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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ededed;">State Library of South Australia</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:State_Library_of_South_Australia_-_entrance.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/State_Library_of_South_Australia_-_entrance.JPG/250px-State_Library_of_South_Australia_-_entrance.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/State_Library_of_South_Australia_-_entrance.JPG/375px-State_Library_of_South_Australia_-_entrance.JPG 1.5x, 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location"><span class="latitude">34°55′14″S</span> <span class="longitude">138°36′10″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">34.920601215637284°S 138.60283092296615°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-34.920601215637284; 138.60283092296615</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Adelaide" title="Adelaide">Adelaide</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/State_library" class="mw-redirect" title="State library">State library</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Other information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/home">www<wbr />.slsa<wbr />.sa<wbr />.gov<wbr />.au<wbr />/home</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>State Library of South Australia</b>, or <b>SLSA</b>, formerly known as the <b>Public Library of South Australia</b>, located on <a href="/wiki/North_Terrace,_Adelaide" title="North Terrace, Adelaide">North Terrace, Adelaide</a>, is the official library of the Australian state of <a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a>. It is the largest public research library in the state, with a collection focus on South Australian information, being the repository of all printed and <a href="/wiki/Audiovisual" title="Audiovisual">audiovisual</a> material published in the state, as required by <a href="/wiki/Legal_deposit" title="Legal deposit">legal deposit</a> legislation. It holds the "South Australiana" collection, which documents South Australia from pre-European settlement to the present day, as well as general reference material in a wide range of formats, including digital, film, sound and video recordings, photographs, and microfiche. Home access to many journals, newspapers and other resources online is available. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_governance">History and governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Library_of_South_Australia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History and governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="19th_century">19th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Library_of_South_Australia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 19th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AdelaideOldStateLibraryAug08.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/AdelaideOldStateLibraryAug08.jpg/220px-AdelaideOldStateLibraryAug08.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/AdelaideOldStateLibraryAug08.jpg/330px-AdelaideOldStateLibraryAug08.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/AdelaideOldStateLibraryAug08.jpg/440px-AdelaideOldStateLibraryAug08.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>The 1861 Instritute Building, home of the library before construction of the Mortlock Wing</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Mechanics%27_institutes_of_Australia" title="Mechanics' institutes of Australia">Mechanics' institutes of Australia</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Australian_Museum#19th_century" title="South Australian Museum">South Australian Museum § 19th century</a></div> <p>On 29 August 1834, a couple of weeks after the passing of the <i><a href="/wiki/South_Australia_Act_1834" title="South Australia Act 1834">South Australia Act 1834</a></i> by the British parliament,<sup id="cite_ref-cooper_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cooper-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a London-based group led by the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Secretary_of_South_Australia" title="Chief Secretary of South Australia">Colonial Secretary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gouger" title="Robert Gouger">Robert Gouger</a>, and solicitor <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hanson_(Australian_politician)" title="Richard Hanson (Australian politician)">Richard Hanson</a><sup id="cite_ref-slsahisthome_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slsahisthome-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a number of prominent colonists, including <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Giles" title="Ernest Giles">Ernest Giles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edward_Gibbon_Wakefield" title="Edward Gibbon Wakefield">Edward Gibbon Wakefield</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Morphett" title="John Morphett">John Morphett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Torrens_(economist)" title="Robert Torrens (economist)">Robert Torrens Snr</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_Hindmarsh" title="John Hindmarsh">John Hindmarsh</a>, formed the <a href="/wiki/South_Australian_Literary_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="South Australian Literary Association">South Australian Literary Association</a> at the city's Adelphi Chambers.<sup id="cite_ref-rssa_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rssa-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within a month, the title was changed to the more inclusive South Australian Literary and Scientific Association<sup id="cite_ref-cooper_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cooper-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the aim of "the cultivation and diffusion of useful knowledge throughout the colony". Although the Association lapsed and meetings ceased,<sup id="cite_ref-rssa_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rssa-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a collection of books had been donated by members with the intention of becoming the basis of the new colony's library, and the colonists subsequently brought the collection to the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_South_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Colony of South Australia">Colony of South Australia</a> aboard the <i><a href="/wiki/Tam_O%27Shanter_(ship)" title="Tam O'Shanter (ship)">Tam O'Shanter</a></i>, which arrived on 18 December 1836.