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AustralianHistoriesPodcastIn time for #ANZAC day Trove Treasures has a story on 'Trench Art'.
"Soldiers would make objects from discarded ammunition and any other material they could find, take raw photographs of their surroundings, and write poems for their loved ones back home."
https://trove.nla.gov.au/blog/2024/04/17/discovering-trench-art
#AustralianHistory #WWI #Soldiers #NationalLibraryAustralia #History #OzHist #Art
Discovering trench art
Across centuries, wars and conflicts have pulled people from their everyday lives into literal and figurative battlefields. Whether they were soldiers, nurses or prisoners of war, they all left big pieces of their individual identity at home. By creating art, people at war were able express themselves and begin to process what they were experiencing.
In Those DaysThis is a photo of the first load of books to be moved from the Melbourne Parliament to the new capital, Canberra.
Big job. Not surprised it took Ken Binns a whole year!
Listen to more about the early days of Canberra here: https://podcasts.apple.com/sa/podcast/alison-in-canberra-land/id1558781853?i=1000628338144
I really enjoyed talking to Lincoln Turner and Linnett Turner about Alison Sanchez (nee Binns).
Alison grew up in Canberra when it was still mainly paddocks and her dad was one of the first national librarians. So it's all terribly appropriate for a podcast based on the National Library's digital repository.
We learned that Alison made a convincing Winkle and used to hang out with a future prime minister.
Listen here: https://inthosedays.transistor.fm/episodes/alison-in-canberra-land
Gerard and Celeste (from the podcast Stamps Aren't Cool) came on In Those Days to talk about their un-mutual love of stamps.
We read newspaper articles on stamps and relationships from #Trove. We learned a lot about stamps, the people who love them, & the people who love the people who love them.
#Philately #NewspaperArchives #HistoryPodcast #StampsArentCool #StampCollecting #Philatelist #NationalLibraryAustralia #StateLibraryVictoria
Great news about Trove this morning!
Describing Trove as an "essential government service" there will be an extra $33 million of funding and then $9.2 million annually (indexed to inflation) after that.
This means the NLA will be able to plan properly for Trove and focus on core business rather than constantly needing to advocate for the next round of funding.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8143191/off-life-support-national-librarys-trove-platform-receives-33m-budget-lifeline/
#Trove #NationalLibraryAustralia #NLA
LyndelleThe recent discussions and petition to save #Trove through the full funding of the #NationalLibraryAustralia service has been added to with an #Australianparliament e-petition.
Please read and sign the petition. #SaveFund #FundTrove
Looking forward to recording more episodes in 2023. Planned topics include:
Greater gliders
Pelvic floor advice
A pair of great aunts
Chorkles Nellie Louisa Moss
Quizzes (for ladies)
Feel free to contact us with ideas and tip-offs. We'd love to find a long-lost murderer in someone's family.
Happy New Year!
#Trove #NationalLibraryAustralia #HistoryPodcast #NewspaperArchives #PelvicFloor #GreaterGliders #Chorkles #NewspaperArchives #AustralianHistory #OralHistory #FamilyHistory #TrueCrime
