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The Library impartially aids Members of the SA Parliament by providing research, information & library services.

30/10/2026

This is sitting over my left shoulder at the reference desk....unnerving. And then the Hon. Reggie Martin MLC, appeared with a regular chocolate run so a lot more comforting. Similar pot filled out the front which needs a lot more refilling.

27/10/2026

Say it like a Geordie!

23/10/2026

Local history is an important part of our collection. Very pleased yesterday to receive a copy of Stuart Moody's 'South Australia's West Coast and Spencer Gulf Shipping Landings'. Stuart insists this is his last publication. He also said that after the first....(this is number three). Genuinely fascinating to look through so congratulations and thank you for bringing it in to the Parliamentary Library. South Australian Maritime Museum Chantelle Thomas MP - Member for Narungga Sam Telfer MP - Member for Flinders

20/10/2026

Following on from the Keith Conlon post on the two tapestries in the House of Assembly marking the centenary of female suffrage in South Australia....the Parliamentary Library holds photographs of the tapestries as works in progress. Likewise, we have the visitors' book so attach some examples here to also acknowledge the significance of the occasion.

15/10/2026

Poking through a map cabinet this morning, I found this map of Port Darwin. The original dates to 1839 (surveyed by The Beagle). Our version dates to 1870 and was purchased from E A Satwell (specialists in nautical instruments & one of the few sanctioned Australian purveyors of Admiralty charts). Satwell and successors ran their business out of Divett St, Pt Adelaide until its closure in 1906/07.

13/10/2026

An unexpected group-meeting out the front of Parliament this morning. I was chased at Innes once by a swarm, made it to the car, and used a twig to scrape the stings from my eyelids... Discretion being the better part of valour, I stood a long way away to take this!

09/10/2026

I was fortunate enough to take a day off yesterday and spent it down Inman Valley way....beautiful. These sketches of the area date to 1877 and are of the Old Inman Valley Bridge and the Yankalilla school house. And these matter to us as they were drawn by Frederick Halcomb, 4th parliamentary librarian (1870-74; I am the 14th). Fleurieu Sun The Times, Victor Harbor District Council of Yankalilla

07/10/2026

Leafing through an old scrapbook in the Library, I found this front-page of The Times from 1799. I especially enjoyed the advertisement offering a sum of money for a government job with the promise of discretion as to source....on the front page of The Times. Also, want to rent a house for the summer season? Make sure there are servant rooms.

02/10/2026

A Bank Holiday weekend allows a little more time for eating. If you are looking for any menu inspiration, try this one from 1863. And for the sharp-eyed, no, don't know how you drink 1884 vintage ch*****ne in 1863.

01/10/2026

On this day in 1844, Ludwig Leichhardt set out from Moreton Bay to Port Essington (north of Darwin). We haven't anything in our vaults of his expeditions, but we do have John Forrest's account of his search for Leichhardt, following his disappearance and last sighting on 3rd April 1848. Forrest, in turn, became the first Premier of Western Australia, 1890-1901. From Forrest's account: a map of his routes of exploration and a depiction of his party reaching the Overland Telegraph line.

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