<sup id="cite_ref-slsahisthome_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slsahisthome-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first <b>Adelaide Mechanics' Institute</b> (based on the concept of <a href="/wiki/Mechanics%27_institutes" class="mw-redirect" title="Mechanics' institutes">mechanics' institutes</a> developed in Scotland and England in the 1820s, to provide adult education to working men<sup id="cite_ref-kelly_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kelly-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pmi_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmi-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) met on 23 June 1838, with the event reported by the <i><a href="/wiki/Southern_Australian" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Australian">Southern Australian</a></i> newspaper. Running into difficulties, the organisation was merged with a revived Literary and Scientific Association, with the new name of the <b>Adelaide Literary and Scientific Association and Mechanics' Institute</b>, electing a committee in July 1839. Over this time, the membership of the association varied between <a href="/wiki/Upper-middle-class" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper-middle-class">upper-middle-class</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lower-middle-class" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower-middle-class">lower-middle-class</a>. The library reopened, but the Institute did not have a permanent location, and the focus was on a programme of lectures. However the lectures dwindled and attendances varied, as the Institute tried to function as an <a href="/wiki/Adult_education" title="Adult education">adult education</a> institution as well as a <a href="/wiki/Learned_society" title="Learned society">learned scientific society</a>, and its last meeting was held in June 1844.<sup id="cite_ref-cooper_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cooper-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 1844, a group of men founded the <b>South Australian Subscription Library</b>, with a collection created by donation and subscriptions, and in 1845 it took over the collection of the Literary and Scientific Association and Mechanics' Institute. A permanent librarian was employed at this time, and the library served its middle-class members.<sup id="cite_ref-cooper_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cooper-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1847, a new Adelaide Mechanics' Institute was founded, by a group of lower-middle class men, led by schoolteacher <a href="/wiki/W.A._Cawthorne" class="mw-redirect" title="W.A. Cawthorne">W.A. Cawthorne</a>. Various talks, discussions and displays were put on.<sup id="cite_ref-cooper_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cooper-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This organisation merged with the South Australian Library in 1848, creating the <b>Mechanics' Institute and South Australian Library</b>, based in Peacock's Buildings, <a href="/wiki/Hindley_Street,_Adelaide" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindley Street, Adelaide">Hindley Street</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-SAA_(1863)_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAA_(1863)-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and with membership moving back to the upper-middle class.<sup id="cite_ref-cooper_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cooper-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nathaniel Summers was appointed as the first librarian. It subsequently moved to Exchange Chambers, <a href="/wiki/King_William_Street,_Adelaide" title="King William Street, Adelaide">King William Street</a>, but by 1855 had gone into decline.<sup id="cite_ref-SAA_(1863)_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAA_(1863)-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, other institutes and societies were established throughout the Adelaide suburbs, including the <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Philosophical_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Adelaide Philosophical Society">Adelaide Philosophical Society</a> (which later evolved into the Royal Society of South Australia). Some of these institutes asked the government for financial assistance, and <a href="/wiki/Unitarianism" title="Unitarianism">Unitarian</a> publisher <a href="/wiki/John_Howard_Clark" title="John Howard Clark">John Howard Clark</a> suggested the conversion of the Institute into a public institution. A <a href="/wiki/Bill_(law)" title="Bill (law)">Bill</a> was proposed in Parliament in 1854.<sup id="cite_ref-cooper_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cooper-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1847 and 1856 another 13 <a href="/wiki/Mechanics%27_institutes_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Mechanics' institutes in Australia">mechanics' institutes started in other parts of the colony</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-isa_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-isa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-isabeg_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-isabeg-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 1856 the <a href="/wiki/South_Australian_Legislative_Council" title="South Australian Legislative Council">South Australian Legislative Council</a> passed Act No. 16 of 1855–6, the <i><a href="/wiki/South_Australian_Institute_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="South Australian Institute Act">South Australian Institute Act</a></i>, which incorporated the <b>South Australian Institute</b> under the control of a <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Governors" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Governors">Board of Governors</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-SLSAboard_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SLSAboard-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to whose ownership all materials belonging to the old Library and Mechanics' Institute was immediately transferred. This Act also ensured the library would be open to the public free of charge, and granted funding was allocated to it. This made the library very popular particularly amongst artisans and workmen who filled it to capacity in the evenings. At this point it was a lending library, and held a large amount of fictional work.