Wikipedia:Today's second feature/February 25, 2006

The La Trobe Reading Room of the State Library of Victoria
The La Trobe Reading Room of the State Library of Victoria

The State Library of Victoria is the central library of the state of Victoria, Australia, located in the city of Melbourne. The Library's combined collections contain over 1.5 million books and 16,000 serials, including the diaries of the city's founders, John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner, as well as the folios of Captain James Cook.


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