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No. 58 AUGUST 2008:
Farewell to Cathy Milward-Bason p3.
Vale: Arriness E. Watson p3.
Biography of Arriness E. Watson p4.

No. 59 OCTOBER 2008.

No. 60 DECEMBER 2008:
Arriness E. Watson, benefactor of the library (photo) p5.

No. 61 FEBRUARY 2009:
Jenny Lee: making modern melbourne lecture p1.
Chris Gahan retires from committee p2.

No. 62 MAY 2009:
Helen Hart: founder of women's suffrage in Australasia (lecture) / Helen Harris p1.
New PMI Press release: Double gold: 1870s mining and farming diaries by Garry Powell and Janet MacDonald p3.
Interview with Stella Barber p5,8.

No. 63 AUGUST 2009:
Family history for beginners seminar p1.
Notice to the public regarding lease negotiations with the Minister for Education (insert). R.I.P.: Joy Tuckett p2.
Keith Dunstan is new patron of the PMI p5.
Mary McCormick talks to Christine Worthington about writing family history p8-9.

No. 64 NOVEMBER 2009:
Magic lantern show p1.
Feature: special general meeting [sale of High Street property] p4-5.
Writing history: Judith Buckrich p6-8.

No. 65 FEBRUARY 2010:
March lecture named for Bruce Turner p2.
Thesis on PMI by Helen Stitt p2.
PMI historic doors p3. Shinkfield awards p3.
Historic picture show p3. R.I.P. Betty Malone p3.
Short history prize p4.
Interview with Jim Badger p5-6.

No. 66 MAY 2010:
Interview with Gwen Truscott p4.

No. 67 AUGUST 2010:
Eric Steele: a family reunion [and book] p5.

No. 68 NOVEMBER 2010:
An arena of wonder: from wires to wireless [Wireless Institute of Australia, history of wireless, radio, exhibition] p4.

No. 69 FEBRUARY 2011:
Elizabeth O'Callaghan: winner of the inaugural 2010 PMI Short History prize p5.

No. 70 MAY 2011:
Frank Hutchinson p4.

No. 71 AUGUST 2011:
PMI buys new building p4. Gillian Day p5.

No. 72 NOVEMBER 2011:
What lies beneath [archaeology] / Jodi Turnbull p5.

No. 73 FEBRUARY 2012:
Interview with Dr Peter Mansfield p6.

No. 74 MAY 2012:
Melbourne's newsreel theatres / Ross King p5.
New book from PMI Press: 'Valuable steps: a history of physical education in Victoria' by Garry Powell p7.

No. 75 AUGUST 2012:
Melbourne Day / Judith Buckrich p5.
Ancestry Library Edition p6.

No. 76 NOVEMBER 2012:
Launch of new PMI Press book 'Valuable steps: a history of physical education in Victoria' p4.
Smile ... Click [historic camera exhibition] / Ritesh Das p6.

No. 77 FEBRUARY 2013:
Elizabeth O'Callaghan p6.

No. 78 MAY 2013:
Profile: Michael and Sylvie Blair of Bookpod p4.

No. 79 AUGUST 2013:
Prahran Tech: still alive [Technical School] / Bob Flanagan p4.

No. 80 NOVEMBER 2013:
Vale: Keith Dunstan p1.
Newspaper books of Trevor Knaggs p4.
PMI people laid to rest in St Kilda Cemetery: Rev. William Moss; George William Rusden; Dr James Stokes; Frederick Thomas Sargood; James Mason; John Henry Furneaux; Ernest Horatio Willis p5.

No. 81 FEBRUARY 2014:
Found: original programme to celebrate opening of the first PMI building 1857.

No. 82 MAY 2014:
Jubilee of the Prahran Mechanics' Institute 1904.

No. 83 AUGUST 2014:
Stonnington grant. West Melbourne Literary Institute: a history / Ken James.

No. 84 NOVEMBER 2014.

No. 85 FEBRUARY 2015:
PMI's new home p1.
Writing history: Dawn Peel of Colac Historical Society p5.

No. 86 MAY 2015:
Writing history / Bryan Francis p5.

No. 87 AUGUST 2015:
Opening of the new PMI building and library. Writing 'Two squatters' / Martin Playne.

No. 88 NOVEMBER 2015:
Australian literature at the PMI by Kayla-Marie Murphy.

No. 89 FEBRUARY 2016:
Prahran Mechanics’ Institute & Prahran Historical & Arts Society present the Annual Laurie McCalman Lecture: Robin Grow - Murder of a messinger.
Short history prize [Heather Mutimer of Daylesford Historical Society wins short history prize] p1.
Opening hours change, closed Saturdays and open until 7 pm on Thursdays p2.
PMI press reopens p3.

