Formerly Prahran Mechanics' Institute Newsletter

No.122 AUGUST 2022: Family history social group p1. Welcome from the Chief Librarian / Lauren Joffe p1. Board and staff update [Michelle Negus Cleary stepping down as president, new president Judith Ellis, resignation of Chris Michalopolos and Mike Scott] p2. PMI Incorporation status p2. Chapel Street properties [259 and 261 Chapel Street are let at last] p2. General news [Farewell to grants and events offiver Riannon Berkeley, farewell to volunteer Marie Pernat] p2. Casuals corner [The Children of Pan: Arcadians in Australia] / Aaron Edwards p3. Volunteer volumes [June secondhand book sale led by Wendy Eldridge and the Friends of the PMI, welcome Raymond to the volunteers, National Volunteer Week with Elena, Siti, Gale and everyone with badges] p5. Grants and events: family history Midsumma and more [PMI You Tube, Community Bank Windsor grants, Stonnington grants, Bruce Turner Lecture: Ross Campbell- It Was The Best of Times-cinemas of Southeast Melbourne-presented with CATHS, Family History Soical Group relaunching, Midsumma festival 2023, Graham Willet October presentation] / Riannon Berkely p5. Collections corner [new compactuses, Greg Eccleston donation and Keith Kings donation, Pozible campaign to restore 19th century books successful, Clementine the Highland Cow, poetry collection on the move, buying DVDs, political ephemera, Australian Painted Lady Butterfly] / Ellen Coates p6. Books etcetera [Another Australia by Winnie Dunn, Melbourne Lockdown Birds by Riley Metcalfe, The Making and Unmaking of the East West Link by James C Murphy, Doing Feminism: Women's art and feminist criticism in Australia by Anne Marsh, The Story of the Big Storm by Julia Hall and the students of Mount Dandenong Primary School, Vintage Knits: 25 classic patterns for modern knitters by the National Library, The Party: The Communist Party of Australia from heyday to reckoning by Stuart Macintyre] p7.

No.123 DECEMBER 2022: Summer closure p1. Welcome from the Chief Librarian [Jade Koekoe starting, Friends of the PMI, volunteers, Board, Prahran High School visit] p1. Board update [incorporation, resignation of Riannon Berkeley, Jade Koekoe starting, new collections policy, November book sale, casuals: Amanda Witt, Wendy Eldridge and Aaron Edwards] p2. Volunteer volumes [Volunteer Chat, Helen Rosenbaum starting, farewell to Chi Lai, Volunteer and Members end of year function] p4. Casuals corner [recent cataloguing-King, Migrantik and The Wonder of Little Things] / Aaron Edwards p3. Collection corner [Clouds of Magellan donation, Friday Floodlight, COVID collection, comics and graphic novels, electronic resources, Clementine The Highland Cow, Clarice Beckett] / Ellen Coates p4. Grants grove [grant from Community Bank Windsor- staff presented with cheque (Lee Chia(from the bank), Ellen Coates, Aaron Edwards, Lauren Joffe and Denys Correll (Board) , Stonnington Council grants, National Library Community Heritage Grant] p5. Events [queer history of Victoria report talk by Dr Graham Willett, Family History Social Group. November book sale, volunteer and members end of year function] p5. New books and periodicals [Nothing To Hide: Voices of trans and gender diverse Australia, Peregrines In The City, Daughter's of Melbourne: A guide to the invisible statues of Melbourne, Report on the Place Name: Moreland, First Nations Food Companion, Of Friends and Gardens: A history of the Cranbourne Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Rone: Street art and beyond] p7.


No.124 MARCH 2023: Collection corner [map donation from Greg Eccleston, Merv Godfrey, Iven Mackay, first Melway] / Ellen Coates p4. Grant's grove ["Disaster response and recovery Workshop", Small Business Ventilation Program, City of Stonnington, Community Bank of Windsor] p8.

No.125 AUGUST 2023: Casual Corner [Enchanted Beneath the Bluff, 'Stella Maris' tearooms - cookbook] p5. Exclusive events p8.