<sup id="cite_ref-SAA_(1863)_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAA_(1863)-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Act also provided for a museum as part of the new organisation.<sup id="cite_ref-SLSAboard_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SLSAboard-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The suburban institutes became subsidiaries of the SA Institute, as did the Adelaide Philosophical Society and the <a href="/wiki/South_Australian_Society_of_Arts" title="South Australian Society of Arts">South Australian Society of Arts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cooper_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cooper-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As new books arrived from Britain, the library expanded and soon needed new accommodation, which was found in <a href="/wiki/North_Terrace,_Adelaide" title="North Terrace, Adelaide">North Terrace</a> in 1860.<sup id="cite_ref-SAA_(1863)_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAA_(1863)-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Adelaide Institute building opened in January 1861, and included rooms for the Adelaide Philosophical Society, the Medical Society and the Choral Society.<sup id="cite_ref-isabeg_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-isabeg-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Copyright Act 1878</i>, Part II section 15, required that a copy of every book published in South Australia was to be deposited in the Institute by a process known as <a href="/wiki/Legal_deposit" title="Legal deposit">legal deposit</a>, for preservation of the books. (After <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Australia" title="Federation of Australia">Federation</a>, the <i>Copyright Act (1905)</i> replaced the earlier state copyright legislation with regard to legal deposit, but the State Library continues to collect and preserve locally produced material.)<sup id="cite_ref-SLSAboard_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SLSAboard-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery Act 1884</i> renamed the South Australian Institute as <b>Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery</b>, and also broadened the scope of the Board's control to include the expanding network of regional and suburban institutes. It also created a new, independent body, the Adelaide Circulating Library, to take over the business of circulating books on a subscription basis.<sup id="cite_ref-SLSAboard_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SLSAboard-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also became the location for university lectures.<sup id="cite_ref-isabeg_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-isabeg-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Library_of_South_Australia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The next important piece of legislation affecting SLSA was the <i>1939 number 44 Libraries and Institutes Act</i>, which repealed the <i>Public library, Museum and Art Gallery and Institutes Act</i> and separated the Public Library from the (newly named) <a href="/wiki/Art_Gallery_of_South_Australia" title="Art Gallery of South Australia">Art Gallery of South Australia</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Australian_Museum" title="South Australian Museum">South Australian Museum</a>, established its own board and changed its name to the Public Library of South Australia. The new entity thus became a <a href="/wiki/Statutory_corporation" title="Statutory corporation">statutory corporation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LA_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Adelaidia_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adelaidia-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Various reorganisations occurred through the years following, but the legislation still governing the Library is number 70 Libraries Act (1982), which repealed the <i>Libraries and Institutes Act</i> (1939–1979) and the <i>Libraries (Subsidies) Act 1955–1977</i><sup id="cite_ref-SLSAboard_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SLSAboard-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (with the latest version as of July 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=State_Library_of_South_Australia&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> being 12 May 2011).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1990s, the Library became a Division under a series of departments, responsible to the Minister for the Arts. The <i>State Records Act 1997</i> separated the responsibility for management and disposal of state government records, bringing this under a State Records Council rather than the Libraries Board.<sup id="cite_ref-SLSAboard_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SLSAboard-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century">21st century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Library_of_South_Australia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 2001 the Library became part of the Division of <a href="/wiki/Arts_SA" class="mw-redirect" title="Arts SA">Arts SA</a>, which was part of the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Premier_and_Cabinet_(South_Australia)" title="Department of the Premier and Cabinet (South Australia)">Department of the Premier and Cabinet</a>, continuing to report to the Minister for the Arts.<sup id="cite_ref-SLSAboard_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SLSAboard-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the election of the <a href="/wiki/Steven_Marshall" title="Steven Marshall">Marshall government</a> in March 2018, the post of Minister for the Arts ceased to exist, Arts South Australia (as Arts SA was now known) was dismantled and its functions transferred to direct oversight by the Department of Premier and Cabinet, Arts and Culture section.