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Vision 2020 Victoria Gallery

Watch a video announcing the John & Myriam Wylie Foundation's Victoria Gallery, part of the Library's Vision 2020 redevelopment.

6 Feb 2017 Duration: 03:18

2016: the year in review

Watch a short video to review the Library's many achievements in 2016.

19 Jan 2017 Duration: 01:22

2016 Australian Poetry Slam: Victorian winner & runner-up

Watch the winning poems by Arielle Cottingham and William Beale, contestants in the 2016 Australian Poetry Slam state finals.

23 Dec 2016 Duration: 03:50

We sell this city

Watch a fascinating panel discussion about the social history of advertising in Melbourne, with rare examples from the Library's collection.

14 Dec 2016 Duration: 49:44

Triple R debate: Counterfeit culture

Watch Triple R broadcasters argue for and against the provocative premise that there's nothing new under the sun.

8 Dec 2016 Duration: 1:03:00

No longer a wandering spirit: part one

Join Creative Fellow Sharon Huebner on a journey of connection as two Indigenous families reclaim their history from the archives.

1 Dec 2016 Duration: 42:30

No longer a wandering spirit: part two

Watch part two of this historic event in which Bessy Flowers' descendants share their stories of discovering their ancestor and each other.

1 Dec 2016 Duration: 51:05

Noel Pearson on hunting the radical centre

Watch Noel Pearson deliver a searing 2016 Keith Murdoch Oration on how radical centrist politics can help solve Indigenous disadvantage.

20 Oct 2016 Duration: 39:06

Author in conversation: Maggie Black

Author Maggie Black talks with historian Peter Yule about her book 'Up came a squatter', the story of her great-grandfather Niel Black.

6 Oct 2016 Duration: 45:36

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