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New winter warming books on food and drink
7 July 2023
Be nourished and fortified by the State Library's resources on food and drink. The State Library's collection holds books and more, all about eating...
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Celebrating NAIDOC week: For Our Elders morning tea
5 July 2023
Celebrating NAIDOC week we welcomed members of the Aboriginal Reference Group, their friends, staff from State Records SA, and State Library of South...
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Reflections on writing with award winning author Roanna McClelland
27 June 2023
Roanna McClelland - author, academic researcher, political adviser - has just published her first book, The Comforting Weight of Water. As the 2022...
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Adding to the Archives: photographs and albumen prints
8 June 2023
To celebrate International Archives Week 2023 the State Library’s Archival team has unpacked some archival boxes to showcase three recently acquired...
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Celebrating National Reconciliation Week 2023 with books, resources and more
29 May 2023
The State Library's collection contains material about Indigenous men and women involved in politics, culture, art, sport, academia, and all other...
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Capturing history: Enshrining an indigenous voice to the South Australian Parliament, 26 March 2023
26 May 2023
On Sunday 26 March 2023, a special sitting of the South Australian Parliament was held, where parliamentarians gathered to vote on the establishment...
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Spotlight on LGBTQIA+ books, literature, and eResources
15 May 2023
Our Research Library is full of reference books and eResources ready for you to browse and explore. We regularly add new books to the shelves in the...
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State Library acquires never-before-seen map linked to scandalous land tale
8 May 2023
The State Library of South Australia has acquired a rare, never-before-seen map of a town that was proposed for South Australia but was never built...
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A rolling globe gathers no dust
28 April 2023
Did you know that the earth’s natural movement, traffic, and building works can sometimes create vibrations within buildings? The State Library’s...
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Grants available for digitisation of South Australian community newspapers
4 April 2023
The State Library of South Australia is celebrating the first success story of the Community Newspaper Digitisation Project with the Port Lincoln...
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Building works and services updates
7 March 2023
Over the coming months, the State Library will undergo building works and service changes, including updates to opening hours from Monday 3 April 2023...
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State Library serves up menus from the collections in new exhibition
28 February 2023
Sweet and savoury: Menus from the collections of the State Library is a new free exhibition now showing at the State Library of South Australia. It...