List of Carnegie libraries in Oceania

This is a list of Carnegie libraries in Oceania. Although most of Carnegie's philanthropic efforts were aimed at North America and Europe, a handful of libraries are scattered in other English-speaking areas of the world.

Australia
City or
locality		 State Image Date
granted[1][2]		 Grant
amount[1][3]		 Inflation adjusted amount Location Notes
1 Hobart Tasmania Oct 6, 1902 $36,505 $1,078,723
2 Midland Junction Western Australia Dec 2, 1909 $7,300 $207,726
3 Mildura Victoria Jun 23, 1906 $9,825 $279,576
4 Northcote Victoria Mar 13, 1909 $14,610 $415,736
Total — — — — $68,240 $1,941,807 — —

Fiji

There is a single Carnegie library in Suva, Fiji's capital, funded by the philanthropist with a $7,300 grant ($200,307 today) on December 13, 1907.[1]

New Zealand

The money for Carnegie libraries in the Dominions (the contemporary term used for former colonies such as Australia, New Zealand and South Africa within the British Empire) was administered from New York. Eighteen libraries were provided in New Zealand. The table below details the libraries.[4]

Town Region Image Date
granted[1][2]		 Grant
amount[1][3]		 Location Notes
1 Alexandra Otago Dec 2, 1909 $3,880
2 Balclutha Otago Apr 2, 1913 $4,870
3 Cambridge Waikato Dec 14, 1908 $4,870
4 Dannevirke Manawatū-Whanganui Apr 10, 1906 $9,690
5 Dunedin Otago Sep 19, 1902 $48,700 Moray Place Dunedin Public Library moved to a new building in 1981.
6 Fairlie Canterbury Jan 31, 1913 $4,875
7 Gore Southland Jul 10, 1907 $9,750
8 Greymouth West Coast Oct 5, 1904 $10,967
9 Hamilton Waikato Apr 23, 1906 $9,720
10 Hastings Hawke's Bay May 29, 1905 $12,175
11 Hokitika West Coast Jun 20, 1905 $12,175
12 Levin Manawatū-Whanganui Sep 28, 1909 $7,290
13 Marton Manawatū-Whanganui Jul 23, 1914 $6,075
14 New Plymouth Taranaki Feb 13, 1906 $12,150
15 Onehunga Auckland Jul 15, 1909 $9,720
16 Thames Waikato Jan 7, 1904 $9,760
17 Timaru Canterbury Jun 14, 1906 $21,010
18 Westport West Coast Sep 10, 1903 $9,720
Total — — — — $207,397 — —

Notes
  1. Anderson, pp. 94–98.
  2. Miller, pp. 21–40.
  3. The amounts listed here were mostly granted in British pounds. In general the conversion rate used by the Carnegie Corporation was £1 = $5.
  4. "Carnegie libraries". New Zealand Geographic. Retrieved 2019-02-18.

References
  • Anderson, Florence (1963). Carnegie Corporation Library Program, 1911–1961. New York: Carnegie Corporation. OCLC 525904.
  • Miller, Durand R. (1943). Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890–1917. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York. OCLC 2603611.
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