Two of the original gas "sunburner" lamps survive in the office space located on the second floor at the southern end.Restoration of the building occurred in 1985 as a Jubilee 150 project by Danvers Architects, consultant architect to the South Australian Department of Housing and Construction. Download this stock image: The interior of the historic Mortlock Library, in the State LIbrary of South Australia, Adelaide. The Mortlock Wing was originally opened on 18 December 1884, after 18 years of construction, as a public library, museum, and art gallery, with 23,000 books and three staff.
Mortlock Library of Australiana, in the Mortlock wing of the State Library of South Australia This page lists people with the surname Mortlock. Alamy and its logo are trademarks of Alamy Ltd. and are registered in certain countries. The Mortlock Wing was originally opened on 18 December 1884, after 18 years of construction, as a public library, museum, and art gallery, with 23,000 books and three staff. State Library closed Monday 5 October, Labour Day public holiday.We are trialling a full-image version of the Newsbank database that includes current Australian newspapers, including the Advertiser, Sunday Mail, Age, Canberra Times and others, as well as newspapers from around the world.Visit us and see some of the earliest views of South Australia by a European through the beautiful colour images of artist George French Angas.Years from now we’ll look back and want to know how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted our state, our communities and our families.
Check out the benefits and sign up for a card today.Find research assistance, subject guides and useful resources on a range of subjects.Trove helps you find Australia's cultural collections by bringing together content from libraries, museums, archives, repositories and other research and collecting organisations big and small.The State Library has a significant and developing amount of specialist material relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people including the.How about visiting your State Library’s film collection available for streaming via YouTube.Royal Geographical Society of SA Collection,Use and liability statement (Research service),Spence wing entrance, the Hub and glass foyer,State Library Cafe and our tenant's details,© 2020 Copyright - State Library of South Australia. It opened with 23,000 books and a staff of three. (In 1873 the foundations of the western wing of a proposed new block were laid, but there the matter ended until 1876, when fresh plans were drawn, and another set of foundations put in. At least three different sets of foundations were laid, due in part to political indecision and delays, design changes and to the fact that the building was situated over an underground stream, which rendered the foundations unstable.The foundation stone was laid on 7 November 1879 by Sir William Jervois and the building was constructed by Brown and Thompson at a total cost of ₤43,897.The building is French Renaissance in style with a mansard roof. The walls are constructed of brick with Sydney freestone facings with decorations in the darker shade of Manoora stone.Now known as the “Mortlock Wing”, it is now predominantly an exhibition area and popular place for hosting library functions. Colours were delicately picked out to match the original colour schemes, thus preserving the authenticity of the wing.In honour of a substantial bequest from John Andrew Tennant Mortlock, the Libraries Board of South Australia resolved that a percentage of the South Australiana Collections would be housed in the wing and named the Mortlock Library of South Australiana in 1986. The Mortlock Wing houses the State Library’s South Australian collection. The $1.5 million project was jointly funded by the government and the community.After the State Library underwent a substantial redevelopment, commencing in 2001 and reaching completion in 2004, the main chamber of the Mortlock Wing became an exhibition space providing a glimpse into the history and culture of South Australia.In August 2014 the Mortlock Wing featured in a list of the top 20 most beautiful libraries of the world, compiled by the U.S. magazine,The general reference and research material in the State Library was named the Bray Reference Library in 1987 after former SA Chief Justice, Dr.The State Library has a national responsibility to collect, preserve and give access to historical and contemporary South Australian information. While we might not be able to speak to you face to face, we can still help you in a number of ways.Showcases selected items from the State Library’s collection with a particular focus on South Australiana.Explore the collections including South Australiana, Family History and Special Collections.Get started on researching your family history today.Years from now we’ll look back and want to know how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted our state, our communities and our families.
A grand plan was envisioned for the cultural precinct with this being the first of three buildings planned. The Mortlock Wing, formerly known as the Jervois Wing, was opened on 18 December 1884 as a Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery for the colony. The iconic Mortlock Chamber is an excellent example of a late Victorian Library and is an exhibition showcase, displaying the rich heritage of South Australia. The South Australiana collections document South Australia from pre-white settlement to the present day, and the Northern Territory to 1911. The efficiencies and environment required for heritage storage dictated the relocation of the small percentage of South Australiana collections in the Jervois wing, together with the rest of the South Australiana collections, to the newly developed Spence Wing in state of the art storage facilities.