Sunday, 1 January 2017–Sunday, 31 December 2017
Queen's Birthday holiday hours, Printing services outage, Journals & Magazines room closure and Chrome browser issues
30 May 2017
The Library is open until 6pm on Queen's Birthday Mon 12 June. Printing services will be unavailable Wed 7 June. The Journals & Magazines room will be closed from 2 June. There are catalogue issues using Google Chrome browser. MORE INFORMATION
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Friday, 17 March 2017–Sunday, 16 July 2017
Katayoun Javan: Building a home away from home
Sunday, 1 January 2017–Sunday, 31 December 2017
The changing face of Victoria
Our latest stories
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.
Visions of fairy land
Herbert Swire was 22 years old when he joined a scientific voyage to Antarctica on board the ship, HMS Challenger.
The 1967 referendum
On 27 May 1967, Australians voted in an historic referendum to change how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were referred to in the Constitution.
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