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… This week Dr. Kate discusses Mary Ann Friend’s journal, an account of the settlement of the Swan River … Of great cultural significance to Western Australia, the journal is one of the many treasures of State Library. Who … They arrived on 30 January 1830 – eight months after the first British settlers had embarked.   Watercolour painting …
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Portrait of Mary Ann Friend c 1832 National Library of Australia
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… Welcome to  Rare Stories from the West –  a State Library of Western … On the Frontline reveals the stories of two women who are significant voices in the story of the Swan River … a short documentary, from the University of Notre Dame, about the background, content, acquisition and preservation …
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On the Frontline Rare Women of the West podcast cover art
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… The J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History began on 14 December 1956 (as the J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History and State Archives), after a reorganisation of the …
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JS Battye Library of West Australian History
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… The bond between families and friends is a recurring theme in many stories and illustrations in the State Library collection. There are special relationships between pets and owners, as well as unlikely friendships.  Friends, families and pets look after each …
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On shoulders original illustration from page 32 of Look see Look at me  Dee Huxley
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… enhance understanding of Western Australia through research based on the State Library’s heritage collections. For … scholars to enhance understanding of WA through research based on the State Library’s heritage collections. … J.S. …
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Protestors take the knee - in deference to George Floyds death at the hands of a police officer - for one minute at the intersection of St Georges Terrace and Barrack Street during the march at the 2nd Black Lives Matter protest rally
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About Past J.S. Battye Creative Fellows About The Creative Fellowship is open to artists and … and seeks to support creative engagement with the State Library’s heritage collections. The aim of the Creative …
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Jazz Ballet at Laurie Potters Health Club Perth 1979
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… Location Yeyi Ba Kalyakoorl  - Mia Mia tent installation outside the State Library, Perth Cultural Centre. This event … of photos, plus access to a growing number of oral histories, documents, sounds and movies. Aboriginal History WA … process and the team’s research projects telling the stories of Aboriginal history in Western Australia. …
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Family with a car believed to be taken at Leonora Western Australia ca 1965 Ron Williams Collection BA2750
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… interview with Jules Kim, the CEO of the Scarlett Alliance, about Joan who was a sex worker and ran brothels in Perth in the 1940s … him back his money. According to Joan contraception was rarely used. “It didn’t seem to be necessary, grass doesn’t …
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Stevie at the Red House brothel Hay Street Kalgoorlie 1990
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… Partnerships NLSA, partnership enquiries and information about public libraries. What we do Collect, preserve and … Provide information and access to knowledge for all. … … About Us …
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East side of Library building looking from WA Museum
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… Something About the Author Online examines the lives and works of … card Subject Literature Year 7 to Year 12 … … Something About The Author Online …
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… People with Disability (December 3) . In Australia, there are 4.4 million Australians with a disability. While the … want to change. If you have photographs, letters, diaries and other items that help tell the stories of West … you! Please email collections@slwa.wa.gov.au to tell us about what you have. You may also be interested in... …
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Opening ceremony of Commonwealth Paraplegic Games Parade of Nations showing Welsh team
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… The Library Board of Western Australia established the Fellow of the Library Board of Western Australia Award in May 1984. The … FamilyHistoryWA volunteers have diligently created indexes to many of the resources that form the basis of …
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Lennie McCall AM Dr Kerry Smith AM Richard Hazlewood Emeritus Professor Margaret Nowak AM Dr Ronda Jamieson Margaret Allen PSM FALIA and Sue North - Fellows of the Library Board