Skip to main content Skip to search

Cultural sensitivity warning

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this page contains content that may be culturally sensitive.

The State Library Website and Catalogue include images, sounds and names of deceased persons. Please also be aware that they also contain images of people which are not yet identified, and some historical images contain nudity.

Some historical materials within our website and catalogue may include language and opinions that today are considered to be inappropriate or even offensive. The State Library does not endorse this language and apologises for any distress caused.


By selecting "Show warnings", please be advised that you will continue to receive subsequent cultural sensitivity warnings before viewing materials on the State Library website that may be considered culturally sensitive. You can opt out at any time.

COVID entry requirements for the Library – updated 29 April 2022.

Utility bar
Facebook
Instagram
Twitter
Accessibility
My Library Card Login
Search the Catalogue
Ask a Librarian

State Library of Western Australia

Login
Main navigation
  • Research & collections
    • Catalogue
    • How to use the catalogue
    • eResources
    • Aboriginal collections
    • Indigenous music
    • Indigenous oral history
    • Storylines
    • Collections
    • Diaries
    • Ephemera
    • Film
    • Maps, plans and charts
    • Music
    • Newspapers
    • Oral histories
    • Photographs
    • Picture book illustration
    • Police gazettes
    • Post office directories
    • Private archives
    • Read WA
    • Family history
    • Getting started
    • Aboriginal family history
    • Dead Reckoning: WA Family History Guide
    • Explore by country
    • J.S. Battye Library
    • National archives and public records
    • Ships and passengers
    • Family history eResources
    • WA Open Data
    • Western Australia
    • Culture WA
    • Historical panoramas
    • Treasures
  • Plan My Visit
    • Hours, transport, access
    • Access and inclusion
    • Bags, baby room and public toilets
    • Emergency evacuation procedure
    • Food and drink
    • Floor plans by level
    • Opening hours
    • Parking and transport
    • Services
    • Ask a Librarian
    • Borrowing
    • Computers and internet
    • Justice of the Peace
    • Microform and media player equipment
    • Order a copy
    • Printing, copying and scanning
    • Spaces to visit
    • Community Languages Collection
    • Discovery Lounge
    • eConnect Space
    • Ground and Co Cafe
    • J.S. Battye Library
    • Leah Jane Cohen Reading Room
    • State Archives
    • Studio 001
    • The Story Place
    • WACE Study Space
    • Children & families
    • Parents
    • The Story Place
    • eResources for Families
    • Venue Hire
  • Stories
    • Topics
    • Aboriginal stories
    • ANZAC stories
    • Small towns and regional cities
    • WA history
    • SLWA on ABC Radio
    • Podcasts
  • What's On
    • Events
    • Education
    • Families & Children
    • Family History
    • Language
    • Media & Technology
    • Online & Streaming
    • Talks & Conversations
    • Tours
    • Workshops
    • Exhibitions
    • Disrupted Festival of Ideas
    • Awards & fellowships
    • J.S. Battye Creative Fellowship
    • J.S. Battye Memorial Fellowship
    • Kay Poustie Scholarship
    • Library Board Award for Innovation and Collaboration
    • WA Premier's Book Awards
    • Western Australian Writers Hall of Fame
    • Grants
    • Projects
    • Corridors of Blissterday
  • Learning
    • Educators
    • Online Incursions
    • Excursions
    • Classroom resources
    • Teacher essentials
    • Community language teachers
    • Languages
    • Sharing our diverse heritage
    • Literacy
    • Adult Literacy Collection
    • Better Beginnings
    • Children's Literacy
    • Literacy Matters
    • Western Australian Literacy Alliance
    • Students
    • eResources for teachers and students
  • How Do I?
    • Become a member
    • How to use the Catalogue
    • Shop Online
    • Volunteer
    • Public Libraries
    • Find a public library
    • eresources for public libraries
    • Contribute to State Library collections
    • Donate to our collections
    • For photographers and film makers
    • For publishers and authors
    • Suggest a purchase
    • Donate
    • Donate money
    • Leave a bequest
    • Peer of the State Library
    • Sponsor an event or activity
    • Support professional development
    • WA heritage film
  • About Us
    • Contact us
    • Feedback
    • Careers & volunteers
    • Connect
    • Social media
    • Subscribe
    • YouTube
    • Corporate information
    • Annual reports
    • Censorship
    • Copyright in Library Collections
    • Freedom of information
    • Library Board
    • Media centre
    • Organisational structure
    • Policies and guidelines
    • State Librarian and senior staff
    • Strategies, plans and annual reports
    • History of the library
    • News from the library
    • Partnerships
    • Local government and Public Libraries
    • NSLA
    • Partnership Enquiries
    • What we do
    • Collecting for the future
    • Preservation

Search

Search type
Breadcrumb
  1. Home
  2. What's On
  3. Disrupted Festival of Ideas 2022
  4. Speakers

Speakers

'Ofa Fotu (MC)

Biography

Afeif Ismail

Biography

Amanda Healy

Biography

Chemutai Glasheen

Biography

Chey Henderson-Watkins

Biography

CLAUDIO

Biography

Dean Misdale

Biography

Dr Jenny Brockis

Biography

Dr Margaret Sealey

Biography

Dr Yumiko Kadota 

Biography

Elizabeth Knight

Biography

Geri Hayen

Biography

Jaya Dantas

Biography

Jean Kittson

Biography

Jessica Smith

Biography

Kado Muir

Biography

Katy Steele

Biography

Kirsten Lopez

Biography

Lana Glogowski

Biography

Laureate Professor Veena Sahajwalla

Biography

Len Collard

Biography

Linda Savage

Biography

Liz Byrski 

Biography

Melanie Hawkes

Biography

Michael Woodley 

Biography

Paul Cleary

Biography

Peter Rowsthorn 

Biography

Rafeif Ismail

Biography

Rita Alfred-Saggar

Biography

Robert Wood

Biography

Romola Bucks

Biography

Samantha Floreani

Biography

Satyam Brown

Biography

Shamit Saggar

Biography

Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa

Biography

Tom Tilley

Biography
This page last updated on 12 May 2022

Contact Us

Perth Cultural Centre,
25 Francis Street,
Perth WA 6000

+61 8 9427 3111
info@slwa.wa.gov.au

Plan your visit Ask a Librarian

Follow Us

Find us on social media!

Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
YouTube
SoundCloud
Footer menu
  • Copyright
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy
  • Sitemap

Today's opening hours

Please refer to our opening hours page.

Opening hours

Sign up for our Newsletter

©2021 State Library of Western Australia.

Staff Links
  • PLO Login
  • Staff Email
  • Staff HR Kiosk
  • Staff Intranet
WA logo SLWA logo

Acknowledgement of Country

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.