Your State Library is filled with rare gems that speak to the history of WA. In this slide show Senior Subject Specialist Adrian Bowen, navigates the catacomb of compacta behind the scenes to share with us one of his favourite treasures. An illuminated address presented to Jack Mathers in 1908 by the propectors and residents of the Dundas goldfields to commemorate his retirement from Western 2 mine. Catalogue reference ACC 7566A. Check out the up-coming 'Open up the Archives' and 'Behind the Sce

Registrations are now open for South Australia’s History Festival, presented by the History Trust of South Australia, which runs from 1-31 May 2024. The theme for the 2024 festival is POWER. Power means a lot of things, in a lot of places and spaces. There is power in science, power in art, power in the food we share and the clothes we wear. There is power in industry. There is power in storytelling. Above all, there is power in people. Every single one of us has a story. Some of these stories a