WA Reflections 2021 project
Photographs and films
SLWA on ABC Radio
Join Dr Adam Trainer from the State Library with HiFi Club President Colin Nichol and filmmaker Dominic Pratt as they discuss the WA Reflections project and the first film to be launched from it – Generation Hi-Fi.
Photographs and films
WA history
The State Library partnered with Screenwest to deliver the WA Reflections initiative. WA filmmakers created five short documentaries and a VR experience to transform and showcase stories from the Library's collections.
Photographs and films
WA history
Robin Miller fought against gender expectations and sterotypes to deliver vaccines to the Kimberley and the Pilbara.
Aboriginal stories
Photographs and films
SLWA on ABC Radio
ABC Radio Perth discussion about Mavis Phillips (nee Walley 1921–1982) one of Australia’s earliest known Indigenous photographers.
Out of Touch
Stories
Photographs and films
Funded by the State Library, this collection of stories documents 15 experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic that hit Australia in early 2020.
Photographs and films
Small towns & regional cities
Rockingham is situated on the coast 47 kilometres south of Perth. The Noongar Aboriginal people traversed the region for up to 45,000 years until they were joined by the European settlers.
Red Castle Motel
Photographs and films
WA history
Do you remember the Red Castle Motel at 200 Great Eastern Highway in Rivervale?
Aboriginal stories
Photographs and films
In 1907 a number of Noongar people were gathered for a public corroboree performance which was captured in a series of photographs.
Photographs and films
SLWA on ABC Radio
ABC Radio discussion about Abraham “Izzy” Orloff, who captured Perth throughout the interwar years as a professional photographer.
Wildflower photography
Photographs and films
SLWA on ABC Radio
This week, just in time for wildflower season Dr Kate immerses us in the beautiful photography of Hilda Wright.
Photographs and films
SLWA on ABC Radio
Dr Kate talks about the Stevenson, Kinder & Scott Corporate Photography collection - over 25,000 corporate and advertising images, ranging from 1965–2008.