SLWA on ABC Radio
Battye Historian, Dr. Kate Gregory, Senior Archivist at the State Records Office, Damien Hassan and State Library staff discuss fascinating stories from WA’s past. on previous episodes of History Repeated on ABC Radio Perth.
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SLWA on ABC Radio
Dr Kate discusses the Emily Clifton diaries, a collection of 48 personal diaries covering the period 1906 – 1979.
Pressed wildflowers
SLWA on ABC Radio
Dr Kate as she discusses the ‘wildflower work’ of Lilian Wooster Greaves (1869-1956) who produced and exhibited pressed wildflowers from 1915.
Joan a sex worker in the 1940s
SLWA on ABC Radio
WA history
ABC Perth radio interview with Jules Kim, the CEO of the Scarlett Alliance, about Joan who was a sex worker and ran brothels in Perth in the 1940s and 50s.
SLWA on ABC Radio
Mary Ann Friend’s journal is an account of the settlement of the Swan River 1829-1831. Of great cultural significance to Western Australia, the journal is one of the many treasures of State Library.
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
ABC Radio discussion about Abraham “Izzy” Orloff, who captured Perth throughout the interwar years as a professional photographer.
Women's Art Forum
SLWA on ABC Radio
Dr Kate discusses ARTEMIS, an organisation devoted to raising the status of Perth women in the arts in the 1980s.
SLWA on ABC Radio
Join Dr Kate as she delves into the Serventy family archives held by the State Library.
SLWA on ABC Radio
Dr. Kate discusses Raymond Stanley Stewart’s diary written on toilet paper while he was a prisoner of war in WWII.
SLWA on ABC Radio
Damien Hassan, Senior Archivist at the State Records Office, discusses something a bit unexpected in the State archives collection: banned bumper stickers.
SLWA on ABC Radio
Adam Trainer spoke with Christine Layton about the Library’s existing music photography collections, the process of adding to it and the exciting images included as part of this display.
WA Reflections project
SLWA on ABC Radio
A discussion of the architect Iwan Iwanoff, the WA Reflections film and interactive VR project which rebuilds a now demolished Iwanoff house.