Stories

Since antiquity, the practice of posting up hand-drawn public notices has been a major source of communication. Even in the internet age, posters continue to...

When it comes to inventors, South Australians punch well above their weight, however many of their achievements are largely unknown outside the state, let alone...

Summer is traditionally holiday season, when we pack up and drive, sail, fly or ride the rails to catch up with family and friends or...

Librarians love a research query challenge and finding the story behind the following four photographs in the Library’s digital collection has been keeping one of...

State Library staff were saddened by the death of Sister Janet Mead after a short tussle with cancer at the age of 84. While known...

What is that?? This rather grotesque-looking object is a mechanical savings bank in the shape of two frogs, the design for which was patented by...

These days talk of climate change and reducing greenhouse emissions is commonplace, but did you know that over twenty years ago Australia was busily developing...

The COVID19 pandemic has been especially hard for millions across the world who have been separated from the people and places they cherish. This article...

For most people Christmas Eve or Christmas Day is about getting together with friends and family for a special meal and tearing the paper off...

South Australians have a long tradition of giving and of offering a helping hand. Sometimes that’s not easy. As Christmas approaches it’s easy to be...

It might seem strange, but sometimes historical items are literally picked up off the ground. This collection of children’s radio club badges and pins was...