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Reading can take you anywhere
Inviting students from Kindergarten to Year 10 to uncover great mysteries through the world of books. The challenge is to log 12 or more book titles from now until to 9 September 2022.
Premiers Reading Challenge
A sonic reimagining of WA history
The winning submission is by Sze Tsang, who releases music under the name Samarobryn.
WA historical collections in the corridor
Please take some time to look around. We welcome feedback.
State Library website home page on a laptop in Library
Video interviews capturing the stories of four West Australians with diverse cultural backgrounds, speaking in English and in their first language about their heritage, culture, language and life in Western Australia - Arabic, Indonesian, Philippines and Vietnamese.
Migrants arriving at Fremantle 1953

Good news, the recent COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted. This means that you will  no longer be required to wear a mask in the library, although you might choose to. It also means there will be no two hour time limit and the maximum number of people in the library at one time has been increased to 900.

You will, however, still be required to register for contact tracing either manually or via the SafeWA app. Thank you for being so cooperative and thoughtful over the last two weeks – we appreciate it.

Covid buddies made during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown May 2020