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src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mounted-police-120x120.jpg" alt="Mary Fortune: pioneer of Australian detective stories" class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/arts-literature/mary-fortune-pioneer-of-australian-detective-stories/" title="Permalink to Mary Fortune: pioneer of Australian detective stories" rel="bookmark">Mary Fortune: pioneer of Australian detective stories</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">October 15, 2024</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/arts-literature/" rel="category tag">Arts & literature</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/ask-a-librarian/" rel="category tag">Ask a librarian</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/ask-a-librarian/victorian-history/" rel="category tag">Victorian history</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Mary Fortune: pioneer of Australian detective stories' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/arts-literature/mary-fortune-pioneer-of-australian-detective-stories/' data-summary='Mary Fortune was the author of the longest running 19th-century crime fiction series published in a periodical and one of the earliest female crime writers in the world.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Mary Fortune was the author of the longest running 19th-century crime fiction series published in a periodical and one of the earliest female crime writers in the world.</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Mary Fortune: pioneer of Australian detective stories' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/arts-literature/mary-fortune-pioneer-of-australian-detective-stories/' data-summary='Mary Fortune was the author of the longest running 19th-century crime fiction series published in a periodical and one of the earliest female crime writers in the world.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-83260 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-arts-literature category-such-was-life tag-airplanes tag-escapology tag-flight tag-houdini tag-magic tag-magicians tag-spititualism tag-tommy-burns"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/houdini-visits-australia/" title="Houdini visits Australia"><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Houdini-P7No26-1-120x120.jpg" alt="Houdini visits Australia" class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/houdini-visits-australia/" title="Permalink to Houdini visits Australia" rel="bookmark">Houdini visits Australia</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">July 12, 2024</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/arts-literature/" rel="category tag">Arts & literature</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/" rel="category tag">Such was life</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Houdini visits Australia' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/houdini-visits-australia/' data-summary='Houdini remains one of the world's most famous entertainers. He toured Australia in 1910, performing his feats of escapology in Melbourne and Sydney, diving into the Yarra handcuffed and chained, completing the first powered flight in Australia, and becoming embroiled in a dispute with world champion boxer Tommy Burns about the proprietorship of the milk can escape.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Houdini remains one of the world’s most famous entertainers. He toured Australia in 1910, performing his feats of escapology in Melbourne and Sydney, diving into the Yarra handcuffed and chained, completing the first powered flight in Australia, and becoming embroiled in a dispute with world champion boxer Tommy Burns about the proprietorship of the milk can escape.</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Houdini visits Australia' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/houdini-visits-australia/' data-summary='Houdini remains one of the world's most famous entertainers. He toured Australia in 1910, performing his feats of escapology in Melbourne and Sydney, diving into the Yarra handcuffed and chained, completing the first powered flight in Australia, and becoming embroiled in a dispute with world champion boxer Tommy Burns about the proprietorship of the milk can escape.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-69839 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-arts-literature category-collection-spotlights category-such-was-life category-uncategorized category-visual-arts category-war-such-was-life"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/uncategorized/fred-lowen-dunera-boy/" title="Fred Lowen, Dunera boy."><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/FL16537489-120x120.jpg" alt="Fred Lowen, Dunera boy." class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/uncategorized/fred-lowen-dunera-boy/" title="Permalink to Fred Lowen, Dunera boy." rel="bookmark">Fred Lowen, Dunera boy.</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">August 16, 2023</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/arts-literature/" rel="category tag">Arts & literature</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/ask-a-librarian/collection-spotlights/" rel="category tag">Collection spotlights</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/" rel="category tag">Such was life</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/" rel="category tag">Visual arts</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/war-such-was-life/" rel="category tag">War</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Fred Lowen, Dunera boy.' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/uncategorized/fred-lowen-dunera-boy/' data-summary='The Dunera internees - the Dunera Boys - made a significant contribution to Australian cultural life - Fred Lowen was one of these men, read on to learn some of his story, and see his evocative artworks. Image: The potato peelers, H91.350/8' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>The Dunera internees – the Dunera Boys – made a significant contribution to Australian cultural life – Fred Lowen was one of these men, read on to learn some of his story, and see his evocative artworks.<br /> Image: The potato peelers, H91.350/8</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Fred Lowen, Dunera boy.' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/uncategorized/fred-lowen-dunera-boy/' data-summary='The Dunera internees - the Dunera Boys - made a significant contribution to Australian cultural life - Fred Lowen was one of these men, read on to learn some of his story, and see his evocative artworks. Image: The potato peelers, H91.350/8' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-64252 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-arts-literature category-ask-a-librarian category-ballet category-such-was-life category-victorian-history tag-arts tag-ballet tag-performing-arts"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/ballet/the-art-of-sonia-revid/" title="Modern dance individualism: the art of Sonia Revid"><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PHO36-150x150-1-120x120.jpg" alt="Modern dance individualism: the art of Sonia Revid" class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/ballet/the-art-of-sonia-revid/" title="Permalink to Modern dance individualism: the art of Sonia Revid" rel="bookmark">Modern dance individualism: the art of Sonia Revid</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">November 22, 2022</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/arts-literature/" rel="category tag">Arts & literature</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/ask-a-librarian/" rel="category tag">Ask a librarian</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/ballet/" rel="category tag">Dance</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/" rel="category tag">Such was life</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/ask-a-librarian/victorian-history/" rel="category tag">Victorian history</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Modern dance individualism: the art of Sonia Revid' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/ballet/the-art-of-sonia-revid/' data-summary='In 1932 Latvian born Sonia Revid brought expressionist dance to Melbourne. In Berlin in 1921 Sonia had studied under Mary Wigman, but developed her own unique style. Her performances included spoken word and introduced Melbournians to modern interpretive dance. She opened a dance school and was a notable figure in the local art scene of the 1930s. Unfortunately she died in 1947 at age 45.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>In 1932 Latvian born Sonia Revid brought expressionist dance to Melbourne. In Berlin in 1921 Sonia had studied under Mary Wigman, but developed her own unique style. Her performances included spoken word and introduced Melbournians to modern interpretive dance. She opened a dance school and was a notable figure in the local art scene of the 1930s. Unfortunately she died in 1947 at age 45.</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Modern dance individualism: the art of Sonia Revid' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/ballet/the-art-of-sonia-revid/' data-summary='In 1932 Latvian born Sonia Revid brought expressionist dance to Melbourne. In Berlin in 1921 Sonia had studied under Mary Wigman, but developed her own unique style. Her performances included spoken word and introduced Melbournians to modern interpretive dance. She opened a dance school and was a notable figure in the local art scene of the 1930s. 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equality" class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/women-changing-the-world-part-two-political-equality/" title="Permalink to Women changing the world, part two: political equality" rel="bookmark">Women changing the world, part two: political equality</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">March 20, 2019</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/arts-literature/" rel="category tag">Arts & literature</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/" rel="category tag">Our stories</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/politics-such-was-life/" rel="category tag">Politics</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/social-life-customs/" rel="category tag">Social life & customs</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' 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