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Celebrate the magic of Christmas at the State Library of South Australia
20 November 2023The magic of the National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant will live on this festive season at the State Library of South Australia, with the beautiful...
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Applications open for new-look South Australian Literary Awards
3 November 2023The State Library of South Australia is proud to unveil the new-look 2024 South Australian Literary Awards, with applications now open for the state’s...
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State Library Acquires Scott Hicks' Personal Collection of Film Memorabilia
16 October 2023Australian film director Scott Hicks’ personal collection of film memorabilia, including original film scripts, props, running sheets and award...
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Applications now open for inaugural SA Literary Fellowships
6 September 2023Applications are now open for the inaugural SA Literary Fellowships program to support professional writers living in South Australia. Writers SA and...
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State Library to help children living in remote Indigenous communities to access books
28 August 2023The State Library of South Australia, in partnership with the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (IFL), is hosting a Great Book Swap on Wednesday 6...
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State Library launches digital real-time stories, told by you
21 August 2023The State Library of South Australia has launched an innovative digital platform, Unstacked, which is informed by real-time browsing and encourages...
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State Library acquires never-before-seen map linked to scandalous land tale
8 May 2023The 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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Grants available for digitisation of South Australian community newspapers
4 April 2023The 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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State Library serves up menus from the collections in new exhibition
28 February 2023Sweet 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...
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New exhibition at the State Library celebrates the art of political cartooning
7 February 2023Behind the Lines: the year in political cartoons 2022 is the latest free exhibition to open at the State Library of South Australia. This travelling...
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Giant Christmas Tree to light up this festive season in the Mortlock
3 November 2022Adelaide’s largest indoor Christmas tree will light up for the first time this festive season on Pageant Day at the State Library of South Australia...
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If walls could talk: A photographic exhibition by Alexandra McOrist
8 September 2022Discover life in rural South Australia through a series of thought-provoking photos of two farmhouses, in a new exhibition, If walls could talk...