List of libraries in Australia

The following is a list of libraries in Australia.

National Library

National Library of Australia

State Libraries

Legislative Libraries

The legislative libraries are commonly known in Australia as parliamentary libraries.[4] Amongst this group of libraries are some of the oldest libraries in Australia.[5] The Parliamentary Library in New South Wales is the oldest and was established in 1840.[5][6] The most recent parliamentary library to be established in 1989 is the ACT Legislative Assembly Library.[5][7]

State or ProvinceLibraryCity
Australian Capital TerritoryACT Legislative Assembly LibraryCanberra
Australian Capital TerritoryAustralian Parliamentary LibraryCanberra
New South WalesNew South Wales Parliamentary LibrarySydney
Northern TerritoryNorthern Territory LibraryDarwin
QueenslandQueensland Parliamentary LibraryBrisbane
South AustraliaSouth Australian Parliamentary Research LibraryAdelaide
TasmanianTasmanian Parliamentary Library and Research ServicesHobart
VictoriaVictorian Parliamentary Library and Information ServicesMelbourne
Western AustraliaWestern Australian Parliamentary Library and Research ServicesPerth

University Libraries

Local Libraries

Local 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

New South Wales

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".[10] There are 89 library services which operate more than 350 public libraries across the state.[11]

Northern Territory

Queensland

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.[16] The Queensland public library services and the suburbs and localities they via local libraries, mobile libraries and Indigenous Knowledge Centres are:

South Australia

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.[62] 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.[63] List derived from Libraries of SA.[64]

  • Adelaide City Council Library Service
  • Adelaide Hills Library Service
  • Adelaide Plains Library Service
  • Alexandrina Libraries
  • Andamooka School Community Library
  • Ardrossan Area School Library
  • Balaklava Community Library
  • Barossa Library Service
  • Berri Barmera Library Service
  • Blyth Community Library
  • Bordertown Public Library
  • Brinkworth Community Library
  • Burnside library
  • Burra Community Library
  • Campbelltown Public Library Service
  • Ceduna School Community Library
  • Charles Sturt Library Service
  • Clare and Gilbert Valleys Libraries
  • Cleve School Community Library
  • Coober Pedy School Community Library
  • Coorong District Council Libraries
  • Copper Coast Library Service
  • Corny Point Library Depot
  • Cowell School Community Library
  • Cummins School Community Library
  • Curramulka Library Depot
  • East Murray School Community Library
  • Edithburgh Library Depot
  • Eudunda Robertstown School Community Library
  • Gawler Public Library Service
  • Hawker School Community Library
  • Holdfast Bay Library Service
  • Jamestown School Community Library
  • Kangaroo Island Library Service
  • Karcultaby School Community Library
  • Keith Community Library
  • Kimba School Community Library
  • Kingston Community School Library
  • Leigh Creek School Community Library
  • Light Regional Public Library Service
  • Lock School Community Library
  • Loxton Waikerie Library Service
  • Lucindale School Community Library
  • Maitland School Community Library
  • Mallee Libraries
  • Marion Library Service
  • Marion Bay Library Depot
  • Mid Murray Council Library Service
  • Minlaton School Community Library
  • Mitcham Library Service
  • Mount Barker Community Library
  • Mount Gambier Library Service
  • Murray Bridge Library Service
  • Naracoorte Public Library
  • Norwood Payneham & St Peters Library Service
  • Onkaparinga Library Service
  • Orroroo School Community Library
  • Owen Community Library
  • Peterborough School and Community Library Service
  • Playford Library Service[65]
  • Port Adelaide Enfield Library Service
  • Port Augusta Library Service
  • Port Broughton Area School Community Library
  • Port Lincoln Library Service
  • Port MacDonnell Library
  • Port Pirie Regional Library Service
  • Port Victoria Library Depot
  • Port Vincent Library Depot
  • Prospect Public Library Service
  • Quorn School Community Library
  • Renmark Paringa Public Library Service
  • Robe Public Library Service
  • Roxby Downs Community Library Service
  • Salisbury Library Service
  • Snowtown Community Library
  • Stansbury Library Depot
  • Streaky Bay Library Service
  • City of Tea Tree Gully Library[66]
  • Unley Library Service
  • Victor Harbor Public Library Service
  • Walkerville Public Library Service
  • Warooka Library Depot
  • Wattle Range Libraries
  • West Torrens Library Service
  • Whyalla Public Library Service
  • Woomera Community Library Service
  • Wudinna School Community Library
  • Yankalilla Library Service
  • Yorketown Area School Library

Victoria

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Western Australia

Other Specialist LIbraries

The west wing of the AIATSIS building designed by Ashton Raggatt McDougall, is a black replica of Le Corbusier's iconic Villa Savoye
New City of Perth Library building under construction (November 2014)

Mechanics Institutes

New South Wales

Sydney School of Arts, 1869

(See also Mechanics Institutes of Australia).

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

Victoria

Melbourne Athenaeum

South Australia

Mitcham Village Institute

Tasmania

Sorrento Institute

Victoria

Lilydale Mechanics Institute

Queensland

Western Australia

Victoria

New South Wales

South Australia

School of Arts

New South Wales

Epping School of Arts

Queensland

Notable schools of arts in Queensland include:

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