State Library of South Australia Review

South Australia State Library is the information collection center in South Australia, located in the North Taiji Cultural District, open seven days a week (except public holidays). The Library has 3 buildings: the award-winning contemporary Catherine Helen Spencer Wing with an iconic glass foyer, the Mottluck Wing 2 of the magnificent Victorian 19th century and the Society Building listed as 1861 Cultural Heritage. The huge stone pillars, golden walls, wrought iron retro railings, and transparent domes of glass, which seem to have come out of the Harry Potter School of Wizardry, make the South Australian State Library the “20 most beautiful libraries in the world.” The South Australian State Library was founded in 1834 by the South Australian Reading and Writing Association, which changed its name several times and changed its current name from 1967 to the South Australian State Library. The museum also houses the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia and the National Archives of Australia. Figure1-2: The Society Building built in 1861; Figure 3: The Mottlak Wing, built in 1884, named Jervois Wing in 1967, and named Mortlock Wing after 2003; Figure 4-7: Mott Leke Wing Library interior, light installation and 1914, Dent and Sons clock installation at the end of Figure 7 and 1887, at the time of 50 pounds, equivalent to today's $3,000, now need to be winded once a week, still accurate when walking; Figure 8-9: Catherine Helen Spencer Wing interior; Figure 10: Looking through the glass window of Katherine Helen Spencer Wing, the Mottlak Wing next to it.