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Website Archives

Some earlier versions of the State Library of Victoria website can be found on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, a service which allows people to access and use archived versions of websites. The database holds snapshots from 1997 to 2003

More comprehensive archiving of the Library's website has been captured in the PANDORA web archive hosted by the National Library of Australia. The following sites are available:

Life on the Goldfields

Material taken from the State Library's rich collections of paintings, postcards, books, maps, theatre posters and diaries illustrates the world of the miners.

Eureka Stockade

This is an online version of a publication produced by the Education Centre of the State Library of Victoria.

1956 Melbourne Olympics

This exhibition site explores the history of Australia's first experience hosting an Olympic Games in 1956, and the impact it had on Australia as a nation.

All the Rage: The Poster in Victoria 1850-2000

This website is based on the exhibition of the same name held at the Keith Murdoch Gallery at the State Library of Victoria.

Charles Joseph La Trobe: Landscapes and Sketches

This exhibition provides information on the man, his travels and his art. La Trobe published four folios of watercolour sketches illustrating his travel experiences.  

Children's Literature Exhibitions and Interviews

A compilation of sites including Andrew and Janet McLean, Children's Books of Margaret Mahy, Domesticity to danger: themes in girl's annuals 1880-1960, Ethereal of earthly, friend or foe: bunyips in Australian children's literature, Evil females in children's books, Gingerbread Man meets Dali: postmodernism and the picturebook, Moomintrolls, Moving tales: paper engineering and children's pop-up books, My oath: 102 years of Seven Little Australians, Sister Night and Sister Day, Southall from a-z: Ash Road to Ziggurat.

Federation of Australia

This website covers the key figures, main themes, reports in newspapers and an image gallery. 

Victorian Rules Football

In 1996 when the original of this exhibition was presented at the State Library of Victoria, there was much to celebrate, particularly the centenary of the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the Australian Football League (AFL).  

 
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