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Geoff Strempel has been director of SLSA from around 2017, during which time he oversaw increased digital preservation. Before his appointment, he was associate director of the 140 public libraries in South Australia. In this position, he establishment of the One Card Network, linking all of the libraries and facilitating quick and efficient inter-library loans among the public libraries. He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/HCL_Anderson_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="HCL Anderson Award">HCL Anderson Award</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Library_and_Information_Association" title="Australian Library and Information Association">Australian Library and Information Association</a>'s highest honour, recognising his outstanding service. By late 2024, SLSA had digitised and uploaded around 2000 pages of newspapers to <a href="/wiki/Trove" title="Trove">Trove</a>, the <a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Australia" title="National Library of Australia">National Library of Australia</a>'s website that allows free public access to a large amount of digitised historical documents. The library has also acquired over 100,000 images by renowned local aerial photographer Douglas Darian Smith, as well as film memorabilia from filmmaker <a href="/wiki/Scott_Hicks_(director)" title="Scott Hicks (director)">Scott Hicks</a>' personal archive. Strempel retires on 18 October 2024, but an exhibition of Hicks' items is already planned for 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mortlock_Wing"><span class="anchor" id="Mortlock"></span>Mortlock Wing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Library_of_South_Australia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Mortlock Wing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AdelaideMortlockLibraryAug08.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/AdelaideMortlockLibraryAug08.jpg/220px-AdelaideMortlockLibraryAug08.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/AdelaideMortlockLibraryAug08.jpg/330px-AdelaideMortlockLibraryAug08.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/AdelaideMortlockLibraryAug08.jpg/440px-AdelaideMortlockLibraryAug08.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Mortlock Wing.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mortlock_Wing,_State_Library_of_South_Australia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Mortlock_Wing%2C_State_Library_of_South_Australia.jpg/220px-Mortlock_Wing%2C_State_Library_of_South_Australia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Mortlock_Wing%2C_State_Library_of_South_Australia.jpg/330px-Mortlock_Wing%2C_State_Library_of_South_Australia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Mortlock_Wing%2C_State_Library_of_South_Australia.jpg/440px-Mortlock_Wing%2C_State_Library_of_South_Australia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4295" data-file-height="3386" /></a><figcaption>Mortlock Wing interior, view to south</figcaption></figure> <p>The building now known as the Mortlock Wing was opened on 18 December 1884 as a "Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery for the colony of South Australia" with 23,000 books and a staff of three. It had taken over 18 years to complete after the initial foundations were laid in 1866. (In 1873 the foundations of the western wing of a proposed new block were laid, but there the matter ended until 1876, when fresh plans were drawn, and another set of foundations put in. Again the work went no further until 1879 when the west wing was finally commenced. The earlier work was condemned, and had to be removed before the Public Library could be started.)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The foundation stone was laid on 7 November 1879 by Sir <a href="/wiki/William_Jervois" title="William Jervois">William Jervois</a> and the building was constructed by Brown and Thompson at a total cost of £36,395, and opened in 1884.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Supervision for the board of directors was undertaken by secretary <a href="/wiki/Robert_Kay_(librarian)" title="Robert Kay (librarian)">Robert Kay</a> (1825–1904), later general director and secretary of the Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of South Australia.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The building is <a href="/wiki/French_Renaissance" title="French Renaissance">French Renaissance</a> in style with a <a href="/wiki/Mansard_roof" title="Mansard roof">mansard roof</a>. The walls are constructed of brick with Sydney freestone facings with decorations in the darker shade of Manoora stone.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The interior has two galleries, the first supported by masonry columns, and the second by cast iron brackets. The balconies feature wrought iron balustrading ornamented with gold while the glass-domed roof allows the chamber to be lit with natural light. Two of the original gas "sunburner" lamps survive in the office space located on the second floor at the southern end. </p><p>Restoration of the building occurred in 1985 as a Jubilee 150 project by Danvers Architects, consultant architect to the South Australian Department of Housing and Construction. The $1.5 million project was jointly funded by the government and the community.