About this Book

"This book coincides with the Dome Centenary exhibition in the Library's Keith Murdoch Gallery, Free, secular and democratic: building the public Library 1853-1913, curated by Harriet Edquist, Professor of Architectural History at RMIT and Director of RMIT Design Archives. Both the book and the exhibition trace the first 60 years of the State Library of Victoria from its founding in 1853 to the opening of the magnificent domed reading room in 1913"--Foreword.