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		<title>&#8216;You are here&#8217; Zine fair 23rd March 2013 &#8211; Part II</title>
		<link>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2013/06/14/you-are-here-zine-fair-23rd-march-2013-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>debcox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is part 2 of a little photo essay on our visit to the &#8221;You Are Here&#8221; Zine Fair back in March. Part 1 can be viewed here.  The last few tables we visited were occupied by an Indie pubulisher, a Graphic novelist &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2013/06/14/you-are-here-zine-fair-23rd-march-2013-part-ii/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is part 2 of a little photo essay on our visit to the &#8221;You Are Here&#8221; Zine Fair back in March. <a href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2013/04/22/you-are-here-zine-fair-23rd-march-2013/">Part 1 can be viewed here</a>.</p>
<p> The last few tables we visited were occupied by an Indie pubulisher, a Graphic novelist and a Manga creator, oh no!</p>
<div id="attachment_2020" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 598px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-2020" href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2013/06/14/you-are-here-zine-fair-23rd-march-2013-part-ii/30-3/"><img class="size-large wp-image-2020" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/06/301-588x441.jpg" alt="" width="588" height="441" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Milk Shadow Folk - the only one we could capture</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_1871" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 451px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-1871" href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2013/06/14/you-are-here-zine-fair-23rd-march-2013-part-ii/attachment/39/"><img class="size-large wp-image-1871" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/05/39-441x588.jpg" alt="" width="441" height="588" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Canberra&#039;s very own Manga artist</p></div>
<p>Overall we nabbed a good assortment of zines and some comics and met lots of interesting folk. Thank you to all who took the time to help us out and tell us about your work. If you see yourself in the photos please comment and we will give you the right credits.</p>
<p>Btw keep checking the <a title="NLA Catalogue" href="http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/">catalogue</a> &#8211; your zine (if we collected it <img src='http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> ) will pop up soon &#8211; if you search for it!</p>
<p>Debbie Cox &amp; Marjorie Currie</p>
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		<title>Mystery of the unidentified object solved!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2013/06/06/mystery-of-the-unidentified-object-solved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Whiting</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last post I put out a plea for help with identifying a mysterious object featured in a photograph from our John Flynn collection. Our caption title for the photograph was just &#8220;Unidentified object, two egg-shaped bulbs joined by &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2013/06/06/mystery-of-the-unidentified-object-solved/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In my last post I put out a plea for help with identifying a mysterious object featured in a photograph from our John Flynn collection. Our caption title for the photograph was just &#8220;Unidentified object, two egg-shaped bulbs joined by a tube&#8221; and we really had no idea what it could be.</p>
<div id="attachment_1944" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 590px"><a href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/06/emu-egg.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-1944" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/06/emu-egg-580x588.jpg" alt="That unidentified object" width="580" height="588" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">That unidentified object</p></div>
<p>Well, thanks to the wonderful Twitterverse, I think we now have an answer. <a href="https://twitter.com/TimHose/status/340311606909075457">Tim Hose </a>tweeted that he thought it might be a deformed egg, possibly an emu egg and provided a link to a photo of a deformed chicken egg that looked very similar (though of course on a much smaller scale).</p>
<div id="attachment_1937" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 598px"><a href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/06/deformed-egg.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-1937" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/06/deformed-egg-588x441.jpg" alt="Deformed chicken egg - photo by Katherine Plumer" width="588" height="441" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Deformed chicken egg - photo by Katherine Plumer</p></div>
<p>I&#8217;m thrilled to have the mystery solved so quickly &#8211; but the thought of some poor emu producing that very odd looking egg in our John Flynn photo makes me cringe a little! I&#8217;ve now been able to update the title on our catalogue record to something much more meaningful &#8220;<a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2355508">Egg-shaped object, possibly a deformed emu egg</a>&#8220;.</p>
<p>Thanks very much to Tim Hose! Now, should I challenge Tim with some more of the unidentified photographs from our collection?</p>
