers and curriculum advisors; academic and professional historians; and local, Indigenous, community and specialist history organisations.

As the peak body for history, the HCV has both ‘outward-looking’ roles (including advocacy and representation to government and the wider community, consultation, community education, and networking with allied interest groups) and ‘inward-looking’ roles (including member support, information dissemination, and networking between members).

Credits

The History Council of Victoria acknowledges the State Library of Victoria and the Public Record Office Victoria for supply of the archival images that appear on this website.

We acknowledge the National Film and Sound Archive for the right to use of the video footage on the home page, titled "Melbourne: Life in Australia (1966)".

Image credits

Italian sailors on ship at Port Melbourne 1938, Argus Newspaper Collection of Photographs, State Library of Victoria
Chinese procession in Collins near Elizabeth Street 1901, Harvie & Sutcliffe, photographers, State Library of Victoria
People’s homes, Aboriginal station Coranderrk 1878, Fred Kruger Photographer, State Library of Victoria
Chinese nurses at Children’s Hospital under scholarship 1947, Argus Newspaper Collection of Photographs, State Library of Victoria
Ladies physical culture class VRI Melbourne c1931, Public Record Office Victoria VPRS 12903/P0001, 011/02
Melbourne Cup, Derby and Oaks Day, Flemington Racecourse 1936, Public Record Office Victoria VPRS 12903/P0001/4802, 372/30
Flinders Street viaduct at foot of Market Street with advertisement for McRobertson’s Chocolate on bridge, Public Record Office Victoria VPRS 12800/P0003, ADV 1342