Archive for: July 2024

  1. Reclaiming Albert Park: The Battle Against Formula 1

    Aseera Shamin For nearly three decades, Albert Park has hosted the annual Formula 1 Grand Prix, transforming the streets of Melbourne into a vibrant motorsport spectacle. …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2024/07/31/reclaiming-albert-park-the-battle-against-formula-1

  2. The Archives of Wilfred Prest and Michelle de Kretser’s The Lost Dog

    Gwynneth Thomas On an autumn evening in the city, Tom looked sideways at other people’s lives –The Lost Dog, p. 8 During this first year of …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2024/07/24/the-archives-of-wilfred-prest-and-michelle-de-kretsers-the-lost-dog

  3. Modern living was for sale in Second World War Melbourne – but only in the right streets

    Patrick Gigacz ‘Paid £120 extra for H.W.S. [hot water service], electric stove and extras … W.C. [water closet – toilet] will be inside when sewerage put …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2024/07/16/modern-living-was-for-sale-in-second-world-war-melbourne-but-only-in-the-right-streets

  4. George Paton Gallery AV Experimental Art Collection

    When picturing working on the audiovisual (AV) component of the George Paton Gallery Collection, I imagined watching and listening to buried gems from the Melbourne 1970s …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2024/07/10/george-paton-gallery-av-experimental-art-collection

  5. The Rise of Chinese Australians’ Box Hill: A Comparative History Review

    Shouyue Zhang Today’s Box Hill in Greater Melbourne is widely recognised as a vibrant Asian community and the most populous Chinese-Australian enclave in Victoria. In 2021, …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2024/07/08/the-rise-of-chinese-australians-box-hill-a-comparative-history-review

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