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Tuesday, August 20

Kaurna concerns over planned Aboriginal art and culture gallery

South Australia’s three major cultural institutions say they support the Marshall Government’s mooted National Gallery for Aboriginal Art and Cultures at Lot Fourteen, despite Kaurna community concern over government consultation.

The journey from the outback to outer space

In its heyday, Woomera was a thriving outback town that played a pivotal role in the space race. Now that legacy is being celebrated in a new exhibition at the State Library.

This photo of Pearl Mackenzie, taken by Charles Mountford in 1937, is part of the UNESCO-listed Mountford-Sheard Collection.

Revisiting colonial ruin in the Flinders Ranges

A multimedia exhibition at the State Library demonstrates the beauty of the Flinders Ranges and the resilience of the people who call it home, writes Heather L Robinson.

Striking press photos capture the year that was

GALLERY: An exhibition featuring the best press photographs of the past year – from harrowing images of war to those capturing beauty in the arts and sporting triumphs – opens this week at the State Library of South Australia.

State Library workers ramp up industrial action

The Public Service Association says it is ramping up industrial action in a bid to save 20 full-time jobs at the State Library.

Why the State Library has to make changes

The restructuring of the State Library of South Australia is a response to rapidly changing user expectations and needs, not just an attempt save money, writes library director Alan Smith.

Our libraries need more, not less, money

The State Library of South Australia is a treasure offering knowledge, pleasure, a window to enlightenment – all of which are threatened when libraries become a soft target for government cost-cutting, writes author Stephen Orr.