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

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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