No. 90 APRIL 2016:
Goodbye from Christine [Christine Worthington leaves the PMI] p2.
Oral history [interviews with Cathy Milward-Bason, Ingrid Kasapyan and Betty Yuen] p3.

No. 91 JUNE 2016:
Vale Gerry Kennedy p2.
President's report to the AGM [John Chandler's report 2016] p3.

No. 92 AUGUST 2016:
New staff [Ellen Coates: collections librarian and Chris Moysey: marketing and communications officer] p2.
Around the library [Melbourne Rare Books Week, Open House Melbourne] p3.

No. 93 OCTOBER 2016:
2016 Victorian Seniors Festival [PMI open day, book sale and CATHS lecture] p1.
Exhibition [the visionary life of Tilly Aston] p2.
Spotlight on family history] p3.

No. 94 DECEMBER 2016:
Staff updates [Tim McKenna retiring as secretary librarian, Steven Haby starting as secretary librarian] p1.
2016 short history prize [won by Neville Lee] p2.
PMI open day [Cinema and Theatre Historical Society talk] p2.
2016 Victorian Community History Awards [Pam Baragwanath, Ken James and Judith Buckrich all recipients of award] p3.
2017 Prahran Tech reunion p3.

No.95 FEBRUARY 2017:
Coming up [Laurie McCalman Presentation: The Village of Ripponlea with Judith Buckrich] p1.
Bruce Turner [death of former secretary-librarian Bruce Turner] p1.
PMI Library social media [facebook] p2.
Other news [CATHS visit to the Astor Theatre, Friends of the PMI Library Booksale, MIV bus tour] p2.
Histrivia [Melbourne's lost and forgotten railway stations: Golf Links, Mernda, Paisley, Prahran, Punt Road, White City] p3.
2016 short hisory prize: the story of Ashburton through the ages by Neville Lee OAM: excerpt from the winning entry: the 1950s p4.
Books etc [Judging for the People, Australian National Dictionary, What a Time to Be ALive, Surf-O-Rama, Under Full Sail, Margaret Preston, Of Fern and Forest, The Aboriginal Story of Burke and Wills, Furphies and Whizz Banga, Australian Alps, Luna Park: Since 1915] p5.

No.96 APRIL 2017:
Coming up [Bruce Turner Lecture: Railway Hotels of Victoria with Scott Whitaker] p1.
Around the library [Library and Information Week: celebrate your family history with Wendy Eldridge and Jane Rivett-Carnac and oline trivia competition] p2.
General news [trybooking, 2017 PMI short history prize, 2017 March second hand book sale] p2.
Other news [looking for volunteers] p2.
Around the library [Ancestry, MIV bus tour: Berwick, Trafalgar, Glengarry, Toongabbie, Stratford and Briagalong. Just for fun wordsearch] p3.
Histrivia [how did our bus and tram route numbering come about] p5.
Books etc [Soup Van, Rules of Backyard Cricket, Between a Wolf and a Dog, Offshore, The Drover's Wife, Retro Melbourne, Charles Davis, Radical Radio, The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop] p6.

No.97 JUNE 2017: Coming up [Melbourne Rare Book Week talk: Charles Stitz: Melbourne book collectors: 19th and 20th centuries, family history month: family history lesson with Wendy Eldridge and Jane Rivett Carnac, Open House Melbourne, 2017 Victorian Seniors Festival] p1.
General news [2017 Short History Prize, Sarah Comyn research, Annual General Meeting 2017] p2.
Other news [Ancestry, 2017 National Trust Heritage Festival: railways hotels of Victoria with Scott Whitaker] p3.
Some new journals [Australian Bus Panorama, The Times: Australian Time Table Association, Australian Bus] p4.
Histrivia [Obscure Melbourne localities: Attwood, Bend of Islands, Cawdortown, Irishtown, Greythorn, Monbulk, Moonee Vale, Prince Hill, Spring Grove, Tally Ho, Travancore] p4.
Speaking of maps [early public transport map] p5.
Books etc [Alice Springs, The Hate Race, Chasing Asylum, Dying: a memoir, Me and My Big Mouth, Brunswick Street, Smile Particularaly in Bad Weather, 70/80/90 Iconic Australlian Houses p6.
PMI Governance p8.

No.98 AUGUST 2017:
Coming up [National Family History Month: family history lesson and journey into your past with Alison Boundy, 2017 PMI Press launch Where Have All the Blacksmiths Gone] p1.
General news [Library and information week round up: online trivia winner Romany Manuell, A morning at the Astor with Anthony Zeccola] p2.
Open House Melbourne [CATHS, MIV, ARHS and Hawthorn Tramway Museum, includes photo of staff] p3.
Other news [Ancestry] p3.
Where Did All the Blacksmiths Go by Shirley Xanthos p3.
A Facebook post that people were unable to RESISTor [photo of resistor grid from W class tram #MysteryMonday] p4.
Memorable Moe [old family slides from Chris (PMI marketing and communications officer) of Moe] p4.
Histrivia [Melbourne map memories: part 1 Ruskin "all-about" guides: Coburg edition 1953. part 2. Morgan's street directories: Melbourne and suburbs 1951 directory] p6.
Books etc [Ache, Their Brilliant Careers, Into the Heart of Tasmania, The Art of Time Travel, Those Wild Rabbits, From The Edge, The Death of Holden, More to the Story] p10.
PMI Governance p12.

