The State Library of Victoria has developed a free exhibition The Independent Type: Books and Writing in Victoria which explores Victoria’s diversity of written culture, stories, and people which allowed the independent literature culture in Victoria to flourish.

The exhibition explores Victoria’s literally markers from traditional Indigenous storytelling, colonial classics to contemporary writing. Writing history is on show, along with a fine collection of rare books, documents, manuscripts, posters and printed matter from the collections of individuals and organisations across the Australia.

Highly recommended for people interested in ink on paper, and the development of Victoria’s literature culture.

State Library of Victoria
Swanston Street, Melbourne
24 April 2009 to 25 October 2009
Visit the exhibition here

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