Easy on the Ration Book: a 1945 Australian Women’s Weekly page.Credit:https://trove.nla.gov.au/
The government’s own advisory body on national cultural policy, chaired by Janet Holmes a Court, has recommended exempting arts and culture organizations from efficiency dividends, a method by which cumulative cost savings are enforced.
Burke said last week that no decision had been made on additional funding for Trove, but hinted that Labor was positive about funding what he described as an “incredibly important” resource.
“It is fair to say that Labor has always had an association with the cultural institutions,” he said.
With some 6 billion items, Trump has an estimated 70,000 daily users.
It includes all kinds of Australiana: advice to continue war rationsa recipe from 1936 for sliced heart and bananas fried in fat – if you absolutely must know, it’s at the end of this article – and a card from 1940 that says “the distribution of the Aboriginal tribes of Australia”.
Researching a bluestone fountain in the heart of Melbourne began Irene Kearsey’s journey into the ever-evolving database that is Trove.
Melbourne’s Stanford Fountain on Spring Street has a backstory associated with a Pentridge prisoner.Credit:Chris Hopkins
Stanford Fountain, on Spring Street, was built in 1870 by Pentridge prisoner William Stanford of blue limestone, the only material available to him. Stanford later succumbed to silicosis – then called “stonecutter’s disease” – literally dying for his art.
His story is just one of billions in the portal, which contains digital copies of newspapers, gazettes, maps, magazines, books, photos, archived websites, music and interviews.
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Kearsey, one of the National Trust’s longest-serving volunteers, has spent 20 years searching Trove as a retired self-taught historian.
“I’m kind of addicted,” she said.
Heart or veal with banana and toast
Cut a heart or veal into roasting thickness, season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with flour. Fry in smoking hot fat to a rich brown color. Just before the meat is cooked, drop some bananas cut in half into fat and fry until golden brown. Serve on crusty toast garnished with two slices of fried banana, or raw if preferred.
