This dataset includes 45 oral histories from the project S. A. Speaks': An Oral History of Life in South Australia before 1930. The interviewees were broadly representative of the population of South Australia as it was in the first three decades of the twentieth century. 'S. A. Speaks' was a Jubilee 150 project conducted by Beth M. Robertson under the auspices of the History Trust of South Australia for two years and two months ending December 1986. The sound files are in MP3 format. The transcripts are in PDF format.

This dataset contains images of more than 1000 selected maps and charts with South Australian coverage. Use in conjunction with the Flickr API https://www.flickr.com/services/api/.

Selected sheet music (100 individual songs) related to or published in South Australia. The collection is particularly strong on the genre of patriotic songs from World War One and sentimental ballads. Includes full colour scan of the sheet music and additional contextual research.

Selection of images (60) from the State Library of South Australia collections of Significant South Australians featuring selected men and women of Adelaide's North Terrace plaques. These are a selection of images from a range of subjects and other State library photo sets on Flickr and range from 1815-1951, and includes: Dervish Bejah, Cameleer and explorer Sir Donald Bradman, Cricketer Kate Boadicea Cocks, first female police constable in the British Empire Matthew Flinders, Navigator and explorer Donald Dunstan, Lawyer, reformist, social progressive and Premier of South Australia Rev John Flynn, Founded what became the Royal Flying Doctor Service Sir Robert Helpmann Dancer, choreographer, actor and director Sir Hans Heysen artist and conservationist Colonel William Light Surveyor General, South Australia Mother Mary Mackillop (now Saint Mary of the Cross), Catholic sister, educator and Australia’s first saint Sir Douglas Mawson, Geologist and Antarctic explorer Dame Roma Mitchell, Australia’s first female judge Catherine Helen Spence, Author, journalist, teacher, suffragist, political candidate John McDouall Stuart, Explorer Mary Lee, Suffragist and social reformer Mark Oliphant, Physicist, humanitarian, Governor of South Australia Thomas Playford, Longest serving Premier of South Australia Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith, piloted first aeroplane from England to Australia Charles Sturt, Soldier and explorer David Unaipon, Aboriginal leader, preacher, inventor and writer

Statistical data that appears in the Libraries Board of South Australia Annual Reports.