Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
In 2010 those of us who were then caring for the Maldon Athenaeum Library knew that we needed to generate more income to make all the improvements that were needed at the Library. We started to ponder who we could entice to come to give a talk that would raise some serious money. We knew…
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This week’s Library News focuses on memoirs, prompted by the publication of two much anticipated books: Hannah Kent’s Always Home, Always Homesick and Jacinta Ardern’s A Different Kind of Power. For Kent this is her first non-fiction book following the success of three novels: Burial Rites (2013), The Good People (2016) and Devotion (2021). Kent…
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Observed on 26 January, Australia Day marks the 1788 landing of the First Fleet and raising of the Union Flag of Great Britain at Sydney Cove by Captain Arthur Phillip. Many people approach this date with very mixed feelings, as it also marks the start of the occupation of an already occupied continent, the land…
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The Stella Prize The annual Stella Prize is reasonably well known. But did you know of the other activities of the Stella organisation? (stella.org.au). Founded in 2012, it seeks to ‘actively champion Australian women writers, tackle gender bias in the literary sector, and connect outstanding books with readers.’ In addition to sponsoring the annual $60,000…
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