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SL Magazine archive

A person stands in front of a food stall

Spring 2020

Cover of the Winter 2020 issue of SL magazine.

Winter 2020

Cover image of the Autumn 2020 issue.

Autumn 2020

Cover of the 2019-20 edition of SL Magazine.

Summer 2019–20

Magazine cover with a photograph of a river landscape through trees.

Spring 2019

Magazine cover featuring two women with text projected in light.

Winter 2019

Magazine cover featuring an illustrated man with a briefcase on a checkerboard design.

Autumn 2019

Magazine cover of an older woman proudly showing her crafted handiwork made of shells.

Summer 2018–19

Cover of the Spring 2018 issue of the SL magazine.

Spring 2018

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Winter 2018

autumn

Autumn 2018

Cover image for SL Magazine Winter 2017

Winter 2017

SL Magazine Autumn 2017 Cover

Autumn 2017

SL Magazine Summer 2015 to 2016 Cover

Summer 2016-2017

SL Magazine Spring 2016 Cover

Spring 2016

State Library Magazine Winter 2016 edition cover

Winter 2016

SL Magazine Autumn 2016 Cover

Autumn 2016

SL Magazine Summer 2015-16 cover

Summer 2015-2016

Sl Magazine Spring 2015 cover

Spring 2015

SL Magazine Winter 2015 cover

Winter 2015

Sl Magazine Autumn 2015 cover

Autumn 2015

Sl magazine cover Summer 2014-15

Summer 2014-2015

Historic old map on cover of the Spring 2014 New South Wales State Library Magazine

Spring 2014

Old diaries opened to pages of handwritten notes on cover of Winter 2014 New South Wales State Library Magazine

Winter 2014

Man standing with measuring tape and roll of cloth layed out on cover of Autumn 2014 New South Wales State Library Magazine

Autumn 2014

Road sign saying 'Hold up ahead' on cover of Summer 2013-2014 New South Wales State Library Magazine

Summer 2013-2014

Face of a model and a manneguin with makeup on cover on the Spring 2013 New South Wales State Library Magazine

Spring 2013

Image of a girl with long hair under water on cover of the Winter 2013 New South Wales State Library Magazine

Winter 2013

Historic image of people outside of a shopfront with sign Great Western Store, Henry Stuart on cover of Autumn 2013 New South Wales State Library Magazine

Autumn 2013

summer

Summer 2012-13

Protesters standing with a sign 'Decentralise or suffer the moore park muddle1' on cover of Spring 2012 New South Wales State Library Magazine

Spring 2012

Olympic swimming gold medallist Shane Gould on cover of the Winter 2012 New South Wales State Library Magazine

Winter 2012

Bird sitting on a branch with leaves on cover of Autumn 2012 New South Wales State Library Magazine

Autumn 2012

Old world map on cover of Summer 2011-2012 New South Wales State Library Magazine

Summer 2011-2012

Duck standing on grass near water on cover of Spring 2011 New South Wales State Library Magazine

Spring 2011

Painting of Women in a shop buying gifts from shop assistant on cover of Winter 2011 New South Wales State Library Magazine

Winter 2011

Child in black dress in frilled collar on cover of Autumn 2011 New South Wales State Library Magazine

Autumn 2011

3 men standing and holding their surf boards on beachfront on cover of Summer 2009-2010 New South Wales State Library Magazine

Summer 2010-2011

Drawing of Indigenous man with face painted on cover of 2010 New South Wales State Library Magazine

Spring 2010

Specimen tray with beetles, insects and butterflies on cover of Winter 2010 New South Wales State Library Magazine

Winter 2010

Australian writer Markus Zusak on the cover of the Autumn 2010 New South Wales State Library Magazine

Autumn 2010

Woman with smiling carrying a carrying a hat box on cover of 2009-2010 New South Wales State Library Magazine

Summer 2009-2010

Novelist Thomas Keneally on cover of August 2009 New South Wales State Library Magazine

August 2009

Actress Juilette Binoche on the cover of State Library of New South Wales Magazine

April 2009

Australian Actor Jack Thompson on the cover of the December 2008 edition of State Library of New South Wales Magazine

December 2008

Artist Tim Storrier on the cover of the State Library of New South Wales Magazine July 2008

July 2008

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