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In honour of a substantial bequest from <a href="/wiki/John_Andrew_Tennant_Mortlock" title="John Andrew Tennant Mortlock">John Andrew Tennant Mortlock</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Libraries Board of South Australia resolved that a percentage of the South Australiana Collections would be housed in the wing and named the Mortlock Library of South Australiana in 1986. </p><p>After the State Library underwent a substantial redevelopment, commencing in 2001 and reaching completion in 2004, the main chamber of the Mortlock Wing became an exhibition space providing a glimpse into the history and culture of South Australia. </p><p>In August 2014 the Mortlock Wing featured in a list of the top 20 most beautiful libraries of the world, compiled by the U.S. magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Travel_%2B_Leisure" title="Travel + Leisure">Travel + Leisure</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Collections">Collections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Library_of_South_Australia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Collections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_reference_collections">General reference collections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Library_of_South_Australia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: General reference collections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The general reference and research material in the State Library was named the Bray Reference Library in 1987 after former SA Chief Justice, Dr <a href="/wiki/John_Jefferson_Bray" title="John Jefferson Bray">John Jefferson Bray</a>, who served on the Libraries Board of South Australia from 1944 to 1987. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Heritage_collections">Heritage collections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Library_of_South_Australia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Heritage collections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The State Library has a national responsibility to collect, preserve and give access to historical and contemporary South Australian information. The South Australiana collections document South Australia from pre-white settlement to the present day, and the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a> to 1911. The South Australiana collection is one of the most comprehensive in the world due to <a href="/wiki/Legal_deposit" title="Legal deposit">legal deposit</a> requirements for published material, and through donations of unpublished material. A well known donation is the Bradman Collection of cricketing memorabilia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="York_Gate_Geographical_and_Colonial_Library">York Gate Geographical and Colonial Library</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Library_of_South_Australia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: York Gate Geographical and Colonial Library"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/York_Gate_Library" title="York Gate Library">York Gate Library</a></div> <p>The York Gate Library was acquired from the estate of <a href="/wiki/Stephen_William_Silver" title="Stephen William Silver">Stephen William Silver</a>, of <a href="/w/index.php?title=S._W._Silver_and_Co.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="S. W. Silver and Co. (page does not exist)">S. W. Silver and Co.</a> (William) a London-based company who not only sold clothing, furniture and equipment suitable for emigrants to the <a href="/wiki/British_Colonies" class="mw-redirect" title="British Colonies">British Colonies</a>, but also a series books providing relevant information for such emigrants. William had started to collect objects and books related to the areas to which their customers were migrating. These were kept in his residence at 3 <a href="/wiki/York_Gate,_London" title="York Gate, London">York Gate</a>, London and hence became known as the <a href="/wiki/York_Gate_Library" title="York Gate Library">York Gate Library</a>. When he died on 7 March 1905, the South Australia branch of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Geographical_Society_of_Australasia" title="Royal Geographical Society of Australasia">Royal Geographical Society of Australasia</a> raised the money to buy the collection of nearly 5,000 volumes and pamphlets so they could be brought to Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-Henderson_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Henderson-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2006, the centenary of the establishment of the library in Australia, the collection was threatened with eviction.<sup id="cite_ref-Henderson_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Henderson-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mountford-Sheard_Collection">Mountford-Sheard Collection</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Library_of_South_Australia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Mountford-Sheard Collection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Mountford-Sheard_Collection" class="mw-redirect" title="Mountford-Sheard Collection">Mountford-Sheard Collection</a> is a collection of journals, <a href="/wiki/Sound_recording" class="mw-redirect" title="Sound recording">sound recordings</a> and other works created, written and gathered by <a href="/wiki/Charles_P._Mountford" title="Charles P. Mountford">Charles P. Mountford</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-collection_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-collection-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which has been inscribed on <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Memory_of_the_World" class="mw-redirect" title="Memory of the World">Memory of the World</a>. It is of great cultural significance to <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians" title="Aboriginal Australians">Aboriginal Australians</a>, particularly those in central Australia, the <a href="/wiki/Flinders_Ranges" title="Flinders Ranges">Flinders Ranges</a> (<a href="/wiki/Adnyamathanha" title="Adnyamathanha">Adnyamathanha</a> people), <a href="/wiki/Arnhem_Land" title="Arnhem Land">Arnhem Land</a> (<a href="/wiki/Yolngu_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Yolngu people">Yolngu people</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/Tiwi_Islands" title="Tiwi Islands">Tiwi Islands</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tiwi_people" title="Tiwi people">Tiwi people</a>), and the material is respectful of the people whose lives it documents.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rare_books">Rare books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Library_of_South_Australia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Rare books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Keith_Conlon_giving_talk_on_Matthew_Flinders.