After a long history of evolution, legislative changes mean the Prahran Mechanics Institute is poised for an even brighter future. In 1799 the physician and philanthropist Dr George Birkbeck gave a series of free lectures for the working men of Glasgow. Extremely popular, the lectures led to more permanent facilities dedicated to workers’ education: the Edinburgh…
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Library Planet Blog, March 2024
1. We would love to publish profiles of your favourite libraries. Please send profiles to booksofkells@live.com.au 2. Some recent posts on Library Planet include profiles of Vancouver Public Library, the Kyoto International Manga Museum, Mildura Library, the State Library of Queensland, Murray Valley libraries and the Brussels Air Museum. <https://libraryplanet.net/> 3. Please also check out…
Melbourne University Publishing: A Centenary History
1. Why did you want to write about the history of Australia’s oldest university press? I relished the opportunity to write about one of Australia’s most important publishers. Many details of MUP’s history are not widely known, and with the press reaching its centenary, the timing for the book was just right. I’ve always been…
Mildura Library, Mildura, Victoria, Australia
A Library Planet post by Fiona Kells The Mildura Library is housed in the Alfred Deakin Centre. The Centre, which was named in honour of Australia’s second Prime Minister, opened in 1997. Up until that time, the Mildura Library had occupied the nearby Carnegie Centre, a grand old dame of a building that opened in…
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