No.99 OCTOBER 2017:
Coming up [Cato Street archaeological dig, Its your time! PMI Victorian Seniors Festival Program: trawling through trove, Gmail for beginners, exccelling at Ebay, success with family history, slide nights, heritage walk of Chapel Street, vintage hoteware, second hand booksale, dirve-in Saturday, you collect what?! talking timetables, neon signs of Melbourne, show and tell pop up] p1.
General news [PMI blog Instituting the Past, Historical Novel Society of Australasia conference, Greville Street roadworks, Ancestry]p4.
History quiz: easy to evil p5.
History crossword p6.
And they're off...: greyhound, harness and horse racing tracks in Greater Melbourne [Flemington, Williamstown racing club, Victorian Amateur Turf Club] p7.
Book etc [Discovering Dobell, Outback Elvis, Depends What You Mean by Extremist, Terra Nullius, Extinctions, The Unfortunate Victim, Voyage of Hope, The Collingwood Barracker] p10.
PMI governance p12.


No.100 DECEMBER 2017:
Reflections on 2017 / Steven Haby p1.
General news [Acland Street by Judith Buckrich, Instituting the Past Amanda Witt profile, library volunteers] p2.
Treasures of the collection [Victoria 1880, Victoria and its metropolis, ANZAC book, Synonym Dictionary] p3.
History crossword answers p5.
Histrivia: unusual placenames in Victoria [Almonds, Amphitheatre, Bass, Bend of Islands, Bet Bet, Christmas Hills, Darling, Fountain Gate, Rainbow] / Steven Haby p6.
Books etc [The Life to Come / Michelle de Kretser, Artists in Hemp: Hangmen in Port Phillip and Victoria 1842-1967 / Trevor Poultney, Code Breakers: Inside the shadow world of signals intelligence in Australia's two Bletchley Parks / Craig Collie, Angus O'Callaghan Melbourne / Ben Albrecht, The Permanent Resident / Roanna Gonsalves, Grand Melbourne Gardens / David Wilkinson and Kimbal Baker, Humans in Melbourne / Chris Cinotta, They Cannot Take the Sky] p8.
Governance p10.

No.101 FEBRUARY 2018:
Exciting news [carpet replacement] p1.
General news [Library Lovers Day including photo of the staff: Ursula Zamenick, Steven Haby, Ellen Coates, Chris Moysey-Barker, Instituting the past: Michelle Negus Cleary blog] p2.
Australian Heritage Festival p2.
Stella Prize longlist p3.
Histrivia: unusual placenames in Victoria part 2 [Speed, Spion Kopje, Springfield, Staff Camp Creek, Stalker, Starvation Creek, Suggan Buggan, Tanti Park, Teddywaddy, Trunck Lead, Upfield, Victoria Park, Vite Vite, Walla Walla, Warncoort, Windsor, W Tree, Yankee Jim's Creek, Zealey Point] p4.
Books etcetera [News books: Burn City / Lous Chamberlin, The Good Country / Bain Attwood, Featherston / Geoff Isaac, Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms / Anita Heiss, The Trauma Cleaner / Sarah Krasnostein, Miller and Max / Luke Buckmaster. Coming Soon: The Man Who Carried the Nation's Grief / Carol Rosenhein, The Media and the Massacre / Sonya Voumard] p6.


No.102 APRIL 2018:
From the secretary librarian [library carpet] p1.
Around the library [Peter Wolfenden retired from committee, Michelle Cleary is his replacement] p2.
General news [AGM 12th May 2018, new events page on website, Australian heritage festival: slide night, Acland Street talk, Library and Information Week 2018: family tree workshop, Ancestry basics, short story competition, Laurie McCalman Presentation: the surveying career on William Swan Urquhart] p2.
Histrivia: the Melbourne General Post Office / Ellen Coates p4.
Books etcetera [new books: Journey Into the Wild: the photography of Peter Dombrovskis, The Great Depression: A decade with the Melbourne Football Club / Adam Woolcock, The Green Bell / Paula Keogh, The Shepherd's Hut / Tim Winton, Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters / Margo Neale. Coming Soon: The Tivoli Road Baker / Michael James and Pippa James, The Hanged Man and the Body Thief / Alexander Roginski] p6.

