🍷Looking for something unique to do tonight in the CBD? 🍷
Sip, savour and share stories at Sip Our Wine Stories at the State Library of South Australia.
Celebrate the rich history and exciting future of South Australian wine as the @winesouthaustralia brings together iconic wineries and emerging makers for an evening of conversation, connection and great wine under the roof of the Mortlock Chamber. 📚
Meet the people behind the labels, hear the stories behind the vineyards, and enjoy a glass (or two!) while discovering the passion, history and innovation shaping our wine culture today.
🎟️ Tickets are still available, but be quick 👉 view link in bio!
"Righto Bob. Let's get the party started!"
"Alright Clarrie."
"What songs have you got?"
"Well, let's see. Peter Dawson doing 'My Henley Girl' and 'When Father Papered the Parlour' by Billy Williams.'
"Two stone-cold classics. Let's keep it local for a start."
"Peter Dawson it is."
"And crank it up Bob!"
Relaxing at Oodnadatta in 1912. Wax cylinder recordings are being played on a gramophone. https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+50477
Read more about our wax cylinder recordings (and Peter Dawson): https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/voices-captured-wax-digitising-wax-cylinder-recordings-from-1901
#ThrowbackThursday #tbt #Oodnadatta #SouthAustralia #gramophones #recordings #history #sound #beer #libraries
Sip Our Wine Stories at the State Library of South Australia
🎟 Tickets are still available here: /sip-our-wine-stories
🙌 Celebrate the origins of our wineries: both those with long histories and newer players on the scene.
Meet the people behind the wines and swap stories over a glass of their wine!
Can you trust a painting created from memory… by a fraudster?
Join Dr Clare Parker to uncover the mystery behind Hankey’s Port Adelaide.
Book into the livestream via link in bio
🏴☠️Ahoy, adventurers!
✍️Drop by the Treasures Wall for free, hands-on family fun.
⛵Create your own seafaring flag and imagine life on the high seas in this creative activity designed for young explorers.
👉View activity via link in bio
SIP OUR WINE STORIES AT THE STATE LIBRARY OF SA | ONE WEEK TO GO!
Join us on Friday 15 May to 'Sip Our Wine Stories' in the stunning Mortlock Wing and Treasures Wall of the State Library of South Australia.
If you haven't already, tickets are still available here: /sip-our-wine-stories
Celebrate the origins of our wineries: both those with long histories and newer players on the scene. Enjoy the tastes and tales of:
➡ As If Wines
➡ Balnaves of Coonawarra
➡ Byrne Vineyards
➡ DogRidge Wines
➡ Hardys Tintara
➡ Karrawatta
➡ Maxwell Wines
➡ Norfolk Rise
➡ Rymill Coonawarra
➡ Schwarz Wine Co.
➡ The Islander Estate
➡ Wangolina
For a ticket price of $35 (plus booking fee), you will receive:
➡ Entry into the event and access to both the Mortlock Wing and Treasures Wall.
➡ An individual charcuterie box (dietary requirements will be catered for).
➡ A Great Wine Capitals wine glass that is yours to keep.
➡ Six complimentary wine tastings (one complimentary tasting from six of the twelve participating wineries).
Once your tasting tokens have been exchanged, wine can be purchased directly from each winery by the taste, flight (several tastes) half glass, glass or bottle. Bottles can also be purchased and taken home on the night.
Sip our Wine Stories is presented by the South Australian Wine Industry Association, The State Library of South Australia and Adelaide a Great Wine Capital of the World. This event is supported by the South Australian Government through the Department of Primary Industries and Regions.
#sipourwinestories #winesouthaustralia #winelovers #winetasting #southaustralianwines
A city hiding in plain sight
At first it’s just a book. But look again. Tilt the pages… and King William Street appears.
This hidden fore-edge painting reveals Adelaide’s Town Hall, the GPO, and a streetscape frozen in time, painted so delicately that it disappears when the book is closed.
Some stories only show themselves when you know how to look.
Read more about this magic hidden fore-edge painting that’s part of #StateLibrarySA’s collection > slsa.sa.gov.au/edge-of-page
"Righto let's get a photo of 85 in front of the signal box. C'mon fellas let's all get in the shot."
South Australian Railways Locomotive 85, with station crew, in front of Riverton signal box.
Photograph by Riverton photographer Edwin Scholz (1881-1952)
https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1377/78/4
#ThrowbackThursday #tbt #Riverton #SouthAustralia #trains #railways #locomotives #libraries
Can’t visit the Port Adelaide panorama in person?
We’ve crafted a digital exhibition that lets you explore the panorama online and uncover the secrets of Port Adelaide before the 1862 fire. Discover the artist and go behind the scenes of its conservation.
⛵ Visit the link in bio
A port full of life, just before everything changed.
Explore the story behind the 1855 Hankey Panorama and uncover Port Adelaide’s past.
On display for the first time in 170 years.
slsa.sa.gov.au/events/painting-port
Don’t miss this rare glimpse into early Port Adelaide, see the original up close.
Light sabres... good... Light sabres and music? Classic! And we have the image to prove it.
This 2011 poster was for an Adelaide Symphony Orchestra concert, Space Classics. It has been carefully preserved in the State Library of South Australia ephemera collection.
We think the conductor may have been moonlighting as a Jedi warrior. Or perhaps ‘batoning’ down the hatches before the ASO transported the audience to a galaxy far, far away.
May the Fourth be with you... and with us all!
Happy 90th @the_aso
slsa.sa.gov.au #libraries #research #slsa
