🕰️ Travel through time with State Library Victoria! 📍 Join us each week as we journey through Victoria's history, highlighting some of the milestone moments of each decade. 👋 Welcome to the 1850s, the era of the Library's establishment! Dominated by the discovery of gold, the 1850s was a decade of incredible change in Victoria's social, political and economic fabric. Migrants from Asia, Europe and the USA flocked to Victoria, seeking their fortune (💸) and new beginnings. While populations su

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While our doors are closed you can still enjoy access to the best we have to offer from your lounge room. Don’t know where to start? It’s easy to find the stories, programs and collections that interest you most – simply look out for the themed icons that will be popping up on our website over the next few weeks that will let you know whether an item is perfect for the kids, best for book lovers, or designed for study-bugs. Dive into our vast collection, entertain curious minds with our programs