State Library of Western Australia

State Library of Western Australia
State Library of Western Australia, Alexander Library Building
31°56′57″S 115°51′38″E / 31.949057°S 115.860534°E / -31.949057; 115.860534 (State Library of Western Australia)
LocationPerth, Western Australia
TypeState Library
Established1889 (1889)
Collection
Items collectedBooks, 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 (13,000 ft) of archives
Other information
DirectorCatherine Clark (CEO and State Librarian)
Websiteslwa.wa.gov.au

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 Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, and facilitated by the Library Board of Western Australia.

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 Western Australian historical materials.

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