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Past events: Friends of Monash University LibrarySoutherly Busters: an exhibition of Australian LiteratureSeptember 2008 This exhibition is a celebration of the completion and publication of the fourth and final volume of the massive Bibliography of Australian Literature. This publication and the associated Austlit database enable us to gain an overview of Australian literature in all its styles, and on all its levels. We can see at a glance the lifetime output of such one-time giants of the local scene as Vance Palmer, and also the vast outpourings of Australian pulp; a neglected genre, of fugitive publications in fields such as sci-fi, romance, horror, detective fiction and even westerns. The opening address given by Professor Peter Pierce, of the Monash Centre for Australian Studies. Fifty books for fifty years: celebrating a half century of collectingMay, 2008 This is an exhibition of fifty books chosen by Monash academics and researchers and celebrated the Fiftieth Anniversary of the University. It demonstrated the importance of the Monash University Library Rare Books Collection in the research community. The fifty participants chose items they have consulted in the course of their work. The opening address was given by Professor Adam Shoemaker, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), Monash University. The PacificSeptember 2007 This is an exhibition of around 100 items ranging from the early eighteenth-century to the early twentieth-century. It covers European discovery and exploration of the Pacific, the activities of the missionaries, traders, and blackbirders, as well as accounts by those who visited for pleasure. The material forms part of our extensive collection of travel literature. The exhibition was opened on 27 September, 2007. Ancora Press and the Book Collectors SocietyJuly 2007 Book launch of recent publications of the Ancora
press, the hand-press operated at Monash University by Brian McMullin
and his team of volunteers. Harold Love, Emma Hegarty and Clive
Probyn talked about, and read from, the pamphlets that they have
sponsored and that the Press has produced in the past year or so.
The future of the Press, which has now moved from Clayton to the
Caulfield campus, were also be discussed. EphemeraOctober 2006 The opening speech was given by Seamus O’Hanlon, School of Historical Studies, Monash University SportSeptember 2006 Book launchSeptember 2006 The homeMarch 2006 Mary Gilmore’s poetry
November 2005
Associate Professor Strauss says Mary Gilmore had almost too interesting a life for a writer, as her biography has overshadowed her poetry. She hopes to remedy this in her collected edition, which will demonstrate the scope of Mary Gilmore’s poetry, which ranges from bush ballad to love poetry, from socialist rhetoric to religious poetry. In the 1930’s, Mary Gilmore was regularly described as Australia’s best poet. Asia - East and SoutheastSeptember 2005 Ancora PressJuly 2005 The two books are:- Scroofing and slumming;
a foule case of muttons and nuts. A selection of printers’ wit,
mainly in verse; and The Archbishop and the printers.
This is a selection of Archbishop Laud’s attacks on printers,
particularly those who were involved in the printing of the “Wicked
Bible”, which included as the seventh commandment, “Thus shalt
commit adultery.” Sun books1 June 2005 Communism16th March 2005 Music at MonashThursday 29 July 2004 "The Great Archibald Prize Controversy"Thursday June 24, 2004 "E.W. Cole"Thursday 6th November, 2003 A panel discussion on "Research in Australian fiction"Thursday 28 August 2003 Talk by Professor Harold LoveThursday 7 November 2002 Aspects of Korean Music and CultureMay 27 - June 26, 2002 "Early Australian comics"Thursday 2 May 2002 Rare Books Lecture - Overseas SpeakerTuesday 19th February, 2002 Double Book LaunchThursday 22 November, 2001 All were invited to the launch, by Professor Harold Love of the School of Literary, Visual and Performance Studies, of two books published by the University of
Early Australian wine literatureThursday 15 November, 2001 "Crime and forensic pathology"Thursday 26 July 2001 There was a Committee Meeting beforehand at 5.00 pm in the ISB Conference
Room, adjacent to the Exhibitions area. Songs of the North10 August 2001 Brian McMullin introduced the evening with an account of Austin's expedition, the attempts to make contact with Franklin's survivors, and the various forms of printing "Songs of the North" has been illustrated with lino-cuts created by Dominique Dunstan, who will talk about the part she has played in the volume. Many of the verses written and printed in the Arctic were designed to be sung to popular tunes of the period, and a selection of these were performed by baritone Trevor Jones, accompanied by Catherine Attard. Richard Overell Need help? Library frequently asked questions and online
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