No. 103 JUNE 2018:
From the secretary librarian [2018 AGM and committee meeting: new committee members Tim Mckenna and re-elected Chris Michalopoulos, Steve Stefanopoulos as Vice President and Stonnington representative and Judith Buckrich as President, Prahran High School and Cato Street] p2.
National volunteer week [PMI volunteers] / Ursula Zamecnik p3.
2018 Clunes Booktown festival / Ellen Coates p4.
Upcoming events [National Family History Month: Historical Society pop ups, success with family history, how to write a non boring family history with Hazel Edwards, Scottish Highland migration to Australia with Jim Donaldson] p5.
Spotlight on associated groups [The Australian Timetable Association] p7.
New Books [The Enigmatic Mr Deakin / Judith Brett, Cold War Games / Harry Bluestein, Scandal in Bohemia / Gideon Haig, Welcome to Country / Marcia Langton, Flames / Robbie Arnott]. p8.
Coming soon [Harold Freedman: The big picture / Gavin Fry, Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering ancient Australia / Billy Griffiths, Some Tests / Wayne Macauley] p9.

No. 104 AUGUST 2018: From the secretary librarian [memories of childhood triggered by a number of stimuli, new faces Riannon Berkley (with photo), Casual library officer, improvement to the Collections Policy and becoming an associate member of PLVN] p1.
Around the library [National Family History Month, Short Story Competition winner Hannah Van Diddon, library survey, upcoming events, National History Month Events, HNSA Melbourne Chapter Event] p4. Between Shelves by Hannah Van Diddon p5.
HisTrivia [Melbourne and Victorian Retail 'Icons', The Irrespressible Showman : Stan Cash and Ken Bruce Discounts, Salada Biscuits, Big M Flavoured Milk, FAGS ( Now FADS), Scorched Peanut Bar, Smurfs, Fina, Solo, Middys Delivery Vans] p6.
Books Etcetera [The Drovers Wife by Frank Moorhouse, The Yellow House by Emily O'Grady, A Coveted Possession: The rise and fall of the piano in Australia by Michael Atherton, Pink Ink : The Golden Era for gay and lesbian magazines by Bill Calder, Australiana to Zeitgeist: An A-Z of contemporary Australian Art by Melissa Loughnan, Settling the Office: The Australian Prime Ministership from Federation to reconstruction by Paul Strangio, A Guide to Native Bee's of Australia, Shell by Kristina Ollsson] p8.

Bo.105 OCTOBER 2018:
From the secretary librarian [Seniors Festival] p1.
General news [Victorian Seniors Festival] p1.
Around the library [library survey,APRA music Licence, signage and shelving] p2.
Centenary of Melbourne's electric suburban trains / Steven Haby p4.
Upcoming events [Seniors Festival, family history social group, HNSA Melbourne chapter] p5.
Melbourne's spring racing carnival / Renee Whitehead p6.
Books etcetera [Tomato: Know sow grow feast by Penny Woodward, Janice Sutton and Karen Sutherland, Picardy: An Australian garden inspired by a passion for all things French by Marian Somes, Mirka&Georges by Lesley Harding and Kendrah Morgan, The Maddest Place on Earth by Kill Giese, Slow Catastrophes: Living with drought in Australia by Rebecca Jones, A Sand Archive by Gregory Day, Granville Stapylton: Australian Felix 1836: Second in commands to Major Mitchell by Gregory C. Eccleston, Silent Lives: Women of Warrnambool and district 1840-1910 by Elizabeth O'Callagahn] p9.

No.106 DECEMBER 2018:
2019 Midsumma Festival "Sodomy" talk p1.
From the secretary librarian [2018 summary] / Steven Haby p2.
General news [volunteer and members Christmas and afternoon tea] / Ellen Coates p2.
Library survey p3.
Saving information from the public computers USB p3.
Upcoming events [Family History Social Group] p3.
Around the library [collection corner: journals and historical society periodicals] p4.
Histrivia [the Myer Christmas Windows- a Melbourne institution] / Steven Haby p6.
Books etcetera [news books and periodicals: Her Majesty's Theatre by Frank Van Straten, Shifting Boundaries: The University of Melbourne 1975-2015 by Carolyn Rasmussen, Cinema and Theatre Historical Society no.100 2018, Gardens of the National Trust of Australia by Anne Vale, The Many Lives of Douglas Mawson by Emma McEwin, History Matters Vol 3. No.3 September 2018: Torquay Museum Without Walls, An Appointment With Beethoven: An Appreciation of the life of Ronald Farren-Price by Ian Burk] p9.

