Kicking Goals Together
Katelyn is an award-winning goalkeeper for the ParaMatildas, Australia’s first national team for women and girls with cerebral palsy, acquired brain injury and symptoms of stroke.
portrait of Katelyn Smith
Hidden Talent in Small Places
From the red dirt of Kalgoorlie to the international soccer stage, Lydia is a proud Nyungar woman who has now been inducted into the Aboriginal and Islander Sports Hall of Fame.
shoulders up portrait of Lydia Williams smiling and looking at camera
Pass the Ball On
Sports journalist Ann Odong travels with the national Matildas team and is Digital Content Project Manager for Football Federation Australia. Growing up in Perth as a Ugandan refugee, Ann connected with other kids through a shared passion for soccer.
Ann Odong leaning against a post looking off camera
See it to Believe it
Soccer runs through the Brooking family’s veins. After migrating from Zimbabwe to Perth, Thembi started out playing soccer where there was less opportunity for young girls to play. Now, her daughter Ischia is playing at an elite level with the Junior Matildas.
mother and daughter portraits

NAIDOC Week Events

National NAIDOC Week celebrations (2 - 9 July) are held across Australia in the first week of July each year, to celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. See the events at the State Library.
From 1 July 2023, there will be changes to the way library users will be provided with requested materials not currently held in their local library. At the forefront of these changes is a commitment to ensuring equitable and efficient access to library materials for all Western Australians.
Packing books for public libraries in the Circulation Section Library Service of WA
Adam Trainer joins Sam Longley on ABC Radio to discuss a recent acquisition of rock legend Bon Scott's letters to the Library collection.
Acquisition of Bon Scott letters pictures and ephemera
Aerial landscape photography
Richard Woldendorp AM (1927-2023) was a renowned Australian photographer known for his shots of Australian landscapes that have a painterly quality to them.
137033PDAerial ploughed land and dam near Northam c1988
A Cossack pearling story
Dr Kate shares the incredible story of Jiro Muramats, his importing merchant business and his pearling ventures and role within the Cossack community
Japanese man with an old diving suit propped up on a chair