<p>Perhaps someone with a technical bent could help with this one that is also from our John Flynn collection &#8220;<a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24632772">Unidentified communication apparatus</a>&#8221;</p>
<div id="attachment_1939" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 470px"><a href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/06/communication-apparatus.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-1939" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/06/communication-apparatus-460x588.jpg" alt="Unidentified communication apparatus" width="460" height="588" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Unidentified communication apparatus</p></div>
<p> Any ideas???</p>
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		<title>Hope my cry&#8217;s not in vain for this object with no name</title>
		<link>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2013/05/31/hope-my-crys-not-in-vain-for-this-object-with-no-name/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 23:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Whiting</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the hundreds of thousands of photographs held by the Library are some that remain a mystery to us. They have been acquired as part of albums or collections without any captions or other information that might help us to &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2013/05/31/hope-my-crys-not-in-vain-for-this-object-with-no-name/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Among the hundreds of thousands of photographs held by the Library are some that remain a mystery to us. They have been acquired as part of albums or collections without any captions or other information that might help us to identify the people, objects or places in them.  Tantalizing and intriguing, we wish we knew more about them. They might be exactly what someone is looking for, if only we knew where/who/what they were!</p>
<p>We just hate using that word &#8220;unidentified &#8230;&#8221; in the titles of our catalogue records and do our best to track them down, but just don&#8217;t have the knowledge or time to devote to the task.  Very frustrating!</p>
<p>One of these &#8220;unknowns&#8221; that has aroused my curiosity is an object featured in a lantern slide from our John Flynn collection. John Flynn, founder of the Australian Inland Mission and the Royal Flying Doctor Service, was an avid photographer, amassing a wonderful collection of images of the outback, its inhabitants, and various pieces of machinery and equipment during his travels as a missionary in the early years of the 20th century. Flynn used some of these in lantern slide lecture tours around the country to raise  funds for his proposed Australian Inland Mission.</p>
<div id="attachment_1920" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 598px"><a href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/05/flynn-advertisement.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-1920" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/05/flynn-advertisement-588x586.jpg" alt="Flynn lecture advertisement" width="588" height="586" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Flynn lecture advertisement</p></div>
<p>Now I wonder what his spiel was about this slide during his lectures? I&#8217;m sure he had a good reason for including it, and thought it was something interesting or significant.</p>
<div id="attachment_1917" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 590px"><a href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/05/flynn-object.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-1917" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/05/flynn-object-580x588.jpg" alt="Flynn photo - unidentified object" width="580" height="588" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Flynn photo - unidentified object</p></div>
<p>It has me stumped, but I&#8217;m sure there is someone out there who could enlighten me so we could change our caption for this photograph from &#8220;<a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2355508">Unidentified object, two egg-shaped bulbs joined by a tube</a>&#8221; to something a little more meaningful. Please help!</p>
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		<title>Every item has a story&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 22:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Whiting</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While most people love the feel of opening up a brand new book or magazine, or being the first to see a photograph &#8220;hot off the camera&#8221;, what I love most about the NLA&#8217;s collections are the &#8221;pre-owned&#8221; items that we&#8217;ve acquired. If &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2013/05/15/every-item-has-a-story/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While most people love the feel of opening up a brand new book or magazine, or being the first to see a photograph &#8220;hot off the camera&#8221;, what I love most about the NLA&#8217;s collections are the &#8221;pre-owned&#8221; items that we&#8217;ve acquired. If only they could speak, imagine the stories they could tell about where they have been, the hands they have passed through, the impact they&#8217;ve had on thoughts and lives. In fact, sometimes it&#8217;s the little bits and pieces that might be written in, or accompany an item that add unexpected colour and context.</p>
<p>Recently we were fortunate to receive a donation of an original handwritten piece of music titled <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6250602">&#8220;Grey Foreshore&#8221;</a>, composed by Miriam Hyde and with a dedication &#8220;To Florence and Lynda Simpson&#8221; at the top of the score.</p>