No.107 FEBRUARY 2019:
Presidents report [restructure of the library and Ursula Zamecnik] / Judith Buckrich p1.
Updates to the members area of the library catalogue p2.
We're getting mobile with our new outreach program p3.
Sodomy: a Midsumma Festival event p4.
Library Lovers Day [Australian love songs] p4.
Family history social group p4.
Friends of the PMI Library 2nd hand book sale p4.
2019 Australian heritage festival p5.
What's on around Victoria [Moving Melbourne exhibition, Melbourne's Green spaces, Friends of St Kilda Cemetery walk, Wheatland Warracknabeal 52nd Agricultural machinery museum vintage rally] p5. Collection corner [entertainment resources] p6.
Histrivia: "love is in the air": great Australian love songs] / Steven Haby p8.
Books etc [Rocky Road by Robert Wainwright, Suburbia: The forgotten and the familiar by Warren Kirk, The Arsonist by Chloe Hooper, Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee, Ironbark by Jay Charmichael, Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko, Aviation Historical Society: Aviation Heritage] p10.

No.108 APRIL 2019:
Welcome from the secretary librarian [Sodomy talk, Penny Woodward talk on tomatoes, Wendy Eldridge and the Friends of the PMI booksale, AGM, 2019 Heritage Festival] / Steven Haby p2. Announcement [Annual General Meeting] p2.
Flash fiction short story competition p2.
Annual General Meeting [agenda] p3.
General news [outreach program] p4.
Upcoming events [Australian Heritage Festival: heritage walk: department stores in Chapel Street, Friends of the Library family history social group, Phonse Tobin: an anything but ordinary life with Des Tobin, bridal fashion of the 20th century with Nicole Jenkins, family tree workshop: using your DNA results, heritage walk Malvern precinct, the hardy survivor: history of the PMI Library, Glen Eira Historical Society book lauch: Along the Line] p4.
Around the library [collection corner: Australian gardening] p7.
From the blog [plotting history: Heather Redmond, review of The Outer Circle: a history of the Oakleight to Fairfield railway by David Beardsell and Bruce H Herbert review by Michael Canavan] p8.
Books etcetera [new books and periodicals: Growing Up Muslim in Australia, The Bridge by Enza Gandolfo, Celebration and Survival: Third national conference of mechanics' institutes, schools of arts and their ilk: 16-18 November 2018 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia by Mechanics' Institute Victoria, Tiberius With A Telephone: the life and stories of William McMahon by Patrick Mullins, Ben Quilty 2010-2018 by Ben Quilty, Dunera Lives: A visual history by Ken Inglis, Genealogical Society of Victoria: Ancestor Vol.34 no.5 March 2019] p10.

No.109 JUNE 2019:
The extraordinary and ephemeral: rare books of the PMI Victorian History Library p1.
Welcome from the Secretary Librarian [AGM, Hyland's Bookshop, Cole's Book Arcade, Technical and General, Angus and Robertson, McGill's Newsagency, Borders, Avenue, Readings, Farrell's, Lion Safari Park, Wobby's World] / Steven Haby p1.
Annual General Meeting p2.
Update PMI incorporation status p2.
General news [Australian Heritage Festival, Friends of the Library Family History Social Group, Melbourne Tartan Festival: the demise of the Gaelic language, Scottish family history workshop, National Family History Month: Victorian history showcase] p3.
Around the library: 2019 Library and Information Week short story competition [winners: Her Uncle The Historian by Linda Martin and The Skinking of the HMS Sirius by Oban Ford] p4.
Collection corner: art and design p6.
The PMI turns 165 / Ellen Coates p8.
Histrivia!: from Cole Cafeteria to the Swagman-iconic Melbourne eateries [Cole Cafeteria, Olympic Doughnuts, Swagman Restaurant, petrol station restaurants] / Steven Haby p9.
Books etcetera [Paper Emperor: the rise of Australia's newspaper empires / Sally Young, Growing Up African in Australia / Maxine Beneba Clarke, From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: how Australia got compulsory voting / Judith Brett, #Metoo: stories from the Australian movement / Miriam Sved, The War Artist / Simon Cleary, History Matters / Torquay Museum Without Walls] p10.

No.110 AUGUST 2019: Exhibition: the world is one kilometre: Greville Street Prahran p1. Welcome from the Secretary Librarian [The World Is One Kilometre launch, Prahran High School, grants, Bruce Turner Local History Collection] / Steven Haby p1. General news [Prahran Square car park, The World Is One Kilometre book launch] p2. Around the Library [Victorian History Showcase] p3. Upcoming events [exhibition: Hearts of Gold: Minds of Mettle women of Stanley, Reading Aloud with the HNSA, 2019 Victorian Seniors Festival] p3. Collection corner [family histories at the PMI] p5. From the blog: plotting history: Tim Lambourne [Victorian Police Historical Society] p7. Books etcetera: new books and periodicals [Making Trouble: Tongued with fire: An imagined history of Harriet Elphinstone Dick and Alice C. Moon / Sue Ingleton. Queerstories: Reflections on lives well lived from some of Australia's finest LGBTQIA+ writers / Maeve Marsden. Becoming Modern: Australian women artists 1920-1950. Seven Big Australians: Adventures with comic actors / Anne Pender. Inside The Law: 25 years of true-crime writing / Vikki Petraitis. My Country All Gone: The white men have stolen it / Fred Cahir. Traces: Uncovering the Past Vol.7 2019] p8.

