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No 69 Autumn 2002

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The La Trobe Journal

is published by the State Library of Victoria Foundation twice yearly in Autumn and Spring.
Editorial Committee: John Barnes (editor), Sandra Burt (assistant to editor), John Arnold, Shane Carmody, Yvonne Hurley, Wallace Kirsop and Jack Moshakis.
Editorial addresses: Editor, The La Trobe Journal, State Library of Victoria Foundation, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000. E-mail: [email protected]
Contributions are invited on scholarly topics, and are subject to refereeing.
Opinions expressed in The La Trobe Journal are those of the individual contributors and no responsibility for them is accepted by the Editorial Committee or the State Library of Victoria Foundation.
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Members of the State Library of Victoria Foundation receive The La Trobe Journal free as part of their membership. Membership details are given in the inside back cover. Subscriptions are not available to non-members.
Single copies (when available) may be purchased online through the Library Shop (http://www.statelibrary.vic.gov.au) or directly from the State Library (ask at Foyer Desk).
All photographs in this number of The La Trobe Journal are from the State Library of Victoria unless stated otherwise. Library photography by the photographic section of the State Library.
Front Cover: Elizabeth Gould (1804–1841), ‘Malarus Lamberti’, from The Birds of Australia and the Adjacent Islands, (1837–38).
Back Cover: Elizabeth Gould, ‘Sericornis Humilis, pencil and watercolour wash, unfinished preliminary sketch, H83.224/1, LTF Box /E. Gould, La Trobe Picture Collection.
The art of Elizabeth Gould is discussed by Des Cowley, ‘Women's Work: Illustrating the Natural Wonders of the Colonies’ in this number of The La Trobe Journal.
The State Library of Victoria Foundation gratefully acknowledges the generous donation from Birds Australia towards the cost of reproducing the work of Elizabeth Gould.
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The La Trobe Journal
No. 69 Autumn 2002

Contents

Vane Lindesay A Bookman Recollects 3
Des Cowley Women's Work: Illustrating the Natural Wonders of the Colonies 11
Wallace Kirsop The Finest Private Library in Australia’: John Macgregor's Collection 30
Annotation
The Golf Hill Bequest
Ruth Dwyer 1. A Pair of Australian Cedar Bookcases 39
Des Cowley 2. George Russell's Library 43
Allison Holland After Glenrowan: Some Recent Findings on the Provenance of the Kelly Gang Armour 45
Dean Wilson Explaining the ‘Criminal’: Kelly's Death Mask 51
Mimi Colligan The Mysterious Edward/Ellen De Lacy Evans: The Picaresque in Real Life 59
Jock Murphy Library Profile Patsy Adam-Smith 69
The La Trobe Journal is edited by John Barnes, assisted by Sandra Burt, and is published twice a year by the State Library of Victoria Foundation.
ISSN 1441-3760