State Library of Victoria State Library of Victoria State Library Victoria is the central library of the state of Victoria, Australia, located in Melbourne. It was established in 1854 as the Melbourne Public Library, making it Australia's oldest public library and one of the first free libraries in the world. The Library's vast collection includes over two million books and 350,000 photographs, manuscripts, maps and newspapers, with a special focus on material from Victoria, including the diaries of the city's founders, John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner, and the folios of Captain James Cook. It also houses some of the original armour of Ned
War Widows' Guild of Australia NSW events are held each year: the ANZAC Field of Remembrance, the Annual General Meeting, the War Widows’ Walk and Picnic, and the members’ Christmas Party. The War Widows’ Guild of Australia NSW Ltd is part of an Australia-wide network of state based Guilds in Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory. Each State Guild is a member of the national organisation, War Widows’ Guild of Australia Inc. War Widows' Guild of Australia NSW The War Widows' Guild of Australia NSW Ltd is a not for profit membership-based organization whose mission is to promote and protect