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07-November-2018 [Peter Williams]
07-November-2018 [Peter Williams]

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The plaque commemorates the opening of the Mortlock Library of South Australiana in February 1986.

In honour of a substantial bequest from John Andrew Tennant Mortlock, the Libraries Board of South Australia (LBSA) resolved that a percentage of the South Australiana Collections would be housed in the wing and named the Mortlock Library of South Australiana. The Mortlock Library was opened in 1986.

Location

Address:North Terrace & Kintore Avenue, State Library of South Australia, Adelaide, 5000
State:SA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -34.920822
Long: 138.601426
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Culture
Sub-Theme:Community

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Wednesday 12th February, 1986
Front Inscription

The Mortlock Library of South Australiana

This plaque commemorates the opening by His Excellency the Governor of South Australia Lt. Gen. Sir Donald Dunstan, KBE, CB

February 12, 1986

Source: MA
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