<div id="attachment_1881" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 425px"><a href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/05/miriamhydemusic_Page_1.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-1881" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/05/miriamhydemusic_Page_1-415x588.jpg" alt="Grey Foreshore cover" width="415" height="588" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Grey Foreshore cover</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1882" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 425px"><a href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/05/miriamhydemusic_Page_2.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-1882" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/05/miriamhydemusic_Page_2-415x588.jpg" alt="Grey Foreshore first page" width="415" height="588" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Grey Foreshore first page</p></div>
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<p>While this was lovely personal touch, you might wonder who Florence and Lynda were, why Miriam dedicated this piece to them, and what it was about. Well, a charming letter that was included with the donated music reveals all! This was a real treasure, as the letter was from Miriam Hyde herself. In addition to describing how busy she had been with some family matters she thanked Florence and Lynda for their Christmas card and explained that the beach scene on the card had inspired her to write this piece of music which she was sending to them. Miriam then goes on to describe how different sections of the music are intended to evoke various aspects of the scene on the card. She says in part:</p>
<p><em>&#8220;I was much taken with the atmosphere of that charming sea-scape on your card&#8230;&#8230;</em></p>
<p><em>I have at last managed to complete &#8216;Grey Foreshore&#8217; and I offer it to you both with my love. Like a dressmaker who has completed a garment, I enclose the &#8216;scraps&#8217; in case it is of any interest to you to see a few of the processes that preceded the finished article.</em></p>
<p><em>It is a modest little piece, unlikely I think to interest any publisher. The sea is subdued under a cloudy sky. The first change to 4 flats might suggest the warmer tones of golden sand and brown earth at the cliff’s base. From the ‘mf’‘ on page 2 there is a bigger amplitude  ; one&#8217;s thoughts go out to the ocean&#8217;s depth and the romance of a passing ship (though there is not one in the picture!). The new figure in 4ths, page 3, is associated in my mind with the gentle pattern of waves in that quiet inlet in the foreground. As I have conveyed in the manuscript, the closing section brings to us the lonely call of birds ; and in the closing bars we combine a reminiscence of the opening harmony with a pattern of parallel 4ths.</em></p>
<p><em>The card is still standing on my desk and I thank you both for the thoughts it has brought me.&#8221;</em></p>
<div id="attachment_1883" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 425px"><a href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/05/mriamhyde_Page_1.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-1883" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/05/mriamhyde_Page_1-415x588.jpg" alt="Letter page 1" width="415" height="588" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Letter page 1</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1884" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 425px"><a href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/05/mriamhyde_Page_2.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-1884" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/05/mriamhyde_Page_2-415x588.jpg" alt="Letter page 2" width="415" height="588" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Letter page 2</p></div>
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<p>Miriam&#8217;s rather self-deprecating comment that she doesn&#8217;t think it will be of interest to any music publisher proved to be quite wrong, as it has been published, and you can even hear a little <a href="http://australiancomposers.com.au/print-music/grey-foreshore-score">audio sample </a>from a CD titled <em>The Ring of New Bells</em>, played by John Martin.</p>
<p>Makes me want to buy this CD to hear the piece in full (how I wish I could play the piano myself!) and imagine the grey skies, the golden sands, the pull of the ocean and the crying of seabirds as Miriam intended.</p>
<p>And just to bring the story full circle, the Library also holds a lovely thoughtful portrait of Miriam Hyde painted by Clif Peir in 1957, just a year after she composed Grey Foreshore.</p>
<div id="attachment_1889" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 457px"><a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an4657221"><img class="size-large wp-image-1889" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/05/miriam-hyde-portrait-1957-447x588.jpg" alt="Miriam Hyde portrait 1957" width="447" height="588" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Miriam Hyde portrait 1957</p></div>
