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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.
![216118PD Robin Miller the Sugarbird Lady with her Mooney Super 21 aircraft VH-REM ca 1968-1972aft VH-REM ca 1968-1972](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/2021-05/rm.jpg?h=68ef5003&itok=2qITkYJn)
WA history
Robin Miller fought against gender expectations and sterotypes to deliver vaccines to the Kimberley and the Pilbara.
![Suite at Red Castle Motel](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/2021-05/slwa_b6413477_7%20%281%29.jpg?h=29bd8b26&itok=Hwczh4RH)
WA history
Do you remember the Red Castle Motel at 200 Great Eastern Highway in Rivervale?
![Paper lady Katie 1923](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/2021-05/111720PD_Paper%20lady%20Katie%201923.jpg?h=5f8a2b75&itok=BONFO1Iz)
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For many years Kate trudged Fremantle’s streets selling newspapers and was described as one of the "best-known identities of Fremantle".
![WW1 illustration of soldier on cigarette card](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/2021-05/slwa_b4108651_2.jpeg.jpg?itok=NN99brJa)
Letters, stories, maps and cigarette cards
ANZAC stories
Maps and charts
SLWA on ABC Radio
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Peter Edwards, Heritage Team Librarian, discusses original ANZAC materials from the State Library archives.
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Posters from Connections Nightclub
WA history
Many think that 'treasures' have to be old - we do not believe this. Many of our treasures are simple items that reflect what was happening at the time.
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WA history
As a commander of the ill-fated ship Batavia, Dutch merchant Francisco Pelsaert documented the adventures and misfortunes in his journal.
![Edith Cowan](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/2021-04/EdithCowan.jpg?h=00b5cac3&itok=ZEdBrpLz)
SLWA on ABC Radio
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Edith Cowan was one of Western Australia’s most important social reformers and a notable champion of women’s rights.
![Leah Jane Cohen Reading Room](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/2021-03/DSCF0134-HDR_Leah%20Jane%20Cohen%20Reading%20Room-3.jpg?h=30160786&itok=K-Lzltup)
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The Reading Room was named in honour of Leah Jane Cohen and her generous bequest to the Library Board.
![Styleworts Rica Erickson](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/2022-03/ACC%201709AD-2-9%20Plate%208%20Styleworts_0.jpg?h=3a257c6c&itok=G2VwHJLZ)
WA history
A life-long love for research and history meant Dr Rica Erickson was a regular at the State Library.