#State Library Victoria

[lionofchaeronea]

Pont des Saints Pères. no.38, Charles Marville, ca. 1877. Photographic print on cardboard. Now in the State Library Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.

[travelella]

State Library Victoria, Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Dominic Kurniawan Suryaputra

[the-modern-prawnetheus]

"Consider, then: the head of a liberal cultural, knowledge and arts institution is now taking cues on what constitutes safe public speech and “child safety” from Elon “Great Replacement” Musk. It would be hilarious if it weren’t also so insulting to the reputation of Sakr and the other writers; it would be merely ridiculous if it weren’t happening underneath the looming shadow of a slaughter."

[rianafying]

i would’ve gotten more of my homework done but the wifi at the library was super slow on a saturday cause of all the tourists. anyway, yeah this is all i did yesterday and all i will be doing today.

[dianessunflower]

Celebrating 111 years of the iconic Melbourne landmark, the State Library of Victoria's La Trobe Reading Room Dome with a behind-the-scenes look at the Australian Ballet's shoot, filmed with Principal Artist Callum Linnane posing with rare editions of works by Oscar Wilde including The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Nightingale and the Rose.

🎶 Orchestra Victoria conducted by Jonathan Lo

[catsofslv]

Able Seaman K. Wilkins of H.M.A.S. Australia with one of the ship's cats, 1946-1950. From the Argus newspaper collection of war photographs. Period 1946-1950, from the State Library of Victoria.

[redgriffun]

I have covid so cannot go as planned.

Solidarity with Palestine. From River to the Sea.

[blue-bec]

State Library of Victoria - Reading Room.

Photo by Rebecca Dominguez, September 2023

[mrkupadock]

Sanity regained

[amphibious-thing]

Me to anyone who will listen: Actually with a National Library of Australia library card you can access a lot of online resources from anywhere. Anyone with Australian residency can get one for free, you just have to give them your address. And they will mail you the card so you never have to even go the the library itself!!!

[sunshineauramoonlightsoul]

[allanwalshauthor]

A Simple Post on Libraries

Hello Readers, I haven’t done a post that isn’t a book review for some time now, so I thought I would put one together for you. I had a little think about what I could do and came up with this idea, a post on some of the awesome libraries I have visited locally and across the world. So, here are a few of the photos I have taken while on my travels (and one photo I didn’t take). This is the…

[iiannabxth]

class of 09 girls + their aesthetics bc i’m tired of people not getting them.

(minor tw for sh & ed):

jecka: she’s literally a preppy, trendy 2000s teen. she wears lacoste/abercrombie polo shirts, hollister skinny jeans, american eagle, bebe jackets, and juicy couture. a lot of her clothes come from her mom’s job, as apparently her mom gets them for free.

she is a “pharma-princess” and openly idolizes paris hilton. she smokes cigarettes and casually abuses painkillers. she may be a little trashy, but she dresses like any other fashionable girl from that era.

nicole: for starters, shes lower middle class. her mom buys the cheapest internet and cable packages, as well as having nicole on the assisted lunch plan. with that being said, she’s not buying a ton of miss me jeans, bb belts, or affliction shirts. shes a hot topic/spencers fiend bc she can steal it. her outfits are usually a hoodie, tank top, or t-shirt with ripped skinny jeans- which is to say they aren’t very complicated. i think people get confused and try and dress her in the modern “y2k” fashion, but it doesn’t really work for her.

shes severely depressed and winning the idagf war, which is shown in her makeup and nails. i think her makeup routine is very messy and smudged, but thats lowkey the look.

emily: shes rich, but she doesn’t care or acknowledge it. she can buy whatever she wants, but chooses to go for the grungey/emo look. even though she’s the most “scene” character, she still follows a few trends- ex: the lifeguard hoodie. her hair is definitely damaged by the box bleach she uses and the excessive use of her straightener. i also think she 100% has raccoon eyes (in the avril lavigne-way.)

she parties with her sketchy boyfriends, day drinks, and does almost any drug she can get her hands on. she’s suicidal and highkey crazy, which results in her tattoos and scars. (the excessive SH-culture is completely on brand for the 2000s.)

ari: borderline manic pixie dream girl going through a sexuality crisis. she’s almost emo, but not quite. she wears winged eyeliner and red lipgloss. her wardrobe consists of mostly graphic tee shirts and skinny + bootcut jeans. she dyes her hair because “no one understands her,” but she still has a decent relationship with her parents.

she used to be a girl scout, so she definitely cuts her own hair and thinks it’s rebellious. i think her favorite shoe would be black high top converse.

kelly: is the definition of a trendy, trashy, 2000s girl. kelly is also rich (as stated by jecka.) she’s popular with the boys because she’s pretty, has big boobs, and dtf. she wears a lot of hollister, wet seal, juicy couture, and victoria secret. i think she would wear a full face of makeup to school. her hair is dyed blonde but she keeps the roots grown out just a little.

megan: 2000s THEATRE KID!! she’s ARTSY, not EMO. she’s apparently pretty, but not pretty enough to be constantly hit on. she wears a lot of media/pop culture clothing and jeans. her hair color is her natural hair color and her nail polish is always chipped.

jecka & hunter say she’s a christian girlie, so most of her outfits are more modest and toned down compared to some of the other girls. she probably wears minimal makeup unless she’s doing a show.

karen: she’s dorky and nerdy to the extreme. she looks very mousy and homely. she likes twilight and harry potter + she works at a library (and is strict about the rules.) karen likes and is good at school. she probably only wears mascara and medicated chapstick, as well as her glasses. she has a messy bob that she never styles.

she’s also insecure about her body, as jecka and nicole make her relapse on her ED, so she wears baggier clothing than any of the other characters.

i think she would wear sketchers and jeggings.

anywho, i like this game and im also super into the genuine 2000s fashion, so a part of me dies whenever i see someone say “nicole listens to ayesha erotica!!” or “jecka wears affliction and bb belts!” girl bffr.

[humanoidhistory]

Telephone exchange in Melbourne, Australia, ca. 1930.

(State Library Victoria)

[trb752]

The Padua Theatre, Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Built in 1937, demolished in 1982.

Photos from the State Library of Victoria.

[catsofslv]

Unidentified family seated outdoors with pet cats and bird, ca 1890. From the series Photographs of Gippsland, Including Walhalla and Traralgon, from State Library of Victoria.