Showing posts with label Trove. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trove. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Children Writing

In efforts to clean up my stuff (personal assets) I am going through my genealogy folders and of course I'm unearthing some treasures of times past that had faded from my memory

Back in 1970/1972 I was the Children's Librarian at Randwick Municipal Library (now Randwick City Library). In those days, when many schools did not have libraries on site we forged strong alliances with local schools and hosted regular visits from there classes. We also cooperated with neighbouring Municipal Libraries on several ventures. One of these that I had forgotten was a small publication, Children Writing

With the Children's Librarians from Waverley and Woollahra Libraries and support from local schools in our areas we edited and published several issues of Children Writing. I cannot remember how many issues were published or what happened to the funds raised from its sale. 

Children Writing : Record on Trove

When I fired up Trove this morning I was delighted to see that four Australian libraries hold copies of  Children Writing a little project to which I made a contribution to over 50 years ago. 

I grabbed my phone and took a few snaps of  my copy of Issue 2, June 1971 this morning.

Cover of Children Writing

Title Page 

Editorial

Friday, December 24, 2021

Christmas Eve

 While searching Trove on another matter I came across one of these poems so, of course, went searching for more. Here are a few I found from over 100 years ago.

1917 'CHRISTMAS EVE.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 12 December, p. 11. , viewed 22 Dec 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138742028

1916 'CHRISTMAS EVE.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 4 November, p. 16. , viewed 22 Dec 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133836852

1913 'CHRISTMAS EVE.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 24 December, p. 14. , viewed 22 Dec 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137023478


Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Trove Tuesday - Iceland

As I am researching for a forthcoming trip to Iceland I visited Trove to get some travel tips. The first description I found was from 1893.

1893 'ICELAND.', Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899), 29 July, p. 10. , viewed 19 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39484242
I'll look out for that building, I wonder if it is still there. The remainder of that long article can be read here : http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39484242.

We'll be doing a self-drive tour around Iceland. Hope conditions are different from 1928.
1928 'MOTORING IN ICELAND', Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), 14 December, p. 7. , viewed 19 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115693895
Pleased we'll be approaching Reyjkavik by ship in the middle of the day. I'll be out on deck with the camera.

1937 'Points About Iceland', Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1953), 31 March, p. 3. , viewed 19 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189082038
In 1992 a South Australian exchange student recalled her time in Iceland.I may pass on the testicles. The article can be read here: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196297227.

1992 'Exchangee tells of life in Iceland',Times (Victor Harbor, SA : 1987 - 1999), 8 September, p. 3. , viewed 19 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196297227


Although these articles were written quite a while ago they still contain valuable information for the prospective tourist.

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

We're all going on a summer holiday

Our next holiday with some of the family is to the beachside suburb of Glenelg in Adelaide, South Australia.

This advice that I found in an article on Trove from 1932 might come in handy.

1932 'HOLIDAY DON'TS FOR GLENELG.', News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954), 27 December, p. 5, viewed 31 December, 2013, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128942041

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