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src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Untitled-design-1-120x120.jpg" alt="Melbourne’s Marvelous Madame Weigel" class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/family-matters/collections/melbournes-marvelous-madame-weigel/" title="Permalink to Melbourne’s Marvelous Madame Weigel" rel="bookmark">Melbourne’s Marvelous Madame Weigel</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">October 21, 2024</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/family-matters/collections/" rel="category tag">Collections</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/people-professions/" rel="category tag">People & professions</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='Melbourne's Marvelous Madame Weigel' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/family-matters/collections/melbournes-marvelous-madame-weigel/' data-summary='Madame Weigel's Journal of Fashion became a staple of Australian life for those interested in being well dressed, well presented, and well informed. This treasure trove has recently be digitised and made available online.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Madame Weigel’s Journal of Fashion became a staple of Australian life for those interested in being well dressed, well presented, and well informed. This treasure trove has recently be digitised and made available online.</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Melbourne's Marvelous Madame Weigel' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/family-matters/collections/melbournes-marvelous-madame-weigel/' data-summary='Madame Weigel's Journal of Fashion became a staple of Australian life for those interested in being well dressed, well presented, and well informed. This treasure trove has recently be digitised and made available online.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-73676 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-people-professions category-such-was-life tag-bushrangers tag-jerilderie-letter tag-ned-kelly tag-sir-redmond-barry"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/jerilderie_letter/" title="The Jerilderie Letter"><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/image-3-120x120.png" alt="The Jerilderie Letter" 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/jerilderie_letter/" title="Permalink to The Jerilderie Letter" rel="bookmark">The Jerilderie Letter</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">November 9, 2023</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/people-professions/" rel="category tag">People & professions</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='The Jerilderie Letter' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/jerilderie_letter/' data-summary='The Jerilderie Letter is an 8,000 word document by the notorious outlaw Ned Kelly composed in 1879. In the Letter Kelly gives his interpretation of the crimes he was accused of and subsequently convicted for. The origins, content and legacy of this document are explored in this article along with the story of how State Library Victoria acquired this historic and unique document.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>The Jerilderie Letter is an 8,000 word document by the notorious outlaw Ned Kelly composed in 1879. In the Letter Kelly gives his interpretation of the crimes he was accused of and subsequently convicted for. The origins, content and legacy of this document are explored in this article along with the story of how State Library Victoria acquired this historic and unique document.</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='The Jerilderie Letter' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/jerilderie_letter/' data-summary='The Jerilderie Letter is an 8,000 word document by the notorious outlaw Ned Kelly composed in 1879. In the Letter Kelly gives his interpretation of the crimes he was accused of and subsequently convicted for. The origins, content and legacy of this document are explored in this article along with the story of how State Library Victoria acquired this historic and unique document.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-70570 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-our-stories category-people-professions category-victorian-history tag-library-history tag-such-was-life tag-victorian-history tag-women-in-history"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/isabella-fraser-a-library-pioneer/" title="Isabella Fraser, a library pioneer"><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/image-1-120x120.png" alt="Isabella Fraser, a library pioneer" 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/isabella-fraser-a-library-pioneer/" title="Permalink to Isabella Fraser, a library pioneer" rel="bookmark">Isabella Fraser, a library pioneer</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">August 22, 2023</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><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/people-professions/" rel="category tag">People & professions</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='Isabella Fraser, a library pioneer' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/isabella-fraser-a-library-pioneer/' data-summary='For many decades, Victorian legislation discriminated against women who wanted to work at the library. Isabella Fraser was State Library Victoria's first female staff member in 1908, and paved the way for the many women who have followed in her footsteps.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>For many decades, Victorian legislation discriminated against women who wanted to work at the library. Isabella Fraser was State Library Victoria’s first female staff member in 1908, and paved the way for the many women who have followed in her footsteps.</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Isabella Fraser, a library pioneer' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/isabella-fraser-a-library-pioneer/' data-summary='For many decades, Victorian legislation discriminated against women who wanted to work at the library. Isabella Fraser was State Library Victoria's first female staff member in 1908, and paved the way for the many women who have followed in her footsteps.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-32397 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-buildings-streets category-our-stories category-people-professions category-such-was-life category-victorian-history tag-dais tag-domed-reading-room tag-history-of-the-library tag-la-trobe-reading-room tag-staff tag-state-library-of-victoria tag-wander"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/the-dais-in-the-dome/" title="The dais in the Dome"><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Elevated-view-of-Dome-120x120.jpg" alt="Elevated view of Domed Reading Room, State Library of Victoria, 1984, H84.376/2" 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/the-dais-in-the-dome/" title="Permalink to The dais in the Dome" rel="bookmark">The dais in the Dome</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">July 17, 2023</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/buildings-streets/" rel="category tag">Buildings & streets</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/people-professions/" rel="category tag">People & professions</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='The dais in the Dome' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/the-dais-in-the-dome/' data-summary='Once upon a time a staff member sat in the Dais in the La Trobe Reading Room, watching over any chattering public. We asked two long term SLV librarians how this used to work.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Once upon a time a staff member sat in the Dais in the La Trobe Reading Room, watching over any chattering public. We asked two long term SLV librarians how this used to work.</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='The dais in the Dome' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/the-dais-in-the-dome/' data-summary='Once upon a time a staff member sat in the Dais in the La Trobe Reading Room, watching over any chattering public. We asked two long term SLV librarians how this used to work.