No.111 OCTOBER 2019: Victorian Seniors Festival p1. Welcome from the Secretary Librarian [Seniors Festival, new year/Christmas closures] p1. General news [library closures, 1854 silk invitation, grants, PMI incorporation status, website redevelopment, periodical storage and access in stacks, Bruce Turner Local History Collection, membership renewals, Christmas afternoon tea, summer library closure, Victorian Community History Awards] p2. Upcoming events [Victorian Seniors Festival: BeConnected, heritage walk: Malvern Civic precinct, Friends of the Library Family History Social Group] p4. Collection corner: crime and criminals p5. From the blog!:plotting history: Stella M. Barber p7. Books etcetera [Blooms and Brushstrokes: a floral history of Australian art, Aboriginal people and Australian football in the nineteenth century: the did not come from nowhere, Songspirals: sharing women's wisdom of country through songlines, The Invention of Melbourne: a baroque archbishop and a gothic architect, Cranlana: the first 100 years- the house, the garden, the people, National Gallery of Victoria: NGV Magazine] p8.

No.112 DECEMBER 2019: Welcome from the secretary librarian [Cato Square, AGM, associate membership of Public Libraries Victoria, talks from 2019] / Steven Haby p1. Ama-Zine Adventures in remaking history p3. Collection corner: holidays / Ellen Coates p4. Histrivia: the humble match and the Prahran connection / Jerry Bell p5. Books etcetera [Visions of Victoria, In Living Memory, Sand Talk: How indigenous thinking can save the world, Roots: How Melbourne became the live music capital of the world, Tulum: Modern Turkish cuisine, National Gallery of Victoria NGV magazine, Traces: Uncovering the past] p6.

No.113/114 FEBRUARY/APRIL 2020: Temporary library closure [closed for COVID] p1. Welcome from the secretary librarian [COVID lockdown, staffing departure of Chris Moysey-Barker and welcome to Vanessa O'Farrell] p1. General news [welcome Vanessa O'Farrell successful grant applications] p3. Collection corner: Women's role in history / Ellen Coates p4. Periodicals [new periodicals: Orbost and District Historical Society, Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society, Rochester Historical and Pioneer Society, Kinglake Historical Society, Sebastopol Historical Society, Maltese Historical Society, Carlton Community History Group, Mission to Seafarers, Apollo Bay and District Historical Society, Australian Jazz Museum, Australiana Society, Australian Geographic, Metro magazine] / Ellen Coates p5. Histrivia: reflections of Myer in the 1970s / Jerry Bell p7. Books etcetera [Australia's First Families of Wine, Locating Australian Literary Memory, Comfort and Judgement: Nineteenth century advice manuals and the scripting of Australian identity, Field of Poppies, 1919: the year things fell apart, In an Australian Light, Truganini: journey through the apocalypse, Out of the madhouse, Inside the Greens, Here Until August, Angry Penguins, Australian Geographic] p8.

No.115 AUGUST 2020: Welcome from the secretary librarian [COVID restrictions stage 4, grants, virtual library] / Steven Haby p1. Histrivia: some dot points on the Upfield railway line p2. Collection corner [collections under COVID, Clementine the Highland cow] / Ellen Coates p3. From cataloguing under COVID 5: the journey a book can take 10/06/20 [An Australian Bird Book by J.A Leach] p5. From cataloguing under COVID 4: some favourites [Moreland Library donation, Freshwater Tortoises of Australia and New Guinea by Howard Johnson, Australia's Greatest Rock Art by Graham L. Walsh] p6. From indexing under COVID 23/04/20 [Adam Lindsay Gordon journal] p7. From collecting under COVID 30/04/20 [ordering books] p8. Grant's corner (with Riannon and Sir Yackalot) [PMI grant applications] / Riannon Berkeley p9. Books etcetera (notes from publisher's blurbs: new books and periodicals [In The Name of the Theatre: The history, culture and voices of amateur theatre in Victoria / Cheryl Threadgold, Bundjil: Creation story / Carolyn Briggs and Balnarring Bubups, Barraeemal Story / Carolyn Briggs and Balnarring Bubups, National Gallery of Victoria: NGV magazine P 708 NGV No.23 Jul-Aug 2020, Novel Politics: Studies in Australian political fiction / John Uhr, Shaun Crowe, Juvenilia / Peter Milne, The Personal History of William Buckley Murrangurk among the First People / Robert Larkins, Australian Teachers of Media: Metro P 791.43 MET no.204 2020:] p11.

