Nick Cave, 1973, gelatin silver photograph by Ashley Mackevicius. Gift of the artist 2006, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Goths, punks and hipsters roam the streets, wilfully asserting their ...

More than 200,000 votes were cast in the 1,000 Libraries Awards, with State Library Victoria ranking as the world's seventh most beautiful Melbourne is overflowing with cosy cafés and magical secret ...

World of the Book returns to State Library Victoria on 4 July with more than 400 rare treasures on display. Australia’s ...

This Melbourne attraction is no stranger to worldwide recognition, but a spot in the top three libraries worldwide is next level! Language learning platform Preply has just ranked over 100 of the very ...

The major acquisition is part of an initiative to redress the gender imbalance in the State Library of Victoria’s rare books collection ...

The State Library of Victoria – recognised this year as the third most popular library in the world – is proposing major cuts to staff and services. The number of reference librarians will be cut from ...

With the opening of the city-shaping rail line just weeks away, the Herald Sun was given a sneak peek of the State Library station ahead of passengers getting access later in the year. The station is ...

With over 1.9 million visitors and 4 million online users each year, the State Library Victoria caters to the educational needs of people from a wide range of ages and cultural backgrounds. These ...

Five years after a $88.1m overhaul – half paid for by donors and benefactors – the ­library wants to refurbish the dome that has stood for more than a century, planning to launch the works in 2027 for ...