State Library of Western Australia
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The State Library of Western Australia is a research, education, reference and public lending library located in the Perth Cultural Centre in Perth, Western Australia. It is a portfolio agency of the Western Australia Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, and facilitated by the Library Board of Western Australia.
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State Library of Western Australia | |
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Location | Perth, Western Australia |
Type | State Library |
Established | 1889; 135 years ago (1889) |
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Items collected | Books, journals, newspapers, magazines, manuscripts, personal papers, maps, printed music, sound and music recordings, oral histories, films, photographs and ephemera |
Size | 1.5 million items, 4,000 linear metres of archives[1] |
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Director | Catherine Clark (CEO and State Librarian) |
Website | slwa |
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The State Library has particular responsibility for collecting, preserving and digitising Western Australia's heritage materials. The J. S. Battye Library of West Australian History is the section of the Library dedicated to West Australian historical materials.