AUSTRALIAN FOOD ICONS from the MATERIAL HISTORIES SERIES RUN BY THE OLD TREASURY BUILDING IN MELBOURNE You can view it in the Old Treasury Building website. Happy little Vegemite soldiers: … [Read more...]
Using ephemera in history making
THIS TUESDAY, 12 NOVEMBER, 6-7.30PM, ‘Ephemera as historical sources’ is part of the ‘Making Public Histories series’ run by the History Council of Victoria. Speakers: Dr Annette … [Read more...]
Melbourne Conversations: addendum (archiving the ephemeral)
What records do Australians keep, and what do we burn? As local artist Leisa Shelton opens her exhibition 'Addendum: Archiving the Ephemeral', where she will be burning her 40-year archive, … [Read more...]
Collecting maps: an uncharted journey 30 October 2019
'Collecting maps: an uncharted journey' presented by Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy AM. Robert has been an avid map collector for over 40 years, from $20 tourist maps to rare charts of … [Read more...]
Vintage cookery booklets
FREE TALK AT 11 AM ON 19 MAY 2019, CAMBERWELL LIBRARY MEETING ROOMS, hear and see part of a wonderful collection about food donated to the State Library of Victoria. Our speaker is Richard Overell … [Read more...]
Rare? Digital?
MONDAY 3 JULY, 10AM What will the rare book of the future look like? Digitally published books Presented by Ephemera Society of Australia by ESA member Mimmo Cozzolino. In 2012 Mimmo … [Read more...]
Collecting comics
Thursday, 6 July 6.30 pm - SEE HIGHLIGHTS FROM A WORLD CLASS COMIC BOOK COLLECTION. Part of Rare Books Week in Melbourne: Presented by the Book Collectors` Society of Australia (Victoria) ESA … [Read more...]
19th century immersion journalism
15 September 11 am; journalist and author Thornton McCamish will lead Michael Cannon and Bob Flippen in a conversation about the new edition of a selection of the best works by the 19th-century … [Read more...]
Old SF and fantasy books and magazines
15 September 6pm: all comers are welcome to here Bruce Gillespie talk on Australian science fiction at the next Book SPEAKER: Bruce Gillespie will speak on his involvement with Australian science … [Read more...]