Similarly,a number of Australian families may well now find their convict ancestors in Nineteenth century business history is still a relatively untold story in Australia, with sources of information tending to be disparate and ephemeral. The Library was fortunate to acquire Photographic advertising directory and pastime album, a large and very rare collection of business announcements, address cards and advertisements from the principal trades, professions and business houses of Sydney and the northern New South Wales districts from 1886. The advertisements surround what are mainly contemporary scenic photographs: the yellow pages and websites of the era. The Library was thrilled to acquire
CBRLife = 堪 生 活 is now being received through legal deposit. Published by a group of young Chinese Australians, it is a ‘magazine for Chinese Australians living in Canberra, recording their lives and memories with connection of this City . While many multicultural publishers are pleased to deposit their works with the Library, others can be less responsive to the Library’s standard ‘official’ approach. There was a good example recently with the acquisition of three volumes of Aodaliya hua ren nian jian = Yearbook of Chinese in Australia, which we believe to be the first Chinese language yearbooks published in Australia. The acquisition was achieved indirectly, as the publisher did not respond to direct approaches requesting deposit. One of the Library’s volunteers made contact with the editor via his personal network, at which point the volumes were deposited. In these situations, the ‘community-based’ collecting approach is liable to be more successful, and applies in a multitude of other situations as we.
National Library of Australia Fellows Recipients of the National Library of Australia Fellowships, funded by generous philanthropic support. These distinguished Fellowships support researchers to make intensive use of our rich and varied collections through residencies of three months. Professor Gillian Russell (2018 Kollsman Fellow for Research in Australian Literature) in the Special Collections Reading Room Photograph: Craig Mackenzie 2021 Fellows Professor Anne Pender, Professor and Kidman Chair in Australian Studies, University of Adelaide The colour of fire: Australian theatre in China and Chinese theatre in Australia 1980-2020 Supported by the Stokes family Dr Anna Dziedzic, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Hong Kong Waves and currents: the movement of constitutional texts and ideas across Oceania