Let’s take a look inside. 👀 ‘This Ferral Australis’ by John Hinds is an artists’ book that explores ideas of language, history and colonisation. It’s a concertina book, made from one piece of paper folded back and forth in a zig-zag pattern, and is wrapped in maritime canvas covers with a red wax seal. As you unfold the book, you can see where the artist has printed over facsimiles of colonial publications and documents with animal skulls, antique suns and fake ‘Shakespearean’ sonnets. This is

Anzac Memorial, then and now. 📸 Today, on Remembrance Day, we come together to mark the end of the First World War and remember those who gave their lives in service. The Library holds a large collection of material related to the beautiful @anzac_memorial including photographs, original designs, written proposals and printed programs. You can find more stories about the Library’s WWI collections on our website. #StateLibrary #StateLibraryNSW #AnzacMemorial #RemembranceDay | The State Library o

Our window displays are historic! The Central Library’s window displays were used by library staff as a way to market book collections and promote relevant information pertaining to their time. Nowadays, our print and design team spends months working on our iconic winter window displays, starting in late summer, working all the way up until their unveiling. Every year has a theme and this year’s theme is Baltimore Nutcracker. Come see our window displays anytime (we recommend waiting until even

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A severe thunderstorm hit Grafton in New South Wales on Wednesday afternoon causing widespread damage. The Grafton library had to be evacuated after multiple holes were reported in the building's roof. One woman told the ABC that her daughter said "it seemed like it was raining inside" when the storm hit, and library staff worked to save the books from water damage. The Grafton hail dump came less than a fortnight after snow fell within a couple of hours' drive of the city. 🖊️ Cathy Adams via A