Creating Perth

State Library of Western Australia, 25 Francis Street, Northbridge, Western Australia

Tuesday 9 March 2021 – Friday 19 March 2021 9:00am – 5:00pm

When:

Wed 13 Jan 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Thu 14 Jan 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Fri 15 Jan 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Sat 16 Jan 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Sun 17 Jan 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Mon 18 Jan 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Tue 19 Jan 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Wed 20 Jan 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Thu 21 Jan 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Fri 22 Jan 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Sat 23 Jan 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Sun 24 Jan 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Mon 25 Jan 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Wed 27 Jan 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Thu 28 Jan 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Fri 29 Jan 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Sat 30 Jan 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Sun 31 Jan 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Mon 1 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Tue 2 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Wed 3 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Thu 4 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Fri 5 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Sat 6 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Sun 7 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Mon 8 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Tue 9 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Wed 10 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Thu 11 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Fri 12 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Sat 13 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Sun 14 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Mon 15 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Tue 16 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Wed 17 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Thu 18 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Fri 19 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Sat 20 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Sun 21 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Mon 22 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Tue 23 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Wed 24 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Thu 25 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Fri 26 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Sat 27 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Sun 28 Feb 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Tue 2 Mar 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Wed 3 Mar 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Thu 4 Mar 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Fri 5 Mar 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Sat 6 Mar 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Sun 7 Mar 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Mon 8 Mar 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Tue 9 Mar 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Wed 10 Mar 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Thu 11 Mar 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Fri 12 Mar 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Sat 13 Mar 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Sun 14 Mar 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Mon 15 Mar 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Tue 16 Mar 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Wed 17 Mar 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Thu 18 Mar 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Fri 19 Mar 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
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Where: State Library of Western Australia, 25 Francis Street, Northbridge, Western Australia

Restrictions: All Ages

Ticket Information:

Admission: Free

Website:

State Library of Western Australia

Listed by: State Library

The Creating Perth exhibition has opened on the ground floor of the State Library. It explores the ways visions of Perth – both compatible and contested – have shaped this place, revealing many layers of our city’s history. The exhibition features photos, paintings, maps, videos and stories from the State Library, State Records Office and loans from community.

The exhibition themes are: Waugal shaping the landscape; Early European maps shaping the city, and more recent re-inscription of Noongar names and information back into the map; Shaping the river’s edge; Rebuilding the city: gold rushes and modernism; and Shaping Kings Park. The exhibition also reflects on the role of the Library in remembering, and the ways library collections have changed over time.

Exciting images and artefacts featured in the exhibition include a six-metre reproduction of the 1892 cycloramic (panorama) of Perth drawn by architect John Stewart Jackson, an 1887 plan for reclaiming the foreshore for a cricket ground and public gardens, and a quilt “Balbuk’s Country – Unforseen Future”.