State Library of Western Australia
The State Library of Western Australia is a research, education, reference and public lending library located in the Perth Cultural Centre in Perth, Western Australia. It is a portfolio agency of the Western Australia Department of Culture and the Arts, and facilitated by the Library Board of Western Australia.
| State Library of Western Australia | |
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State Library of Western Australia, Alexander Library Building | |
| 31°56′57″S 115°51′38″E | |
| Location | Perth, Western Australia |
| Type | State Library |
| Established | 1889 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Books, journals, newspapers, magazines, manuscripts, personal papers, maps, printed music, sound and music recordings, oral histories, films, photographs and ephemera |
| Size | 1.5 million items, 4,000 linear metres of archives |
| Other information | |
| Director | Margaret Allen (CEO and State Librarian) |
| Website | slwa |
The State Library has particular responsibility for collecting, preserving and digitising Western Australia's heritage materials. The J. S. Battye Library of West Australian History is the section of the Library dedicated to West Australian historical materials.
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