21 Aug 2025
What’s in the oven? No, it’s not brownies, it’s magnetic tapes!
We're working towards #Deadline2025 initiative to digitise ageing magnetic media before it’s lost forever. Read our latest #story slsa.sa.gov.au/whats-oven
#StateLibrarySA #digitisation #libraries #AVHeritage
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11 Aug 2025
The #SpaceCommunicators from the #AustralianSpaceDiscoveryCentre will be #StateLibrarySA tomorrow (Tuesday) and Saturday, so bring along your space related questions.
#NationalScienceWeek #research #OutOfThisWorld
Ask the experts 🚀 book a session 🌝 slsa.sa.gov.au/events/space-…
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5 Aug 2025
A jewel on North Terrace! The #StateLibrarySA is the world’s 2nd most beautiful library 🏆 Thanks for voting! Reopening Mortlock Chamber this spring > bit.ly/SLSA-JewelAlongNorthT…
#1000Libraries #StateLibrarySA #WeLoveBooks
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24 Jul 2025
What links the City Steam Biscuit Factory and the iconic #FrogCake? 🐸🍰 The Balfour’s family, of course! Dive into their delicious legacy > slsa.sa.gov.au/a-brief-histo…
#BakingHistory #EatingHistory #curiosities #stories #research #archives #libraries #slsa #StateLibrarySA
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17 Jul 2025
🚀 Operation Storytime launches 27 July! Join a Space Communicator for a cosmic storytime 📚 mission🪐 in the #StateLibraryGallery. Ages 3–8. #storytime #space #StateLibrarySA #WeLoveBooks
slsa.sa.gov.au/events/operat…
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26 Jun 2025
🧵A lifetime of stitching
19th-century embroidery samplers offer rare glimpses into the lives of South Australian girls, capturing not just skill, but the unpaid labour & quiet strength of women in history.
bit.ly/slsa-alifetimeofstitc…
#TheStoriesThatMakeUs #embroidery #StateLibrarySA
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20 Jun 2025
🚗 Final weekend! 🏁
Celebrate the legacy of Australia’s most iconic car maker before it drives off for good.
#RearVision #TheHoldenCollection at #StateLibrarySA dives into the history of @Holden, from wartime to assembly lines and Aussie icons.
slsa.sa.gov.au/events/rear-v…
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1 Jun 2025
The time has arrived, when we temporarily close the doors of the #MortlockChamber, until September 2025, for a much needed recarpeting.
slsa.sa.gov.au/news/announce…
#slsa #StateLibrarySA #libraries #research #archives #SouthAustralia #WeLoveBooks
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30 May 2025
Who loved colouring in?
Share a creative activity this weekend, fun for both kids and the grownups: bit.ly/NRW2025ColouringSheet
Celebrating #NRW2025 #libraries #archives #slsa #StateLibrarySA #create #colouringsheet
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30 May 2025
We are excited to announce that the #StateLibrarySA has been nominated as one of the world’s most beautiful libraries in the 1000Libraries Awards. Now, we need your help to reach the top of the list. Vote now > bit.ly/VoteSLSA
#MortlockChamber #libraries #SouthAustralia
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24 Apr 2025
‘Lest we forget’
In 1919, a large crowd gathered at the newly erected Anzac Arch near the Adelaide Railway Station on Anzac Day. This photo forms part of the Searcy Collection.
#libraries #slsa #StateLibrarySA
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17 Apr 2025
Needing a quite place to read and study?
The #MortlockChamber has many quiet nooks on the ground and second floor, perfect for quiet reflection.
#slsa #research #StateLibrarySA #WorldHaikuDay #poetry #modernHaiku
ALT The Mortlock Chamber A peaceful solitude Study read study
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8 Apr 2025
We’re participating in #SouthAustralia’s @HistoryFestival and we invite you to join us for a range of fascinating talks and stories.
slsa.sa.gov.au/series/histor…
#StateLibrarySA #SLSA #libraries #Adelaide #research #collections #archives #SAHistoryFest #HistoryFestival
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27 Feb 2025
Experience the legacy of Holden, where history meets horsepower.
‘Rear Vision: The Holden Collection’ opens from today until 22 June 2025. On display now in the #StateLibraryGallery.
slsa.sa.gov.au/events/rear-v…
#statelibrarysa #Adelaide #SouthAustralia
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28 Oct 2024
Join us for a hands-on, one-day #workshop designed to help you #protect and #preserve your collection. Learn the best tips for handling, displaying, and safely storing your precious items.
ow.ly/UF9f50TU8eV
#StateLibrarySA #libraries #slsa #ArtlabAustralia
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27 Oct 2024
From analogue to digital, take a peek #BehindTheScenes & see how your #StateLibrarySA is #preserving #SouthAustralia’s musical history by saving music recorded on #CassetteTapes.
#UNESCO #avheritage #Deadline2025 #digitising #BehindTheScenes #stories
slsa.sa.gov.au/from-analogue…
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26 Oct 2024
Learn how our #FilmPreservation Officer used lateral thinking to discover a unique method to clean equipment that sped up #digitising & vastly improved the quality of footage. #unesco #avheritage #libraries #libraries #BehindTheScenes #UMatic #stories #StateLibrarySA
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9 Sep 2024
Join the curators of #NationalArchivesAustralia’s latest exhibition Camel trains to steel wheels: life on the Trans-Australian Railway.
slsa.sa.gov.au/events/trials…
#libraries #archives #trains #history #SouthAustralia #slsa #SLSAGallery #StateLibrarySA
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6 Sep 2024
Did you know that #Adelaide had the first crematorium in Australia and in the southern hemisphere? It in 1902 at the #WestTerraceCemetery, read on to discover more.
slsa.sa.gov.au/funeral-busin…
#libraries #archives #slsa #stories #StateLibrarySA #research #history #StoryFromTheStack
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3 Sep 2024
Book stall on today! Pop into #StateLibrarySA and swap a note or gold coin for a book. On in the glass foyer from 10am to 4pm today!
slsa.sa.gov.au/events/state-…
#WeLoveBooks #BookSale #slsa #libraries #SecondHandBooks #reading #IndigenousLiteracyFoundation
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