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List of libraries in Australia

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The following is a list of libraries in Australia.

National library[edit]

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National Library of Australia

State libraries[edit]

University libraries[edit]

Public libraries[edit]

Public libraries are united behind common goals and ambitions, share best practice and provide universal free access to information, knowledge and ideas. They are supported by every state and territory in Australia and are often managed within Local Government areas.

Australian Capital Territory[edit]

The Libraries ACT public library system has branches across the territory, including:

New South Wales[edit]

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Albury Library Museum by night
SydneyCity Library
Broken Hill City Library

The public libraries in New South Wales are operated by local councils, in some cases cooperatively as "regional libraries".[6] There are 89 library services which operate more than 350 public libraries across the state.[7] All NSW libraries are governed by the Library Act 1939.[8]

Northern Territory[edit]

Queensland[edit]

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West End School of Arts under construction, 1928

Public libraries in Queensland are operated by local government councils. Local government areas with a population below 15,000 provide public library services through Rural Libraries Queensland (formerly the Country Lending Service), a service provided by the State Library of Queensland.[9] The Queensland public library services and the suburbs and localities they serve via local libraries, mobile libraries and Indigenous Knowledge Centres are:

Rural Libraries Queensland collaborative collection network[edit]

Independent libraries[edit]

Indigenous Knowledge Centres[edit]

South Australia[edit]

Public libraries in South Australia are operated by local councils and most of them are part of the One Card Network, operated by Libraries of SA, a state government department.[84] Community libraries, found in rural and remote areas, are joint-use libraries (school and public) and are usually located in towns too small to support both a public library and a school library.[85] List derived from Libraries of SA.[86]

Metro

  • Adelaide City Council Library Service
  • Adelaide Hills Library Service
  • Burnside Library
  • Campbelltown Public Library
  • Charles Sturt Library Service
  • Gawler Public Library Service
  • Holdfast Bay Library Service
  • Marion Library Service
  • Mitcham Library Service
  • Mount Barker Community Library
  • Norwood Payneham & St Peters Library Service
  • Onkaparinga Library Service
  • Playford Library Service
  • Port Adelaide Enfield Library Service
  • Prospect Public Library
  • Salisbury Library Service
  • Tea Tree Gully Library
  • Unley Library Service
  • Walkerville Public Library
  • West Torrens Library Service

Regional and Community Libraries

  • Andamooka School Community Library
  • Adelaide Plains Library Service
    • Mallala Library
    • Two Wells Library
  • Alexandrina Library Service
  • Barossa Library Service
  • Barunga West Council
  • Berri Barmera Council
  • Ceduna School Community Library
  • Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council
  • Cleve School Community Library
  • Coober Pedy School Community Library
  • Coorong District Council
  • Copper Coast Council
  • Cowell School Community Library
  • District Council of Elliston
  • District Council of Karoonda East Murray
    • East Murray School Community Library
    • Karoonda School Community Library
  • District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula
    • Coffin Bay Depot
    • Cummins School Community Library
  • District Council of Streaky Bay
    • Karcultaby School Community Library
    • Streaky Bay School Community Library
  • Flinders Mobile Library Service
  • Jamestown School Community Library
  • Kangaroo Island Library Service
  • Kimba School Community Library
  • Kingston Community School Library
  • Leigh Creek School Community Library
  • Light Regional Public Library Service
  • Loxton Waikerie Library Service
  • Mid Murray Council
  • Mount Gambier Library
  • Murray Bridge Library
  • Naracoorte Lucindale Council
  • Orroroo School Community Library
  • Peterborough School and Community Library
  • Port Augusta Library
  • Port Lincoln Library
  • Port MacDonnell (Mary Lattin Memorial) Library
  • Port Pirie Regional Library Service
    • Crystal Brook Library
    • Port Pirie Library
  • Regional Council of Goyder
    • Burra School Community Library
    • Eudunda School Community Library
  • Renmark Paringa Public Library
  • Robe Public Library
  • Roxby Downs Community Library
  • Southern Mallee District Council
    • Geranium Community Library Depot
    • Lameroo School Community Library
    • Pinnaroo School Community Library
  • Tatiara District Council
    • Bordertown Public Library
    • Keith Community Library
  • The Flinders Ranges Council
    • Hawker School Community Library
    • Quorn School Community Library
  • Tumby Bay School Community Library
  • Victor Harbor Public Library
  • Wakefield Regional Council
    • Balaklava Community Library
    • Snowtown School Community Library
  • Wattle Range Council
    • Beachport Library
    • Millicent Library
    • Penola School Community Library
  • Whyalla Public Library
  • Woomera Community Library
  • Wudinna School Community Library
  • Yankalilla Library
  • Yorke Peninsula Council
    • Ardrossan School Community Library
    • Central Yorke Peninsula (Maitland) Community Library
    • Minlaton Library Curramulka Depot
    • Minlaton Library Port Vincent Depot
    • Minlaton School Community Library
    • Yorketown School Community Library