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		<title>&#8216;You are here&#8217; Zine fair 23rd March 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>debcox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canberra turned on another gorgeous Autumn day for the &#8220;You are here&#8221; festival&#8217;s zine fair.  The fair was excellent and we enjoyed it muchly &#8211; even if we arrived only in time to catch the last part of the boy &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2013/04/22/you-are-here-zine-fair-23rd-march-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Canberra turned on another gorgeous Autumn day for the &#8220;<a title="You are Here" href="http://youareherecanberra.com.au/">You are here</a>&#8221; festival&#8217;s zine fair.  The fair was excellent and we enjoyed it muchly &#8211; even if we arrived only in time to catch the last part of the boy &#8216;Go Go&#8217; dancers act.  Lucky for us we remembered we were there to work so we collected a great selection of zines for the National Collection.  Here is part 1 of a little photo essay of the day and of some of the zines we collected.</p>
<div id="attachment_1774" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 539px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-1774" href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2013/04/22/you-are-here-zine-fair-23rd-march-2013/attachment/4/"><img class="size-large wp-image-1774" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/04/4-588x441.jpg" alt="" width="529" height="397" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The folks from &quot;A zine thing&quot;</p></div>
<p>It was also good to catch up with the folks from &#8216;The Sticky Institue&#8217;</p>
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<p>Who were there with a table jammed packed full of goodies;</p>
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<p>wearing their love of zines on their &#8230;. urr, hands.</p>
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<p> The bottom of the U</p>
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<p>The Femme Collective gave us another colourful table.</p>
<div id="attachment_1837" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 451px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-1837" href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2013/04/22/you-are-here-zine-fair-23rd-march-2013/15-2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-1837" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/04/151-441x588.jpg" alt="" width="441" height="588" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Librarian at Work!</p></div>
<p>The folk from Urban Pancakes &#8211; a new fav</p>
<div id="attachment_1808" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 598px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-1808" href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2013/04/22/you-are-here-zine-fair-23rd-march-2013/attachment/18/"><img class="size-large wp-image-1808 " src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/04/18-588x441.jpg" alt="" width="588" height="441" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Urban Pancake team</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1809" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 451px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-1809" href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2013/04/22/you-are-here-zine-fair-23rd-march-2013/attachment/20/"><img class="size-large wp-image-1809" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/04/20-441x588.jpg" alt="" width="441" height="588" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Urban</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1810" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 598px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-1810" href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2013/04/22/you-are-here-zine-fair-23rd-march-2013/attachment/23/"><img class="size-large wp-image-1810" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/04/23-588x441.jpg" alt="" width="588" height="441" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Pancakes</p></div>
<p>Same time next year!</p>
<div id="attachment_1811" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 598px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-1811" href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2013/04/22/you-are-here-zine-fair-23rd-march-2013/attachment/24/"><img class="size-large wp-image-1811" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/04/24-588x441.jpg" alt="" width="588" height="441" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Adios! - until next time</p></div>
<p>Love the cats</p>
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<p>Don&#8217;t be shy about posting a comment if you recognise yourself or just were there having fun at the fair.</p>
<p>End of Part 1.  Stay tuned for Part 2!</p>
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		<title>Express your taste &#8211; learn to cut, copy and paste</title>
		<link>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2013/03/28/express-your-taste-learn-to-cut-copy-and-paste/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Whiting</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zines are a wonderful way to show your creativity and express your thoughts and ideas. They can range from the very simple, to something more elaborate. From black and white pages to sheets folded into beguiling shapes, sprinkled with glitter, &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2013/03/28/express-your-taste-learn-to-cut-copy-and-paste/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Zines are a wonderful way to show your creativity and express your thoughts and ideas. They can range from the very simple, to something more elaborate. From black and white pages to sheets folded into beguiling shapes, sprinkled with glitter, or with &#8220;found items&#8221; glued in. They may be secured with staples or ribbon or string, or even in packages &#8211; brown paper bags for that environmentally friendy touch of course! I must say that from our Preservation Section&#8217;s perspective, rusty staples are a nightmare &#8211; so for those stapling zinesters, stainless steel definitely preferred!</p>
