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The State Library of Victoria invites you to celebrate the centenary of its iconic dome

Since 1913 the Library's domed reading room has been the symbolic heart of our great institution. Celebrate the scholarship, creativity and learning this architectural icon has inspired for generations of Victorians. Learn more

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The follies of youth

By Lily Mulholland , Public servant, Canberra

Thursday 23 May 2013 0 Comments

dome, story, youth, love, study, friends

I discovered the State Library's domed reading room in 1987 when the boy I adored throughout high school told me he went there to study. He had two sisters and a brother at home and not much peace and quiet so went with some mates to the library to...