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Thursday, 9 April 2015–Monday, 4 June 2018
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30 Nov 2017
State Library Victoria today awarded the 2017 Dromkeen Medal to esteemed editor and publisher Erica Wagner. READ MORE
29 Nov 2017
UK artist and Turner Prize recipient, Keith Tyson’s Gordian Knot Tapestry has been gifted to the State Library of Victoria by Elisabeth Murdoch. READ MORE
29 Nov 2017
The award-winning Indigenous novelist Alexis Wright has been appointed as the Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature at the University of Melbourne. READ MORE
The State Library is the keeper of Victoria's history – and home to millions of stories. Get to know the treasures and curiosities from our incredible collection, and hear tales from our community and from inside the Library.
The Library also holds a small but fascinating assortment of manuscripts produced in the Islamic world.
Around 7 million records detailing the history of land use in Victoria are now available online.
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Madame de Staël was one of the most influential women of the French revolutionary and Napoleonic years.