<p>The possibilities are endless and only limited by your imagination. Zines can be serious or funny, about your experiences or your thoughts on the world, reflective and poetic or outrageous and confronting. They enable everyone to have their say and are a marvellous demonstration of popular culture and &#8220;non-mainstream&#8221; creative arts. That&#8217;s why the National Library considers them so significant and collects a representative sample of what is being produced. But perhaps the best part of zines is that they are made to swap and share with others. They give enjoyment to the creators and pleasure to the receivers.</p>
<p>So, are you feeling inspired?  Want to become a zinester but don&#8217;t know where to begin? Well, just to reinforce the importance the National Library places on zines, we are hosting a workshop called &#8220;Cut, Copy and Paste&#8221; on Saturday 25th May from 10:30-4:30. Suitable for anyone from 12 upwards &#8211; age is no barrier! It will be run by the experienced zinesters Jeremy Staples and Elouise Quinliven. So this is your opportunity to give it a try. Cost is $30 and you can <a href="https://register.eventarc.com/14734/young-adults-cut-copy-paste-ages-12">make a booking here</a> </p>
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		<title>Sad finale for a droll entertainer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Whiting</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the days before TV and local movie theatres, what did people do for a night’s entertainment out in the suburbs or in country towns? Playbills and broadsides provide a fascinating insight into what was “hot”. In the early years of &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2013/02/25/sad-finale-for-a-droll-entertainer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the days before TV and local movie theatres, what did people do for a night’s entertainment out in the suburbs or in country towns? Playbills and broadsides provide a fascinating insight into what was “hot”. In the early years of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, variety troupes toured the country presenting special guest artists from Australia and overseas, plus the latest in mechanical “moving pictures” to amaze and delight their audiences. The Library has many wonderful examples of the playbills and broadsides that advertised these performances, but here’s one that piqued my interest because of the rather poignant story attached to one of the performers.</p>
<p>The Southern Cross Combination Co. presented a touring variety show and this broadside from 1910 spruiks the presence of the “Prince of Balladists” Post Mason, an American baritone, plus films of “the world&#8217;s latest and greatest sporting events” shown by an electric biograph and finally the special engagement of “Alberto the Droll Conjurer”.</p>
<div id="attachment_1729" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 228px"><a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.aus-vn3993161"><img class="size-large wp-image-1729" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/02/alberto-playbill-218x588.jpg" alt="Advertising playbill" width="218" height="588" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Advertising playbill</p></div>
<p>Although this performance was at the Auburn Town Hall in Sydney, the Company obviously toured their show around the state, as there is an enthusiastic review of the same show from the <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75303329">Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate </a>in July 1910.</p>
<p>Now, what attracted my attention was the curiously named “Alberto the Droll Conjurer”. Who was Alberto and what became of him? Well he cut quite a dashing figure in his performing days as this photograph from the State Library of Victoria shows.</p>
<div id="attachment_1727" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 334px"><a href="http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/miscpics/gid/slv-pic-aab12953/1/mp019134"><img class="size-large wp-image-1727" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/02/alberto-the-conjurer-324x588.jpg" alt="Alberto the conjurer" width="324" height="588" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Alberto the conjurer</p></div>
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<p>Alberto the “Droll Conjurer” was really Harold McAuliffe, a comedy magician. According to information from <a href="http://www.geniimagazine.com/magicpedia/Harold_Alberto">Magicpedia</a> and <a href="http://www.magictricks.com/harold-alberto.html">MagicTricks.com</a>:</p>
<p><em>Harold started his performing career in 1902, billing himself as &#8220;The Gay Deceiver&#8221; and &#8220;The Droll Conjurer&#8221;. He joined Harry Rickard&#8217;s Tivoli company with early tricks, The Miser&#8217;s Dream and The Vanishing Lamp. He was most famous for his More water! growing plant routine, where periodically he would shout &#8220;More water!&#8221; and pour water on a plant that was growing ridiculously large. Eventually, the plant would extend offstage into the right-side wings, only to begin to grow onto the stage from the left. Moving to the United States in 1922, he became a technical advisor to Hollywood movie studios during the 1930&#8242;s and 1940&#8242;s and committed suicide in 1964 after years struggling with severe clinical depression.</em></p>
