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 and explore.
Remembering Christmas Past
The stories that make usFor most people Christmas Eve or Christmas Day is about getting together with friends and family for a special meal and tearing the paper off...
The Spirit of Giving
The stories that make usSouth 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...
The young lady who left home in 1877
The stories that make usSleuthing at the State Library using newspaper clippings, three books, inscriptions, newspaper archives, and censuses, pieces together the intriguing story of a run-away in 1877...
A visit from Father Christmas
Christmas at the Mortlock this year is inspired by the designs of Czechoslovakian paper artist Vojtěch Kubašta (b.1914 Vienna, d.1992 Prague). Kubašta was one of...
Real or fake: Lord Nelson's letter written in 1798
The stories that make usFor a long time, a large brown envelope with a crayoned inscription lay in the back of the special collection’s stacks. The inscription read, ‘Nelson...