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State Library of South Australia

Attraction Type: 
essential

Founded two weeks after the passing of the South Australia Act by the British Parliament in 1834, the State Library of South Australia exhibits a catalogue of books and artefacts dating back to the 1800s. The library regularly houses temporary exhibitions and offers an audio tour of various Adelaide neighbourhoods and the library itself, available via an app (guides.slsa.sa.gov.au) you can download to your phone.

Address: 
North Terrace & Kintore Avenue,
Adelaide,
5000
Australia
Telephone: 
+61 8 8207 7250.
Website: 
www.slsa.sa.gov.au
Opening times: 

Mon-Wed 1000-2000; Thu-Fri 1000-1800; Sat-Sun 1000-1700.

Admission fees: 

No.

Disabled access: 
No
Unesco: 
No

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