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Purchase of A Private Journal of a Voyage to Australia 1838-39 by James Bell
In March of this year, the Foundation contributed $20,000 to the Library's purchase of A Private Journal of a Voyage to Australia 1838-39. It is 225 pages bound in green vellum, kept by James Bell, passenger on the Planter, Deptford, 25 November 1838 to 15 May 1839, Port Adelaide.
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Memories of Barabara Hanrahan
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Preserving South Australia’s Most Fragile Newspapers
Newspapers and SA MemoryThe history of newspapers in South Australia, like the history of the State Library, begins before the colony's founding. In June 1836 partners Robert Thomas and George Stevenson printed the first issue of the South Australian gazette and colonial register (later just The Register) before setting sail...
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Adelaide Philanthropist donates $140,000 to Preserve Fragile Newspapers
The State Library of South Australia has received a donation of $140,000 from the James and Diana Ramsay Foundation towards preserving and providing access to South Australia's most fragile newspapers.
