La Trobe Library Journal
No. 58 Spring 1996 (Issued May 1997)
published by The Friends of the State Library of Victoria
The Australian Manuscripts Collection
Guest editors — Shona Dewar and Sandra Burt
Contents
| 1 |
Introduction |
Stuart Macintyr |
1 |
| 2 |
George Mercer: two recent acquisitions |
Jock Murphy |
2 |
| 3 |
The Charles Joseph La Trobe archive: an overview |
Dianne Reilly |
7 |
| 4 |
Paper trails: the navigational records of the Burke and Wills Expedition in the State Library of Victoria |
Gerard Hayes |
14 |
| 5 |
Overseas travel of Australian women |
Ros Pesman |
19 |
| 6 |
Illustrated diaries in the Australian Manuscripts Collection |
Shona Dewar |
27 |
| 7 |
Kate Baker and “a matter of national importance” |
Sandra Burt |
33 |
| 8 |
Select bibliography of books published since 1990 which have drawn upon the Australian Manuscripts Collection |
Compiled by Margaret Burnett, Jane Nicholas and Lois McEvey |
38 |
| 9 |
Select list of accessions 1992–1996 |
Compiled by Gerard Hayes |
39 |
Editors' note: Unless otherwise noted, all manuscript sources are La Trobe. All essays, with the exception of that of the La Trobe Librarian. Dianne Reilly, and the one by Ros Pesman, are by staff of the Australian Manuscripts Collection.
Front cover illustration: Detail from MS 12075. Alexander Goodall Diary. 1895. La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria.
ISSN 0041–3151
