Dominion cartoon satire as trench culture narratives: complaints, endurance and stoicism

Although Dominion soldiers’ Great War field publications are relatively well known, the way troops created cartoon multi-panel formats in some of them has been neglected as a record of satirical social observation. Visual narrative humour provides a ‘bottom-up’ perspective for journalistic observations that in many cases capture the spirit of the army in terms of stoicism, buoyed by a culture of internal complaints. Troop concerns expressed in the early comic strips of Australians, Canadians, New Zealanders and British were similar. They shared a collective editorial purpose of morale boosting among the ranks through the use of everyday narratives that elevated the anti-heroism of the citizen soldier, portrayed as a transnational everyman in the service of empire. The regenerative value of disparagement humour provided a redefinition of courage as the very act of endurance on the Western Front

Petr Herel : an exhibition of artist books at the National Library of Australia

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Library of Australia, 22 March - 30 June 1989Bibliography: p. [35]

The National Library of Australia master key, 7-6-68 [realia] /

Title from plaque on box.; On obverse: Challenger GMK -- On reverse: 170CL Made in Canada.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3096453; Exhibited: The Opening Chapter: The National Library of Australia's building anniversary 1968-2008, National Library of Australia, 18 April 2008 to 1 November 2008 AuCNL

Plaque for the National Library of Australia [realia].

Title from accession record.; The exact material from which this plaque was made cannot be identified as it has been glazed and painted.; SUMMARY: The plaque was originally made for the National Library of Australia building and was intended to record the names of the National Librarians. The logo on the plaque was the one commissioned by Sir Archibald Grenfell Price in 1966 from Douglas Annand (1903-1976).; Inscribed "National Library of Australia" (l.l.-l.r.) /"National Librarians" (l.c.)

The Indian Ocean [electronic resource] : a select bibliography of resources for study in the National Library of Australia.

0642991502 (ISBN). Includes index.; Electronic reproduction. Canberra, A.C.T. : National Library of Australia, 2011

Consent on Trial: The fascinating case of the Maria Luz Incident (1872)

Jn 1872, the fledgling Japanese government found itself embroiled in an international incident when asked to arbitrate whether 230 Chinese indentured 'coolies' on board the Peruvian bark Maria Luz, harboured in the foreign settlement port of Yokohama for repairs, were free laborers or slaves. Matters became even more challenging for the Japanese government when it was accused of tolerating domestic slavery in the institution of licensed prostitution. In this presentation Dr Bill Mihalopoulos investigates how Japan responded to these challenges that crystallised around the so-called Maria Luz Incident, and uses the incident to investigate the rare moment when consent in contract – a fundamental concept that defines the modern world – was introduced and modelled in Japan

Harrison Bryan

Sydney University's Fisher Librarian, Harrison Bryan, was appointed as Director-General of the National Library of Australia in July 1980