<p>I wanted to know a bit more about this magician who went to Hollywood, so thought I’d do some digging to see if I could find out anything else. Both the Magicpedia and MagicTricks.com websites list his birth date as 1882. The only record of a birth registration I could find in Australia for 1882 that looked vaguely like him was from Geelong for an Archd Jos Harold McAuliffe. Was this our Harold? Hmmm…. I was beginning to wonder a little. There is also a birth registration record for a Harold McAuliffe in Glebe NSW in <strong>1883</strong>. This is interesting as I found a record in the US Social Security Death Index for a Harold McAuliffe who died in California in June 1964, which shows his birth date as 1883 in Sydney – I’m convinced this is “our” Harold. Surely it&#8217;s too much of a coincidence for there to be two Harold McAuliffe’s dying in California in 1964 of about the same age? Intriguing!</p>
<p>Now, while working in the movies sounds exciting, I have the impression that Harold’s life may have been rather lonely and perhaps not very glamorous after his move to the US. Did he migrate there because those old variety magic shows and touring entertainment companies were losing out to the movies by the 1920s and work had dried up for our Droll Conjurer? How would someone like Harold who used to be up there on stage and receiving all the accolades feel about being just a behind the scenes “technical advisor” for the movies?</p>
<p>I found a record for Harold in the 1940 US census which showed that he was single, and a lodger in a hotel at 825 West Eighth Street in Los Angeles. A Los Angeles street directory from this time gave this as the address for the Abbey Hotel (probably one of those long-stay hotels that was more like a boarding house) and he paid $20 per week for his room. The hotel had obviously been there for a while. Here’s a picture of the “sitting room” from a 1926 postcard on flickr.</p>
<div id="attachment_1728" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 598px"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tombarnes20008/4571084715/"><img class="size-large wp-image-1728" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2013/02/abbey-hotel-588x342.jpg" alt="Abbey hotel from flickr tombarnes20008" width="588" height="342" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Abbey hotel from flickr tombarnes20008</p></div>
<p>Rather sadly, Harold still listed his occupation as Magician on the census form and his “usual industry” as Theatre. Was he pining for those golden days of his past? Harold worked only 4 hours in the week prior to the census – so it certainly looks as though his work and income might have been a little sporadic. In the previous year he told the census that he worked 41 weeks. Did he gradually sink into depression during this time as his famous past became just a distant memory?</p>
<p>I&#8217;d love to know the movies Harold was involved with, and the nature of the &#8220;technical advice&#8221; he provided. Was it related to illusion and magic and sleight of hand? Or showmanship and performance? Is his name buried deep within the credits lists of those golden age movies from the 1920s to 1940s? Did he perhaps entertain his fellow workers and the actors on the set with a few magic tricks while they waited for a film shoot to get underway? I&#8217;m sure there is a lot more to tell in the story of our Harold.</p>
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		<title>Something to tickle the palate?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Whiting</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Christmas festive season is here And we all take a sip with good cheer As you savour that drink Something to ponder I think What gives a beverage its fame Is it all in the name? Some last long &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2012/12/17/something-to-tickle-the-palate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;padding-left: 60px">The Christmas festive season is here<br />
And we all take a sip with good cheer<br />
As you savour that drink<br />
Something to ponder I think<br />
What gives a beverage its fame<br />
Is it all in the name?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;padding-left: 60px">Some last long since first made<br />
Pepsi, fanta, lemonade<br />
But some are destined not to last<br />
Marketing failures from our past<br />
Launched with hope that was great<br />
Now forgotten is their fate</p>
<p style="text-align: left;padding-left: 60px">Cast your mind back in time<br />
To something other than wine<br />
1927 was the year<br />
A new orange drink arrived here<br />
A competition run for naming<br />
Now no trace of <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn5057054">Palato</a> remaining!</p>
<div id="attachment_1702" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 459px"><a href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2012/12/palato.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-1702" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2012/12/palato-449x588.jpg" alt="Palato poster" width="449" height="588" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Palato poster</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_1703" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 458px"><a href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2012/12/3.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1703" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2012/12/3.jpg" alt="Palato newspaper advertisement 1927" width="448" height="442" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Palato newspaper advertisement 1927</p></div>
