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44184203 (Australian Library Collections)
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Author:
Gaunt, Heather.
Title:
History and memory in the Tasmanian Public Library : the curious case of The hermit in Van Diemen's Land / Heather Gaunt.
Published:
[Victoria] : Monash University ePress, 2009.
Description:
10.1-10.12 [12] p. ; 24 cm.
Dewey Number:
027.4946
Summary:
This article considers the question of the public library and its books as a 'lieu de mémoire' by examining a particular Australian library (the Tasmanian Public Library in Hobart) and the fate of a particular text ("The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land" by Henry Savery). It has resulted from a Research Fellowship awarded by the State Library of Tasmania in 2005.
Notes:
Bibliography: p. 10.10-10.12.
Part of:
In: History Australia : journal of the Australia Historical Association. Vol. 6, no. 1 (April 2009) 1449-0854 (print)
Subjects:
Savery, Henry. The hermit in Van Diemen's Land.
Tasmanian Public Library -- History.
Collective memory -- Tasmania.
Collection development (Libraries) -- Tasmania.
Discarding of books, periodicals, etc. -- Tasmania.
Libraries -- Special collections -- Tasmania.
Library resources -- Tasmania -- History.
Public libraries -- Tasmania -- Hobart -- History.
Other Authors:
State Library of Tasmania
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