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2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Shortlist Announced
19 December 2019
Today we are delighted to announce the 37 writers from around Australia who have been shortlisted for the 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature...
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Local Smith brothers win Great Air Race
31 October 2019
Discover the amazing story of the England to Australia air race of 1919, won by two of South Australia’s favourite sons, Captain Ross Smith and...
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- Announcement
Climate Change Rally in Adelaide, 20 September 2019
22 October 2019
Recording of a historical event as it happened. View the podcast
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Australian Libraries join forces to build national digital collection
12 August 2019
Australia’s national, state and territory libraries have come together in a world-first collaboration to build a national digital collection, with the...
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- Announcement
Phil Cummings exhibition extended due to popular demand
12 July 2019
We are very excited to announce that due to overwhelming popular demand, the Phil Cummings: Stories behind the books exhibition has now been extended...
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Nominations now open for the 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature
27 June 2019
Nominations are now open for the 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, one of Australia’s richest and most prestigious literary awards. The...
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Phil Cummings: Stories behind the books at the State Library
29 April 2019
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...
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Pioneer aviators Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith’s personal papers now online
4 April 2019
The personal papers of South Australian pioneer aviators Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith, held by the State Library of South Australia, have been...
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Say a prayer for the cowboy
13 February 2019
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...
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The best press photos of 2018 on show at the State Library
31 January 2019
See the biggest stories of 2018 in sport, politics and daily life through the lenses of Australia's best press photographers in a compelling...
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‘Stop me not, but let me jog; For I am Bob, the driver’s dog’
24 January 2019
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...
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A place by any other name: From Bismarck to Weeroopa to Brooklyn Park
16 January 2019
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...
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