❓ Question regarding significant purchases made by the State Library since October 2012, with details provided on the Louise Whelan Collection, Images of contemporary Perth, and the Mary Anne Friend Diary.
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Can the Minister advise of any unexpected items of significance that have been purchased by the State Library since October 2012, and what are those items?
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Answered
6 August 2013
Responded by
Minister for Culture and the Arts
Response time
56 days
The State Library purchases heritage items from individuals, organisations and through sales and auctions from Antiquarian Dealers. As unique items the Library does not always know when they will be offered for sale. The Library assesses items made available for sale against the Collection Development Policy.
The following items of significance have been purchased since October 2012:
Louise Whelan Collection
(May 2013): 87 digital images of immigrant communities in Western Australia including Congolese, Sierra Leone, Vietnamese, Rwandan, Senegalese, Sudanese and Sikh communities. The collection also includes photographs of the Edmund Rice Centre, Mirrabooka and Perth people involved in the Rockabilly scene.
Images of contemporary Perth
(June 2013): Collection of 235 digital images of contemporary Perth, Fremantle and country towns, purchased from documentary photographer, Philip Gostelow. Images include new building works and development in Perth, iconic Fremantle scenes, portraits of key WA leaders, State Election day, country towns, and family life.
The State Library completed the planned purchase of the Mary Anne Friend Diary in October 2012. The diary includes one of the few eye-witness accounts of the establishment of the Swan River settlements at Fremantle and Perth in early 1830. It is illustrated with Mary Ann's sketches and contains three watercolours of Fremantle which are some of the earliest images depicting this settlement.
The following items of significance have been purchased since October 2012:
Louise Whelan Collection
(May 2013): 87 digital images of immigrant communities in Western Australia including Congolese, Sierra Leone, Vietnamese, Rwandan, Senegalese, Sudanese and Sikh communities. The collection also includes photographs of the Edmund Rice Centre, Mirrabooka and Perth people involved in the Rockabilly scene.
Images of contemporary Perth
(June 2013): Collection of 235 digital images of contemporary Perth, Fremantle and country towns, purchased from documentary photographer, Philip Gostelow. Images include new building works and development in Perth, iconic Fremantle scenes, portraits of key WA leaders, State Election day, country towns, and family life.
The State Library completed the planned purchase of the Mary Anne Friend Diary in October 2012. The diary includes one of the few eye-witness accounts of the establishment of the Swan River settlements at Fremantle and Perth in early 1830. It is illustrated with Mary Ann's sketches and contains three watercolours of Fremantle which are some of the earliest images depicting this settlement.
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