Research the history of activism, protests, rallies and campaigners in Victoria using pamphlets, posters, badges, images, articles, interviews and books.
Our collections are especially strong in these subject areas:
The State Library of Victoria collects a variety of materials relating to:
Nuclear war - not a teddy bears picnic, H90.95/1
A highlight is our Riley & Ephemera Collection, which includes pamphlets, posters, badges and other ephemeral materials. The bias of this collection is left-wing, reflecting the position of its founding donor, Fred Riley, and the nature of the organizations who rely on promoting their causes through ephemeral items like leaflets. However attempts are made to collect from all points of view.
The Library holds a wide range of material relating to governments, politicians and political parties in its government and law and manuscript collections, as well as the Riley & Ephemera Collection. This guide does not cover how to research political parties and politicians, but it will help you discover who supported and opposed their proposals and decisions.
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Yandell Walton, Rebecca McIntosh & Dell Stewart, I own MY BITS!, H2000.50/10
