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Missed out on a Southern Rock Lobster? Enjoy this specimen from our Rare Book Collection instead. James Edward Smith’s Specimen of the Botany of New Holland (1793) #Lobster #Seafood #Summer #Australia #wildlife #Rarebooks #UOMCulturalCommons #Unimelb
Starting the #ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchivesPenPals event with Ernst Sorge and Johannes Georgi catching up on correspondence from loved ones c1930. Both members of the German Greenland Expedition. Photos from Fritz Loewe Collection https://t.co/f2i4DC2EPz https://t.co/lTq1KBpOMR
Whose kids are raiding the dressing up box? Another activity to entertain the housebound inspired by images in #UniMelbcollections. This portrait of the Gray children is from the Benalla studio of William J. Howship. c.1910-1930. Image: 1988.0137.01160
Researchers please note the Reading Room's last day of 2019 will be Friday. All material will be returned to the repository so re-order material by midday 3rd Jan 2020 to view access when the Reading Room reopens on the 6th
For all those who like to plan ahead - below is the summer holiday close down period for the Cultural Collections Reading Room at the Baillieu @unilibrary
These 1937 Christmas cards prove minimalism can still be festive - from mining engineer Essington Lewis' collection. Containing cards from Lewis' global network, unit 65 shows a varied representation of #Christmas, although koalas in Santa hats are still many years away!
Celebrating National Pollinator Week acknowledging Isabel Cookson (L) @unimelb Pollen Unit in 1954. #womeninscience ref no. 1993.0181.00001
Happy Birthday Hugh Culling Eardley Childers! Champion for the establishment of @unimelb & first VC. ref no.UMA/I/1679 #ozhistory #unimelb
Happy #NationalEucalyptDay We're quite keen on this Macrocarpa from the Wilfrid Grimwade Collectn 2009.0030 - such glorious #gumnuts GPNC252