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Nominations are now open for the 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, one of Australia’s richest and most prestigious literary awards. The...

Phil Cummings: Stories behind the books, now open at the State Library of South Australia, takes you into the creative mind of award-winning South...

The personal papers of South Australian pioneer aviators Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith, held by the State Library of South Australia, have been...

When the death of the Canadian writer and performer Leonard Cohen was announced on 7 November 2016, how many of his admirers would think of the State...

See the biggest stories of 2018 in sport, politics and daily life through the lenses of Australia's best press photographers in a compelling...

In 1882 Bob, a scruffy brown German collie dog covered with thick shaggy hair, was born in Macclesfield, South Australia. He travelled the railways of...

In South Australia, in the midst of World War One, many places were renamed. But which ones? The South Australian Government Gazette holds the answer...

The South Australian Chronicle reported on 25 June 1887: There has just been erected in the Museum, North-terrace, a large and handsome clock, the...

Augustus Short (1802-1883) was consecrated in Westminster Abbey on 29 June (St Peter's Day) 1847 as the first Anglican Bishop of Adelaide. Two months...

In 1914 Frederick Leopold 'Leo' Terrell was a foundry worker in Port Pirie and Broken Hill, holding tenuously onto work while economic times became...

The State Library is pleased to provide our customers with access to NewsBank for six months, until the end of June 2019. NewsBank is a database of...

State Library of South Australia opens major international exhibition. From the home of Confucius, Shandong Province, comes an exhibition steeped in 3...