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HO751 [ 2 ] State Library Victoria (SLV) is the state library of Victoria, Australia. Located in Melbourne, it was established in 1854 as the Melbourne Public Library, making it Australia's oldest public library and one of the first free libraries in the world. It is also Australia's busiest public library [ 3 ] and, as of 2023, the third ...
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The history of Victoria refers to the history of the Australian state of Victoria and the area's preceding Indigenous and British colonial societies. Before British colonisation of Australia, many Aboriginal peoples lived in the area now known as Victoria. After the first Europeans settled there in October 1803, in September 1836 the area ...
Melbourne's public library services are operated by local government municipalities through a range of grants funding and service agreements. In addition to branch libraries a number of library service providers also operate a mobile service to outer Metropolitan areas. Public Libraries Victoria is the peak body for public libraries in Victoria ...
The National Gallery of Victoria, popularly known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest and most visited art museum. The NGV houses its collection across two sites: NGV International, located on St Kilda Road in the Melbourne Arts Precinct of Southbank, and the Ian Potter ...
Victoria, commonly abbreviated as Vic, [10] is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state (after Tasmania), with a land area of 227,444 km 2 (87,817 sq mi); the second-most-populated state (after New South Wales), with a population of over 6.9 million; [4] and the most densely populated state in Australia (30.6 per km 2). [11]
The State Library Victoria is the most visited library in the city, and hosts the Wheeler Centre. Melbourne has been placed alongside New York and Berlin as one of the world's great street art meccas, [31] and its extensive street art-laden laneways, alleys and arcades were voted by Lonely Planet readers as Australia's top cultural attraction. [32]
First opened in 1998 as a division of Museums Victoria, Immigration Museum is located at the historic and beautifully restored Old Customs House Building on Flinders Street in Melbourne, Victoria. Self-expression and identity take centre stage at the permanent exhibition Identity: Yours, Mine, Ours, which explores how cultural heritage and ...