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Glenelg Libraries Change Lives - New Borrower Benefits
Library and Information Week 2019 will see the introduction of a number of new borrower benefits at Glenelg Libraries.Read more.
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Library2Go on the Road
Glenelg Libraries is on the move, providing an outreach mobile service to support the shire’s regional communities.
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Author Event - Jeremy Scott, The Long Road From a Broken Heart
Glenelg Libraries welcomes traveller and author Jeremy Scott to share his amazing story of self-discovery The Long Road from a Broken Heart. Read more.
Silk Scarf Workshop
Join Helen Langley in this interactive, hands-on half day workshop. Design, dye and take home your own silk scarf. Read more.
Author Event - Michael McGuire, Flight Risk
Join journalist and author Michael McGuire as he launches his novel Flight Risk, an airline thriller full of pure adrenaline, explosive action and terrifying revelations. Read more.
Kanopy
Glenelg Libraries is launching the new free film and TV streaming service Kanopy, offering on-demand streaming of a large collection of award-winning films and documentaries for library members. Read more.
Dementia Resource Library
Sensory and reminiscing support kits for families and carers. Available now from your local Glenelg Libraries branch. Read more.

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Mythos by Stephen Fry Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes.Join Jason aboard the Argo as he quests for the Golden Fleece. See Atalanta - who was raised by bears - outrun any man before being tricked with golden apples. Witness wily Oedipus solve the riddle of the Sphinx and discover how Bellerophon captures the winged horse Pegasus to help him slay the monster Chimera.Heroes is the story of what we mortals are truly capable of - at our worst and our very best.

Swallowtail summer by Erica James It was the summer it all ended... It was the summer a new story began. Linston End has been the summer home to three families for several decades. The memories of their time there are ingrained in their hearts: picnics on the river, gin and tonics in the pavilion at dusk, hours spent seeking out the local swallowtail butterflies. Everyone together. But recently widowed Alastair is about to shock his circle of friends with the decisions he has made - and the changes it will mean for them all.

Murder , misadventures & miserable ends : tales from a colonial coroner's court by Catie Gilchrist Murder, manslaughter, suicide, mishap - the very public business of determining death in colonial Sydney. Murder in colonial Sydney was a surprisingly rare occurrence, so when it did happen it caused a great sensation. People flocked to the scene of the crime, to the coroner's court and to the criminal courts to catch a glimpse of the accused. Most of us today rarely see a dead body. In nineteenth century Sydney, when health was precarious and workplaces and the busy city streets were often dangerous, witnessing a death was rather common. And any death that was sudden or suspicious would be investigated by the coroner. Henry Shiell was the Sydney City Coroner from 1866 to 1889. In the course of his unusually long career he delved into the lives, loves, crimes, homes and workplaces of colonial Sydneysiders. He learnt of envies, infidelities, passions, and loyalties, and just how short, sad and violent some lives were. But his court was also, at times, instrumental in calling for new laws and regulations to make life safer. Catie Gilchrist explores the nineteenth century city as a precarious place of bustling streets and rowdy hotels, harbourside wharves and dangerous industries. With few safety regulations, the colourful city was also a place of frequent inquests, silent morgues and solemn graveyards. This is the story of life and death in colonial Sydney.

The River by Peter Heller Wynn and Jack have been best friends since freshman orientation, bonded by their shared love of mountains, books, and fishing. Wynn is a gentle giant, a Vermont kid never happier than when his feet are in the water. Jack is more rugged, raised on a ranch in Colorado where sleeping under the stars and cooking on a fire came as naturally to him as breathing. When they decide to canoe the Maskwa River in northern Canada, they anticipate long days of leisurely paddles and picking blueberries and nights of stargazing and reading paperback Westerns. But a wildfire making its way across the forest adds unexpected urgency to the journey. When they hear a man and woman arguing on the fog-shrouded riverbank and decide to warn them about the fire, their search for the pair turns up nothing and no one. But: The next day a man appears on the river, paddling alone. Is this the man they heard? And, if he is, where is the woman?

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Ancestry

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Trove (Inc Picture Australia)

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Australian Dictionary of Biography

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The Law Handbook Online

The Law Handbook Online - Contains thorough legislation and case indexes that are cross-referenced and linked to the content, a database of addresses and contact details to relevant legal and non-legal services, many of which con...

The Conversation

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Everyday-Law

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Australian Policy Online

Policy Online is a research database and alert service providing free access to full text research reports and papers, statistics and other resources essential for public policy development and implementation in Australia and New Zeala...

Aussie Driver

Did you know 1 in 4 potential drivers fail their driver knowledge test the first time? Aussie-Driver.com is a new site added to the Glenelg Libraries website which allows learner drivers to test their knowledge of road rules. It is f...

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I Want To...

Latest Happenings

Glenelg Libraries Change Lives - New Borrower Benefits

E-Newsletter

Library2Go on the Road

Online Tech Learning Guides

1000 Books Before School

Author Event - Jeremy Scott, The Long Road From a Broken Heart

Silk Scarf Workshop

Author Event - Michael McGuire, Flight Risk

Kanopy

Dementia Resource Library

Staff and Reader Picks

Search The Catalogue

Databases & Online Research

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Digital Library