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		<title>Snakes on the loose!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elaine Bulluss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been busy cataloguing more zines and comics from the Nick Henderson Zine Collection.  My favourite surprise was &#8220;Snake Tree&#8221; by SOLS (really Allan Salisbury), which is a collection of strips from the Snake Tales cartoon. Snake Tales is syndicated in many papers &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2012/11/26/snakes-on-the-loose/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been busy cataloguing more zines and comics from the Nick Henderson Zine Collection.  My favourite surprise was <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6152089">&#8220;Snake Tree&#8221;</a> by SOLS (really Allan Salisbury), which is a collection of strips from the Snake Tales cartoon. Snake Tales is syndicated in many papers around Australia and the world. Before it was syndicated in the United States Lady Snake started wearing a bikini top (a touch of modesty for the US market?). It did not spoil the story. I love Sundays, I am sure I only like the papers for the comics, the rest of the news can be far too serious.</p>
<div id="attachment_1677" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-1677" href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2012/11/26/snakes-on-the-loose/img_2152/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1677" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2012/11/IMG_2152-300x225.jpg" alt="Some of our books including one with Lady snake on cover" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Some of our books including one with Lady snake on cover</p></div>
<p>As a librarian who catalogues books I have my own personal snake &#8211; a book snake on my desk (in green). This is made of felt with ball bearings inside. Very useful for librarians to gently hold open the books we are cataloguing without damaging the spine &#8211; and I can assure you it doesn&#8217;t hiss or bite!</p>
<p>Of course working in our National Library we do have many books on snakes as we receive books from all publishers in Australia via legal deposit.</p>
<p>Living in our country, you are sure to have seen plenty of snakes in the bush.  Even living in a city like Canberra they can venture into our backyards. It&#8217;s nice and warm at the moment and that tempts the snakes out to enjoy sunbathing on the rocks in the sun. Do you think our neighbour New Zealand might be a little deprived as they don&#8217;t have any native snakes?</p>
<p>Well, I&#8217;m not so keen on the poisonous ones, so I&#8217;ll stick to my favourite cartoon versions and look for any new ones. Mind you I&#8217;m now hungry and thinking of different snakes! The edible kind.</p>
<div id="attachment_1678" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 598px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-1678" href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2012/11/26/snakes-on-the-loose/img_2157/"><img class="size-large wp-image-1678" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2012/11/IMG_2157-588x441.jpg" alt="Our recent book with a few other snakes, book snakes, edible snakes" width="588" height="441" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Our recent book with a few other snakes, book snakes, edible snakes</p></div>
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		<title>Visually appealing just love those illustrations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elaine Bulluss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I enjoy cataloguing our collection of zines, I am always surprised by the variety of illustrations that we get from simple line drawing to beautiful art work.  Some are a little shocking, or rather confronting, but can be done so well. We &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2012/11/14/visually-appealing-just-love-those-illustrations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I enjoy cataloguing our collection of zines, I am always surprised by the variety of illustrations that we get from simple line drawing to beautiful art work. </p>
<p>Some are a little shocking, or rather confronting, but can be done so well. We don&#8217;t make any value judgements about the subject matter, language or artwork, but do pop a content advice note in the records if appropriate to indicate that the zine contains adult themes or strong language.  One which I easily remember is: <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn5150731">Dyko mik : your local zine with optical poptitude&#8230; &amp; much gibberish </a> written by Tanya J. McLeod.</p>
<p>Others really astonish you visually. A recent one on my desk is titled: <a rel="attachment wp-att-1533" href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/?attachment_id=1533">A forest / by Marc Martin</a>. We picked this up at a zine fair. What excited me was the small writing on the back. Printed on 100 % recycled paper, using vegetable based inks.  The range of colours is astonishing. The story is moving and simple.</p>
<div id="attachment_1537" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-1537" href="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/2012/11/14/visually-appealing-just-love-those-illustrations/forest-1/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1537" src="http://blogs.nla.gov.au/the-eloquent-page/files/2012/08/forest-1-300x212.jpg" alt="image from A forest / Marc Martin" width="300" height="212" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">image from A forest / Marc Martin</p></div>
<p>The next time I am free I will have to do some more research on this as it really makes me wonder about the history of vegetable based inks. Or perhaps readers of our blog will educate us all.</p>
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