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Keith_Conlon_giving_talk_on_Matthew_Flinders.JPG/220px-Keith_Conlon_giving_talk_on_Matthew_Flinders.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Keith_Conlon_giving_talk_on_Matthew_Flinders.JPG/330px-Keith_Conlon_giving_talk_on_Matthew_Flinders.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Keith_Conlon_giving_talk_on_Matthew_Flinders.JPG/440px-Keith_Conlon_giving_talk_on_Matthew_Flinders.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Using items from its rare books collection, <a href="/wiki/Keith_Conlon" title="Keith Conlon">Keith Conlon</a> gives a talk on the 200th anniversary of the death of <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Flinders" title="Matthew Flinders">Matthew Flinders</a>, at the SLSA's Institute Building, 21 July 2014.</figcaption></figure> <p>The State Library's rare books collection is the major collection of its kind in South Australia. It comprises Australian and international items which have been identified as having a special interest through subject matter or rarity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Children's_Literature_Research_Collection"><span id="Children.27s_Literature_Research_Collection"></span>Children's Literature Research Collection</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Library_of_South_Australia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Children's Literature Research Collection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Children's Literature Research Collection was formed in 1959 and has over 65,000 books, periodicals, comics, board and table games, and toys. The collection has been enhanced by donations from South Australian individuals and families and from organisations. It is one of the State Library's heritage collections and is of international importance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Collaborations">Collaborations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Library_of_South_Australia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Collaborations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Library manages, in collaboration with the <a href="/wiki/History_Trust_of_South_Australia" title="History Trust of South Australia">History Trust of South Australia</a>, the Centre of Democracy on the corner of <a href="/wiki/North_Terrace,_Adelaide" title="North Terrace, Adelaide">North Terrace</a> and Kintore Avenue.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Centre's gallery exhibits treasures from History Trust and State Library collections, as well as items on loan from <a href="/wiki/State_Records_of_South_Australia" title="State Records of South Australia">State Records of South Australia</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Art_Gallery_of_South_Australia" title="Art Gallery of South Australia">Art Gallery of South Australia</a>, the Courts Authority, <a href="/wiki/Parliament_House,_Adelaide" title="Parliament House, Adelaide">Parliament House</a>, <a href="/wiki/Government_House,_Adelaide" title="Government House, Adelaide">Government House</a> and private lenders.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_edeposit_system_(NED)"><span id="National_edeposit_system_.28NED.29"></span>National edeposit system (NED)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Library_of_South_Australia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: National edeposit system (NED)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a member library of <a href="/wiki/National_and_State_Libraries_Australia" title="National and State Libraries Australia">National and State Libraries Australia</a>, the organisation collaborated on the creation of the <a href="/wiki/National_edeposit" title="National edeposit">National edeposit</a> (NED) system, which enables publishers from all over Australia to upload electronic publications as per the 2016 amendment to the <i><a href="/wiki/Copyright_Act_1968" class="mw-redirect" title="Copyright Act 1968">Copyright Act 1968</a></i> and other regional legislation relating to <a href="/wiki/Legal_deposit" title="Legal deposit">legal deposit</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-nla2016_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nla2016-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and makes these publications publicly accessible online (depending on access conditions) from anywhere via <a href="/wiki/Trove" title="Trove">Trove</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ned_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ned-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Library_of_South_Australia&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Australian_Museum" title="South Australian Museum">South Australian Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Gallery_of_South_Australia" title="Art Gallery of South Australia">Art Gallery of South Australia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading 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title="Brighton Town Hall, South Australia">Brighton Town Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrick_Hill" title="Carrick Hill">Carrick Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%27Arenberg_Cube" title="D'Arenberg Cube">d'Arenberg Cube</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_House,_Adelaide" title="Government House, Adelaide">Government House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenfell_Centre" title="Grenfell Centre">Grenfell Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myer_Centre,_Adelaide" title="Myer Centre, Adelaide">Myer Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_War_Memorial_(South_Australia)" title="National War Memorial (South Australia)">National War Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Wine_Centre_of_Australia" title="National Wine Centre of Australia">National Wine Centre of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Government_House,_South_Australia" title="Old Government House, South Australia">Old Government House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_House,_Adelaide" title="Parliament 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