No.116 OCTOBER 2020: Welcome from the secretary librarian [Annual General Meeting, email correction, farewell to Judith Buckrich and John Chandler, grants, reopening the PMI as COVID restrictions ease] / Steven Haby p1. Annual General Meeting: agenda p3. Collections corner [PMI collections during stage 4 COVD lockdown, ordering, blog, Highland Cow Clementine] / Ellen Coates p4. Creative Writing Competition for Children's Week 2020 p6. Volunteer volumes [volunteering under COVID, volunteers working from home] / Ellen Coates p7. Grants corner October 2020 update [Bruce Turner Local History Collection, Disaster Management Plan from Stonnington Grants and Project De-fib, Children's Week Creative Writing Competition grant, Ritchies, grants in the works] p9. Books etcetera: new books and periodicals [The Accidental Town: Castlemaine 1851-1861 / Majorie Theobald, Madame Weigel's Patterns 1878-1950 / Veronika Lampkin, Printed on Stone: The Lithographs of Charles Troedel / Amanda Scardamaglia, Heide / Pi0, A Networked Community: Jewish Melbourne in the nineteenth century / Sue Silberberg, Australian Geographic: September-October 2020] p10.

No.117 DECEMBER 2020: Welcome from the secretary librarian [look back at 2020, changes to the PMI committee new President Dr Michelle Negus -Cleary, new Vice President Cr Mike Scott, and new committee members Judith Ellis and Denys Correll, Steve Stefanopolous and Dr Judith Buckrich have stepped down] / Steven Haby p2. Collections corner [reopening the PMI after COVID, COVID restrictions, Bruce Turner Collection, Clementine the Highland cow and Wally the wombat] / Ellen Coates p3. Volunteer volumes [Friends of the PMI database, Elena and Anita indexing, Sonya vertical file, Aaron cataloging and indexing, Tim indexing, book carers: Jill, Kevin and Irene, Siti repairing, Jake periodical box project, Marie indigenous subject headings, Keith council heritage studies, Donna social media] / Ellen Coates p5. PMI volunteers at work p7. Books etcetera (notes from publisher's blurbs) new books and periodicals [Democratic Adventurer: Graham Berry and the making of Australian politics / Sean Scalmer, "Bonleigh" Grand Dame, Beloved Home / Jill Davies p8. A Water Story: learning from the past, planning for the future / Geoff Beeson, Labassa: House of dreams / Vicki Shuttleworth, All Our Shimmering Skies / Trent Dalton, Honeybee / Craig Silvey] p8.


No.118 MARCH 2021: Welcome from our president [new committee members: PMI incorporation, volunteers, Chapel Street properties] / Dr Michelle Negus Cleary p1. From the secretary librarian [reopening five days, Moss Room bookings, Vale John Merry] / Steven Haby p3. Collections corner [COVID snap lockdown, Clementine the Highland Cow, Tabitha the turtle, new book budget, start of 2021, electronic resources] / Ellen Coates p3. PMI Book Sale p5. Volunteer volumes [vale John Merry, welcome Gail Evans, thanks to Donna Mead, Friends of the PMI, Pamela and Chi Lai working on shelving, Pat indexing minute books, Anita and Elena indexing periodicals, Tim indexing books, Sonya working on the vertical file, book carers, Siti book repair, Jake periodical boxes, Marie indigenous subject headings, Moreland Library donation, Aaron indexing, Volunteer function] / Ellen Coates p7. Books etcetera [Freedom Lost, Children's Birthday Cake Book, Homeland Calling, Growing Up Disabled in Australia, Together Apart, Wildlife Australia p9. Grants Corner [Disaster Management Project: Disaster Management Plan, first aid training, defibrillator] / Riannon Berkeley p12.

