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Australiana Publications

Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8207 7255

Address: Institute Building, cnr North Terrace & Kintore Avenue 5000 Adelaide, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.australianapublications.org.au

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24.01.2022 French Designs on Colonial New South Wales - Peron's secret report was intended to inform Napolean that it would be easy to invade NSW and make the British Colony a French possession in the Pacific. Hardback: Member $60, Non-member $65 Paperback: Member $30, Non-member $35 www.australianapublications.org.au

22.01.2022 Vale Dr Alan Brissenden AM We are very sad to hear of the passing of our friend Dr Alan Brissenden AM, long standing committee member, and former President of T...he Friends of the State Library of South Australia from 1994-2000. His Presidency had a significant effect on the direction and approach the Friends adopted. He was also a key member of the Friends’ Australiana Publications sub-committee. Before joining the Friends as President, Alan taught English at The University of Adelaide (1963-94), and edited Bibliofile between 1997-2008. A Shakespearian scholar and dance writer, he was a Governor of the Adelaide Festival of Arts (1981-94) and was made a member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1996 for services to the arts. Geoff Strempel, Director State Library of South Australia, says Alan was a true friend to the State Library, who gave his time and expertise as a valuable member of the Friends. He is very highly regarded by all those who worked with him and he will be missed greatly. Our deepest sympathies to his family".

20.01.2022 Martha Berkeley, c 1854, 'The artist and her family, Adelaide'. Reproduced in our new book TRAILBLAZERS: 100 inspirational South Australian women, by Carolyn Co...llins and Roy Eccleston. 'Martha Berkeley’s work was little known during her lifetime and remained so for decades after her death. This changed in the early 1990s when 40 of her works were discovered. A retrospective exhibition of her work, along with that of her sister Theresa, was held at the Art Gallery of South Australia in 1994, curated by Jane Hylton. 'Today, Martha Berkeley is recognised not only as one of South Australia’s most significant early colonial painters, but as one of Australia’s most important portrait painters of the colonial period.' You can read Martha Berkeley's story, along with those of many other memorable women, in TRAILBLAZERS.

19.01.2022 Adelaide lost its national hero Sir Ross Smith tragically #onthisday 1922. He and his mechanic Jim Bennett were killed in a crash near London while testing an... aircraft for a round the world flight. A World War I pilot, Sir Ross is recognised a world aviation pioneer after be and his crew won the London to Darwin air race in 1919. The Vickers Vimy that made that epic flight is housed at Adelaide Airport, and will be a feature of the new international terminal under construction. The Sir Ross Smirh memorial statue stands in Creswell Gardens near the Adelaide Oval. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/63579507 History Trust of South Australia History Council of South Australia Heritage South Australia City of Adelaide Lainie Anderson Adelaide Airport Aviation Histori Aviation History Magazine See more

19.01.2022 Matthew Flinders Private Journal- The Journal begins in December 1803 to his final entry, 10 July 1814, nine days before his death. Pick up your copy at austra...lianapublications.org.au. Members $50, Non-members $55 #matthewflinders #australianhistory #maritime #southaustralianhistory #southaustralia #historysa #books #publishing @ State Library of South Australia See more

14.01.2022 Peter Monteath has a new book that will be launched on 27th November in association with the Virtual War Memorial at Torrens Parade Ground. It promises to be a book launch with a difference. We do hope you can make the event. Details regarding registration can be found below.

13.01.2022 Did you know old book smell is produced by the breakdown of two chemical components in paper, cellulose and lignin. The byproducts of this process are toluen...e and ethylbenzene (which produce a sweet odor), vanillin (which produces a vanilla odor), benzaldehyde and furfural (which produce an almond odor), and 2-ethylhexanol which produces a flowery odor. See more

11.01.2022 Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands - Atlas With colour palates by the artist Lesueur and Petit and charts by Freycinet, this atlas completes the translat...ion of the official account of 1800- 1803 French expedition led by Nicolas Baudin. (Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands Volume I & II also available) Paperback: Members $50 / Non-members $65 Hardback: Members $70 / Non-members $85 #frenchexpedition #frenchhistory #australianhistory #freycinet #nicolasbaudin #australia #australianapublications #history #books #bookshop #southaustralia #explorers @ State Library of South Australia See more

08.01.2022 Our bookbinders do such amazing work!

07.01.2022 Make sure you pick up a copy of our next publication "Adelaide, Queen City of the South". First published in 1907 this charming glimpse of an Edwardian metropolis reveals a city with much to be proud of architecturally, socially and economically after a mere 70 years of settlement. The main pleasure is visual with over 400 photographs of major public buildings, churches, and parks and gardens, alongside advertisements for wine, soap, furniture, leather goods, biscuits, glass, timber mills and motor works. The book is a delight to explore because it reminds the reader of Adelaide’s elegant form and a rich history of manufacturing which has sadly declined only in recent years.

05.01.2022 "....And sometimes you find books with yellowed, stiff pages. The old dog-eared folds break off in triangles, flutter to the floor. These books can’t be helped by simple repairsthey’re acidified, dying, and the opposite of unique. In fact, they’re examples of a large-scale catastrophe that’s been quietly building in libraries for decades....".

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