Australian country music star, Chad Morgan recently passed away at the age of 91. His career as an entertainer spanned from 1952 until his retirement last year. In this digital story produced by State Library in 2018, Chad discusses his early career. You can watch the full 54 minute interview with Chad Morgan via our One Search catalogue - https://ow.ly/Qlf150UA5ar | State Library of Queensland

Step inside a home that inspired one of Australia’s most celebrated novels📖 Built in 1870, Lake View House was once home to Ethel Florence Richardson, better known by her pen name Henry Handel Richardson. It was here in Chiltern that her early life inspired the fictional town of Barambogie in The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, now regarded as a masterpiece of Australian literature. Furnished in period style, the red-brick lakeside villa reflects life in a prosperous gold-era town and includes pers

Open now, our free exhibition ‘Inked: Australian Cartoons’ presents a selection of the best cartoons from the Library’s extensive collections. It draws from over 14,000 cartoons by dozens of different artists, covering the period before the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 up to the present. Plan your visit today! bit.ly/InkedAustralianCartoons #InkedNLA | National Library of Australia

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