The State Library of Western Australia acknowledges the traditional owners of Country throughout Western Australia and their continuing connection to land and culture.
We pay our respects to Elders past and present. The Library is honoured to be located on Whadjuk Country, the ancestral lands of the Noongar people.
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Weekly on Friday, 10:30am - 12pm until Fri 11 Dec 2026
Songs, rhymes and stories for babies and their families, followed by an hour of Play Time to help develop early literacy and learning skills.
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An essential conversation about the stories women's bodies tell, the illnesses too often left unspoken, and the power of turning personal experience into public understanding.
for Bright Young Things
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