Victoria[edit]

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Western Australia[edit]

Special libraries[edit]

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The west wing of the AIATSIS building designed by Ashton Raggatt McDougall, is a black replica of Le Corbusier's iconic Villa Savoye

Special libraries provide specialized information resources for their parent organisation. Common types of special libraries include art libraries, law libraries, legislative or parliamentary libraries, music libraries, medical libraries, government departmental libraries and science libraries. Some types have their own associations including art libraries (ARLIS/ANZ, the Art Library Society of Australia and New Zealand), law libraries (Australian Law Librarians Association), and music libraries (International Association of Music Libraries Australia).

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New City of Perth Library building under construction (November 2014)

Art libraries[edit]

Australian Capital Territory[edit]

New South Wales[edit]

Queensland[edit]

South Australia[edit]

Victoria[edit]

Museum libraries[edit]

Australian Capital Territory[edit]

New South Wales[edit]

Queensland[edit]

South Australia[edit]

Tasmania[edit]

Victoria[edit]

Legislative libraries[edit]

The Victorian Parliamentary Library

The legislative libraries are commonly known in Australia as parliamentary libraries.[94] Amongst this group of libraries are some of the oldest libraries in Australia.[95] The Parliamentary Library in New South Wales is the oldest and was established in 1840.[95][96] The most recent parliamentary library to be established in 1989 is the ACT Legislative Assembly Library.[95][97]

State or Province Library City
Australian Capital Territory ACT Legislative Assembly Library Canberra
Australian Capital Territory Australian Parliamentary Library Canberra
New South Wales New South Wales Parliamentary Library Sydney
Northern Territory Northern Territory Library Darwin
Queensland Queensland Parliamentary Library Brisbane
South Australia South Australian Parliamentary Research Library Adelaide
Tasmanian Tasmanian Parliamentary Library and Research Services Hobart
Victoria Victorian Parliamentary Library and Information Services Melbourne
Western Australia Western Australian Parliamentary Library and Research Services Perth

Independent libraries[edit]

New South Wales[edit]

Queensland[edit]

  • The Australian Cultural Library[98]

Victoria[edit]

Mechanics Institutes[edit]

New South Wales[edit]

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Sydney School of Arts, 1869

(See also Mechanics Institutes of Australia).

Street view of the Cronulla Arts Theatre, Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia.

South Australia[edit]

Mitcham Village Institute

Tasmania[edit]

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Sorrento Institute

Victoria[edit]

Melbourne Athenaeum
Mechanics' Institutes that still operate as libraries[edit]

Only a few mechanics' institutes still operate as libraries: list derived from the Mechanics' Institute of Victoria, Inc.'s Library Directory 2018.[107]

Other Mechanics' Institutes[edit]
Lilydale Mechanics Institute

Queensland[edit]

Western Australia[edit]

Gallery[edit]

Victoria[edit]

New South Wales[edit]

South Australia[edit]

Schools of Arts[edit]

New South Wales[edit]

Epping School of Arts

Queensland[edit]

Notable schools of arts in Queensland include:

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