A large increase in curiosity about local urban history has prompted the State Library of Victoria (SLV) to develop its own phone app illustrating the grandeur of Melbourne in a bygone era. In 2008, ...

More than 200,000 votes were cast in the 1,000 Libraries Awards, with State Library Victoria ranking as the world's seventh most beautiful Melbourne is overflowing with cosy cafés and magical secret ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. There is a majestic feel to the Athenaeum Theatre on Collins Street, in Melbourne’s CBD. With its ...

Victoria’s iconic Melbourne library is turning 165. Take a look behind the scenes and lesser known secrets including ghosts and a gun safe. Originally called the Melbourne Public Library, it is ...

Nick Cave, 1973, gelatin silver photograph by Ashley Mackevicius. Gift of the artist 2006, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Goths, punks and hipsters roam the streets, wilfully asserting their ...

An exhibition remembering Melbourne's original gay liberation movement will help celebrate the launch of the City Library's first queer collection of books. Graphic novels and gay fiction that not so ...

The redevelopment of a city block to create a University of Melbourne student precinct – with hopes of enticing students back to campus after the pandemic — has won Victoria’s top architecture award.

How a librarian’s trip to the car park planted the seed for a project to help people who can’t afford wifi It was during Melbourne’s sixth lockdown that Coralie Kouvelas started noticing the cars. The ...