The La Trobe Journal
is published by the State Library of Victoria Foundation twice yearly in May and December. Formerly the La Trobe Library Journal, it was published from 1968 to 1997 by the Friends of the State Library (since amalgamated with the State Library of Victoria Foundation).
Editorial Committee: John Arnold (Editor), Michael van Leeuwen, Shane Carmody, Anne Colman, Des Cowley, Kevin Molloy, Greg Kratzmann and Dianne Reilly. Administrative assistant: Jennie Harrison.
Volunteer editorial assistant: Amy Hawley.
Proof readers: Suzette Chapple, Anne Colman, Ellie Dargaville, Kevin Molloy, Dianne Reilly and Lurline Stuart.
Editorial address: 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 is accepted for them by the Editorial Committee or the State Library of Victoria Foundation.
Copyright of material published in The La Trobe Journal is vested in the author.
The State Library of Victoria Foundation acknowledges the support of the National Centre for Australian Studies, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, in providing time relief for the Editor.
Members of the State Library of Victoria Foundation receive The La Trobe Journal free as part of their membership. Single copies may be purchased from Readings.
Illustration Credits
The following institutions and individuals have kindly allowed originals in their possession to be reproduced:
Australian and Lesbian Gay Archive, pp. 48 and 50.
Melbourne City Council, pp. 12 and 141.
Museum Victoria, p. 75.
National Library of Australia, p. 163.
Public Record Office of Victoria, pp. 18 and 28.
Francis Reiss, p. 152.
Haddon Storey, p. 167.
Joanna Topliss, p. 163.
Barbara Tucker, p. 157.
Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive, pp. 87, 90-93, and 198.
Graham Willett, pp. 9, 16, 45, 61, 165,
All other illustrations, unless otherwise acknowledged, are from the State Library of Victoria and have been copied by the Imaging Studio or digitally downloaded from the Library's on-line catalogue: http://slv.vic.gov.au/
Acknowledgements
The State Library of Victoria Foundation would like to thank the following for their support for this special issue of the La Trobe Journal: The Australian Centre, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne; the Australian Gay and Lesbian Archives; and Globe (Gay & Lesbian Organisation of Business & Enterprise).
Cover illustration
'Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne', viewed from the south-west corner of Swanston and Lonsdale Streets. Colour postcard, [c. 1906], Pictures Collection, State Library of Victoria, Accession No: H96.200/221. The image has been cropped slightly and its original caption removed. It can be seen in full at: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sjones/gid/slv-pic-aab30619