No.119 June 2021: Committee update [new committee, Incorporation update, our Chapel Street properties, Welcome to Isabella Webster our new Committee member] p1. From the Secretary Librarian [COVID-19, Rescheduled AGM, Zoom Trivia Night] / Steven Haby p3. Collections Corner [Large donation from Moreland Libraries, Australian Timetable Association moved: new space in stacks, Friends installed new shelving in stacks, range of new books, ordering books, electronic resources, volunteers working on collections, ephemera collection] / Ellen Coates p6. Volunteer volumes [April Friends of the PMI Book Sale, volunteers back in library, new volunteer Emma Walsh working on PMI's social media, National Volunteer Week: short videos of volunteers, Sonya indexing vertical files, Siti book displays and book repairs, Anita book displays and indexing historical society periodicals, Pamela call numbering, Marie updating Dewey numbers for street directories and finished Indigenous & Rivers/Bridges collections, Thursday busiest for volunteers and most challenging for social distancing, Jake finished moving periodicals into new boxes and auditing to ensure periodicals are where the catalogue says, Elena working old periodicals & sorting donation of books from Moreland Libraries & looking at National Library of Australia recent editions for books for our collection & deaccession material for archives, Book carers: Irene & Jill & Kevin, Pat indexing minute books, Thursday afternoon we do the Age Quiz, Aaron indexing historical society periodicals, Keith downloading heritage studies, Tim indexing books, Lyn re-writing indexing instructions, Emma e working on social media / Ellen Coates p7. Books Etcetera [Maranoa Botanic Gardens Florelegium, Truffleduck - entertain like a professional, For honour and country - Victorian Chinese Australians in World War II, Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray, the Vagabond as social reformer - inside Melbourne's asylums and hospitals, Burning weeds at Auburn - Ernest Jardine Thwaits Australia's first film producer] p9. Grants and events corner [Children's Writing Competition entrants awarded $100 each, funded by the Victorian Government, Successfully awarded City of Stonnington Community Adaptation and Resilience Buiding Grant to fund 2 new automatic hand sanitiser stations, writing application for City of Stonnington Capacity Building Grants 2021-22 to fund automatic taps and soap dispensers in bathrooms and kitchen, endorsed by Katie Allen MP for Higgins to apply for the Families and Communities Program 2021 Volunteer Grants] / Riannon Berkeley p12.

No.120 SEPTEMBER 2021: Committee updates [incorporation] p1. Secretary Librarian's report [COVID lockdown, click and collect, slide nights, Chapel Street properties] / Steven Haby p2. Collections corner [Natural History collection, Clementine, moving stacks, ephemera, religious collecting: Zoroastrians and Buddhist groups, circus collection] / Ellen Coates p3. Volunteer volumes [farewell Emma Walsh, Paula the guide dog puppy, Friends work and the database, Jake and periodical boxes, Elena back issues of journals, Lyn and indexing, book display of movies, Pat and minute book indexing] / Ellen Coates p5. New books Etc [Radicals remembering the sixties, Angels: life in the Australian motorcycle gang in the 1960 and 70s / David King, Kristian Fredrickson: Designer / Michelle Potter, Sincerely Ethel Malley / Stephen Orr, Sex,Lies and Questions Time: A prelude to Brittany Higgins / Kate Ellis, Wildlife Australia winter 2021] p7. Grant and events corner [MIV Grant, Families and Communities Program 2021 Volunteer Grants, Windsor Bendigo Banks Grants, History Council of Victoria, City of Stonnington Capacity Building Grants, Local History Grants PROV, AMAGA awards, Melbourne City of Literature residency, Midsumma Festival, Zoom events [slide nights and trivia]] / Riannon Berkeley p10. Histrivia: Victoria's standard bus- the CAC / Comair p13.

No.121 MARCH 2022: Introduction p1. Committee update [incorporation, Steven Haby's resignation and recruitment of new Chief Librarian, PMI event What We Found When We Went Looking For Victoria's Queer Heritage] p2. Collections corner [COVID collecting, ephemera and theatre programs, zine collection, ordering minority voices: Hares and Hyenas and Amplify Books, periodical audit,book displays, collection policy, Clementine the Highland Cow] / Ellen Coates p3. Casuals corner [Ringwood Historian and Newsrail. A Week In The Future by Catherine Helen Spence] / Anita Petering and Aaron Edwards p5. Grants' Grove [Lighting in the library, 4 new laptops from grants from Bendigo Bank and a grant sponsored by Dr Katie Allen MP- includes photos of Dr Allen's visit to the PMI] / Riannon Berkeley p6. Events' Examiner [What We Found When We Went Looking For Victoria's Queer Heritage-talk by Dr Graham Willett about the report from the Australian Queer Archives 'A History of LGBTQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects' as part of the 2022 Midsumma Festival, Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Writer in Residence Karys McEwan-online panel Local History in the Classroom and Beyond also lauch of PMI's You Tube Chanel] / Riannon Berkeley p9. Volunteer volumes [Book care: Irene, Kevin and Jill, sorting out Dewey: Marie, indexing: Lyn and Tim, database: Friends of the PMI, book repair Siti and Paula, labels: Liam. Five year awards: Aaron Edwards, Robyn Jones, Wendy Goodwin, Marie Pernat, Sonya Cameron, Tim McKenna, Lyn Firminger and Kevin Powell. Ten year award: Pat Galvin. Volunteer function] / Ellen Coates p11. Spotlighted books and periodicals [Working from Home / May O Nha, Gum: The story of eucalypts and their champions / Ashley Hay, Flash Jim / Kel Richards, Bypass / Michael McGirr, The Adversary / Ronnie Scott, Genealogical Society of Victoria: Ancestor] p15. Riddles [Friday Riddles] / Ellen Coates p16.

Now the PMI Victorian History Library Inc.