Stories
The stories that make us - tales from within the State Library collections.
We also have extended stories from the collection for you to read an explore.
City's lone barmaid
The stories that make us"CITY'S LONE BARMAID Forty years ago this week, Adelaide stopped registering barmaids. Only one is still on the job, Miss Lily Dear, of the Oriental...
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A Penny Dreadful
The stories that make us'Penny dreadfuls' was the name given to a range of mass-produced, sensational fiction published in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Though not strictly written...
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Meet Keiffee the post-war koala toy
The story of Valerie’s koalaValerie was busy tidying her things and had to decide what she would do with Keifee the koala, her treasured childhood toy. Three generations of...