The old books of the Stanley Athenaeum are beautiful. Some are quirky, even a little bizarre. Others are historically significant.
Worn linen covers, delicate illustrations and historical signifance: The Stanley Athenaeum collection
Category: Books
Furious Riding: the Kelly Women Narratives
An artist and an author have re-imagined the life of Ned Kelly's mother, Ellen.
Sunshine from the North: Letters from Another Time
In 2006, Nancy Cherry Sarre sat down to read some of the letters her mother had left behind. What she discovered was captivating.
Stanley’s Hidden Treasure
Stanley is known as a place of orchards and peaceful countryside. But hidden away here, among all the lush gardens, there is something extraordinary.
Write Around the Murray
Readers, writers, artist and storytellers gather from across the country to share stories, knowledge and skills
Picturing Mt Buffalo
Alice Manfield was a guide on Mt Buffalo from the 1890s to the 1930s. Penelope Johnson has told Alice's story in a haunting picture book.
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