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National Library of Australia
Vintage Crochet builds on the success of Vintage Knits (2022) and features vintage patterns from Australian publications such as the Australian Women's Weekly and the Australian Woman's Mirror.
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'Petite, plucky and always immaculately dressed in the constraint of Victorian finery...throughout her life she was acclaimed internationally, winning 29 medals, and accolades from leading art critics. Her work was…
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'[Cazneaux's] work is what matters, its place in the history of Australian photography and its influence on past, present and future generations of photographers.' - Max Dupain, 1978
Harold Cazneaux…
Stories of migration are very much part of the Australian experience. In most homes in Australia, you will find a bookcase, mantelpiece or shelf with a display of family photos…
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Tapping into the trend for everything vintage, as well as the 'handmade revolution' and resurgence of knitting, this book will bring style and joy to any modern knitter!
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Enter the musical world of Stuart and Georgian Britain, of concert-going, music makers and thinkers, printers and publishers.
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Reveals a wealth of Australian stories through a representative selection of the treasures held in Australia’s national, state and Territory libraries, covering the period from pre-European settlement to the present…
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Ellis Rowan (1848-1922) was a painter, naturalist, writer and explorer. For almost 50 years, she travelled to remote parts of Australia, India, Europe, America and New Guinea in pursuit of…
The modernist RSL club, the Art Deco cinema, the stilted Queenslander or the elaborate Edwardian. The iconography of Australia's regional towns is familiar to many of us, whether we live…
This influential work of political philosophy argues for the natural rights of all human beings and outlines a vision for a fairer and more equal society. Written in the wake…
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Sport is a story telling machine. When we watch a game, race or competition, there are all the makings of a great tale. There are heroes and villains. There are…
Various sacred fragments spanning the 11th-16th centuries; Latin texts.
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