Local & Family History Librarian @YarraPlentyLib in Melbourne's north. #libraries #collections #genealogy #localhistory #Nillumbik #Banyule #Whittlesea
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Joined October 2009
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Celebrating 50 years at Whittlesea Community Connections via The North Central Review buff.ly/3uARFuM
Question for Melbourne friends. Who remembers a recycle centre where libraries, schools, kinders could go and get "waste" for children's craft activities such as cardboard, fabric cutoffs etc. I think it was an annual membership subscription. 1990s or so. What was it called?
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Did you miss Thomas MacEntee's "Tech Troubleshooting - What Would You Do?"?
Catch it before it's gone on 5 Dec 2023!
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#WikiTreeDay2023 @geneabargains
For Evermore - stories of the Fallen- new site to honour those from the Commonwealth forces who lost their lives in the world wars.Stories linked directly to CWGC's records and find final resting place #genealogy #familyhistory @CWGC buff.ly/40gBzlL?
Conviction Politics is an international digital history project exploring the impact of radicals and rebels transported as political convicts to their place of exile in Australia. Upcoming free hybrid talk @HistoryVictoria buff.ly/40dVGky
Broadford Secondary students volunteer to restore history - The North Central Review buff.ly/3QA9tP7
Local History month is coming to an end @YarraPlentyLib with a walk along the Plenty River Trail yesterday with local historian Anne #YPRL #localhistory #Banyule
Bravo Goldfields Libraries who are hosting the index for Bendigo Rate Books collection in partnership with Bendigo Archives Centre and @PRO_Vic buff.ly/3QnikUn
Every Family Has A Secret: Noni Hazlehurst chats Season 4 | AWW #genealogy #familyhistory buff.ly/404fzdQ
Whittlesea Council to manage local history icon Westgarthtown #localhistory buff.ly/48PVL1A
From books to beyond: libraries of the future via City of Whittlesea #publiclibraries #Viclibraries #YPRL buff.ly/46huYcw
Local museums struggling to stay open as fading interest threatens to consign them to history via ABC #localhistory buff.ly/44ZyirR
New collection on Ancestry : New South Wales, Australia, Immigration Records, 1840-1902. Access Ancestry Library Edition in all of Victoria's public libraries #genealogy buff.ly/3YGG8Vu
It has been so busy I have not had a chance to tell you about our Family History Month program here at @YarraPlentyLib! Looking forward to Soldiers and Aliens Book Talk on Thursday at Ivanhoe Library with June Factor #NFHM23 buff.ly/3QuQ0jk
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I've spent all morning searching for a book about U2, but I still haven't found what I'm looking for.
ALT Shelves of books about musicians and bands.
Cemetery Etiquette for Genealogists via Genealogy Bank and Gena Philibert-Ortega buff.ly/3rGQWXv
People and personalities webinar: Tue 18 Jul, in partnership with AMaGa and @Historyvictoria, this workshop is designed to provide practical guidance about fostering and maximising historical societies biggest asset – their volunteers. buff.ly/3XFP259
28 Newspaper Database Resources to Level Up Your Genealogy Research Skills - Public Records Search #genealogy #familyhistory buff.ly/3XA6eZL
Souped-up cars and cookie-cutter houses? South Morang is the real modern Melbourne via @theage buff.ly/3JdkP7t