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-60303 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-ask-a-librarian category-collection-spotlights category-people-professions category-such-was-life tag-australian-photography tag-photographs tag-photography tag-snow tag-victoria tag-winter tag-winter-tourism"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/snow-and-shadows/" title="Winter illuminations: snow and shadows"><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/FL16271305-120x120.jpg" alt="Winter illuminations: snow and shadows" 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/snow-and-shadows/" title="Permalink to Winter illuminations: snow and shadows" rel="bookmark">Winter illuminations: snow and shadows</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">July 14, 2022</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><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/collection-spotlights/" rel="category tag">Collection spotlights</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/people-professions/" rel="category tag">People & professions</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='Winter illuminations: snow and shadows' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/snow-and-shadows/' data-summary='With winter well upon us, these images from our photographic collections evoke some of the seasonal experience of snow, ice, and shadows; as senses are sharpened by a chill in the air, the brightness and contrast of snow and subject, or the blanketing fogs.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>With winter well upon us, these images from our photographic collections evoke some of the seasonal experience of snow, ice, and shadows; as senses are sharpened by a chill in the air, the brightness and contrast of snow and subject, or the blanketing fogs.</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Winter illuminations: snow and shadows' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/snow-and-shadows/' data-summary='With winter well upon us, these images from our photographic collections evoke some of the seasonal experience of snow, ice, and shadows; as senses are sharpened by a chill in the air, the brightness and contrast of snow and subject, or the blanketing fogs.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-61470 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-people-professions category-such-was-life tag-elizabeth-mallet tag-first-newspaper tag-history tag-london tag-the-daily-courant tag-women"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/the-woman-behind-londons-first-daily-newspaper/" title="The woman behind London’s first daily newspaper"><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Web-capture_10-6-2022_102514_-120x120.jpeg" alt="The woman behind London’s first daily newspaper" 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/the-woman-behind-londons-first-daily-newspaper/" title="Permalink to The woman behind London’s first daily newspaper" rel="bookmark">The woman behind London’s first daily newspaper</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">July 11, 2022</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/people-professions/" rel="category tag">People & professions</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='The woman behind London's first daily newspaper' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/the-woman-behind-londons-first-daily-newspaper/' data-summary='Printer Elizabeth Mallet has her place in the 'hall of fame’ of women who tried something new and changed the world; women who had a vision and went for it!' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Printer Elizabeth Mallet has her place in the ‘hall of fame’ of women who tried something new and changed the world; women who had a vision and went for it!</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='The woman behind London's first daily newspaper' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/the-woman-behind-londons-first-daily-newspaper/' data-summary='Printer Elizabeth Mallet has her place in the 'hall of fame’ of women who tried something new and changed the world; women who had a vision and went for it!' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-51225 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-people-professions category-such-was-life tag-asylums tag-ballarat tag-chinese-migrants tag-diary tag-gaols tag-goldfields tag-manuscripts"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/booktop/" title="Book:Top"><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/FL7-120x120.jpg" alt="Book:Top" 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/booktop/" title="Permalink to Book:Top" rel="bookmark">Book:Top</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">September 21, 2021</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/people-professions/" rel="category tag">People & professions</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='Book:Top' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/booktop/' data-summary='Ah Siug Jong came to Victoria from China to find gold but after a series of incidents he was jailed and eventually committed to an asylum. He left a complex diary which was his attempt to clear his name.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Ah Siug Jong came to Victoria from China to find gold but after a series of incidents he was jailed and eventually committed to an asylum. He left a complex diary which was his attempt to clear his name. </p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Book:Top' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/booktop/' data-summary='Ah Siug Jong came to Victoria from China to find gold but after a series of incidents he was jailed and eventually committed to an asylum. He left a complex diary which was his attempt to clear his name.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-42591 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-buildings-streets category-people-professions category-such-was-life tag-bourke-street tag-crossley-building tag-job-warehouse tag-melbourne tag-melbourne-buildings tag-melbourne-history tag-melbourne-historical-buildings tag-social-history"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/the-crossley-building-past-present-and-future/" title="The Crossley Building: past, present and future"><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_1318-120x120.jpg" alt="The Crossley Building: past, present and future" 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/the-crossley-building-past-present-and-future/" title="Permalink to The Crossley Building: past, present and future" rel="bookmark">The Crossley Building: past, present and future</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">July 17, 2020</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/buildings-streets/" rel="category tag">Buildings & streets</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/people-professions/" rel="category tag">People & professions</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='The Crossley Building: past, present and future' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/the-crossley-building-past-present-and-future/' data-summary='The Crossley Building on Bourke Street holds the history of one of Melbourne’s earliest, pre gold-rush retail and residential developments. For 60 years it was home to the iconic haberdashery business, Job Warehouse, which closed in 2012. Untenanted ever since and significantly run-down, where to next for this important piece of Melbourne's built heritage?' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>The Crossley Building on Bourke Street holds the history of one of Melbourne’s earliest, pre gold-rush retail and residential developments. For 60 years it was home to the iconic haberdashery business, Job Warehouse, which closed in 2012. Untenanted ever since and significantly run-down, where to next for this important piece of Melbourne’s built heritage?</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='The Crossley Building: past, present and future' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/the-crossley-building-past-present-and-future/' data-summary='The Crossley Building on Bourke Street holds the history of one of Melbourne’s earliest, pre gold-rush retail and residential developments. For 60 years it was home to the iconic haberdashery business, Job Warehouse, which closed in 2012. 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