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✨ Give your ideas a flying start!

Applications are now open for the 2025 Fellowship Program.
As a Library fellow you can delve into the collection, bringing new perspectives on Victorian life and history.

👀 Read more & apply! https://t.co/Ppmx8lLE9g

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🎉 Happy 111th birthday to the iconic La Trobe Reading Room Dome!

Since 1913, this stunning space has inspired generations of readers, researchers & dreamers. Dive into its history 👉 https://t.co/B72xBaFR5J

📷 Domed Reading Room, c.1940, Herald & Weekly Times; H94.5

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#AFLGrandFinal fever has hit fever pitch in Melbourne! 🏆 But did you know university students played a key role in shaping the VFL? 🤯

Read the blog 👉 https://t.co/gkQkXNRPVq

📷 The University Football Team, Weekly Times, 8 May 1909

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🌟 Be Tiny but Mighty these #SchoolHolidays!

With just moments of Term 3 remaining, step into a world where being small is a superpower! 🌱🌊 Seas of fantastical stories, creative workshops, and interactive Storytimes to ignite imaginations.

👉 https://t.co/UtVsylbSNQ

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📰 Learn how to navigate the Library’s extensive newspaper collection! Discover how to explore over 4000 local and international newspapers dating back to the 18th century.

📅 10-11am, Tues 17 Sep via Zoom
🔗 https://t.co/fm6hKaXPPC

📷 Cumming, L. G. (1910)

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This #FathersDay, we celebrate all the special people in our lives who guide, support, and inspire us—whether they're dads, mentors, or other loved ones ✨

📷 Welcome home for Dad [1945], Argus Newspaper Collection of Photographs, State Library of Victoria, H98.103/4737

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We’ve all got that one princess in the family 👑

Dig a little deeper into your family stories at State Library Victoria. Follow the clues today at https://t.co/BDVlyC87Dh

📷 Vincent W Kelly, Studio portrait of a young girl …, c. 1910-1935, H2024.6/42

#FamilyHistoryMonth

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@GraemeOke Apologies Graeme - we've just DM'd you a new link.

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🏅Feeling the #Olympic spirit with #Paris2024? Flashback to #Melbourne1956! Relive iconic moments with our collection 👉 https://t.co/rnMP5ccBhm

📷 Autograph hunters at the athletes' village, Heidelberg, 1956. Credit: © Herald & Weekly Times

#AllezAUS @AUSOlympicTeam

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Awkward family photos. Est.1924 📸

Dig a little deeper into your family stories this #FamilyHistoryMonth with State Library Victoria🔍 https://t.co/DqWwtZ3D4r

Ruth Hollick, Two girls and two boys wearing party hats ..., c. 1910-1930, https://H2004.61/392

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🚪 The doors are open! It's time for another #OpenHouseMelbourne weekend.

Join members of the Architectus and Heritage Architect teams to explore the Library on a heritage tour 👉 https://t.co/e3xGwLcMdz

📷 State Library Victoria North Rotunda portrait gallery

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@LadyCJD In this instance, there was a misunderstanding if badges with the Aboriginal flag could be worn. This has been made clear that the wearing Aboriginal flag badges is allowed at the Library and always has been.

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@LadyCJD No. Guidelines are regularly updated and reviewed based on feedback from Library team members.

An incorrect draft-in-development of the dress code guidelines was uploaded on the Intranet for a short period of time.

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@missyjack @1KarenWyld This includes remaining apolitical, avoiding conflicts of interest, avoiding damage to the public’s trust in how they do their job, and promoting an environment that encourages respect.

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@missyjack @1KarenWyld All public sector employees need to comply with the public sector values in the Public Administration Act 2004 (PAA) and their obligations in the relevant Codes of Conduct.

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@NotSoTravelled The Code of Conduct applies to staff at the Library. Visitors to the Library are not bound by the code of conduct so are able to wear items of a political nature.

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@NotSoTravelled This includes remaining apolitical, avoiding conflicts of interest, avoiding damage to the public’s trust in how they do their job, and promoting an environment that encourages respect.

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@NotSoTravelled @anna_prole This includes remaining apolitical, avoiding conflicts of interest, avoiding damage to the public’s trust in how they do their job, and promoting an environment that encourages respect.

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@NotSoTravelled @anna_prole All public sector employees need to comply with the public sector values in the Public Administration Act 2004 (PAA) and their obligations in the relevant Codes of Conduct.