The Vic/Tas ANZTLA Chapter will offer four optional afternoon tours, each of which include a theological library, a major city attraction, and more. The tours will start promptly at 1:00 p.m. from the Centre for Theology & Ministry (Parkville) and can accommodate ten participants and two local ANZTLA guides. All tours provide a wonderful way to connect with city sites and other ANZTLA members! 

 

While the tours, themselves, are free, they require a topped-up myki card*, as each tour will include 4 or more tram rides through and beyond the city’s free tram zone, as well as extended periods of walking. 

 

* What is myki? myki is your ticket to travel on trains, trams, and buses in Melbourne.

 

Each tour will pause for a mid-afternoon tea break and most are pay-as-you-go.

Sign-up is on a first-come-first-served basis. Please provide first and second choices for the tours.

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Tour 1

St. Paul’s (Anglican) Cathedral, St. Patrick’s (Catholic) Cathedral, and The Mannix Library (Catholic Theological College) Tour & Cataloguing Workshop

 

Tour Guides: Kerrie Burn & Anita Gill
Workshop Presenter: Huw Sandaver, CTC

 

Spend the afternoon touring two iconic places of prayer and worship in the city, followed by a pay-as-you-go tea break, then a tour of The Mannix Library that includes a hands-on, rare books cataloguing workshop.

 

Workshop: Technical Examination and Documentation for Rare Books Cataloguing

 

This detailed, hands-on workshop is designed to enhance expertise in rare books cataloguing. Participants will engage directly with Mannix Library’s rare books collection, developing skills in identifying and documenting material conservation issues. The workshop will provide instruction on applying controlled vocabularies from the Library of Congress’ Preservation and Digital Actions standards, as well as using Faceted Headings from the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus.

 

Tour 2

The Leon Morris Library (Ridley College), Albrecht Dürer’s Material Renaissance Exhibition (UniMelb), and The Ian Potter Centre: National Gallery of Victoria  

 

Tour Guides: Carlos Lopez & Harriet Sabarez

 

Tour The Leon Morris Library (Ridley College), followed by an impressive Albrecht Dürer’s Material Renaissance exhibition (sourced from the University of Melbourne and State Library Victoria collections), then a pay-as-you-go tea break in Federation Square, and finally, an exploration of the NGV’s permanent collection of Australian and Indigenous art at The Ian Potter Centre.

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Tour 3

The Leeper Library (Trinity College), the National Gallery of Victoria International, and the Royal Botanic Gardens.

 

Tour Guides: Cindy Derrenbacker & Rebecca Grimmer
Leeper Librarian: Heather Bailie

 

This is a “rain or shine” tour that begins with The Leeper Library, Trinity College, followed by a select tour of the National Gallery of Victoria International’s permanent collection of art, design, and architecture from Europe, Asia, America, and Oceania. Participants will enjoy a pay-as-you-go tea break at the Gallery Kitchen, followed by an hour-or-more walking tour through the beautiful Royal Botanic Gardens – Melbourne.

  

Tour 4

The new naarm ngarrgu Library, Alphacrucis University College Library (Melbourne Campus), the Chapels of St. Athanasius College (SAC), and the State Library of Victoria (SLV)

 

Tour Guides: Philip Harvey & Kerrie Stevens

 

Visit Melbourne’s newest public library (opened Dec 2023), naarm ngarrgu, in the Queen Victoria Market precinct. Walk to nearby Alphacrucis University College and tour the Melbourne campus library, enjoying a tea break sponsored by the College. On the way to the landmark State Library Victoria, view SAC’s two chapels filled with Neo-Coptic iconography, genuine gold gilding and hand-engraved wooden carvings. The tour concludes with a select visit to Australia’s oldest public library, SLV.

 

narrm ngarrgu (pronounced nahm nar-GUW) means 'Melbourne Knowledge' in Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung language.