Tuesday, 1 January 2019–Tuesday, 31 December 2019
Space closures on Tue 15 Jan
2 Jan 2019
On Tue 15 Jan the La Trobe Reading Room, Cowen Gallery and Dome Galleries exhibitions will be closed to visitors. READ MORE
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Thursday, 8 March 2018–Sunday, 19 January 2020
Self-made: zines and artist books
Saturday, 1 December 2018–Tuesday, 31 December 2019
Peter Wille: Out driving
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2018 in eresources
Find out what we added to the Library’s eresources collection this year.
Jessie Traill: An artist at war
During World War I Jessie Traill spent five years serving as a British Voluntary Aid Detachment.
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Country publicans index
Victorian country hotels and their licensees are now easier to research.