City of Botany Bay Library, Local Studies Collection
Contact
- Street address
- Pagewood Municipal Library, 'Eastgardens' Cnr Wentworth and Banks Avenue, Pagewood 2035
- Postal address
- PO Box 389, Maroubra 2035
- Phone
- (02) 9349-5999
- Fax
- (02) 9314-1436
About
- Officer in charge
- Archivist
- Hours & facilities
- Open Mon-Fri 10am-5pm by appointment; closed public holidays, Bank Holiday and Union Picnic Day. General reference assistance available. Copying services available for original records to A3, photographs and newspapers.
- Access
- Reader's ticket must be completed upon arrival. 1 day's advance notice of visit preferred with proof of identity required.
- Acquisition focus
- The Library administers the natural archival accumulation of Botany Municipal Council. It also has a special interest in the acquisition of discrete archival collections, personal papers of local identities and community-based environmental action groups.
- Quantity
- 80m (70% in-house).
- Major holdings
- Botany Municipal Council: Minute books 1888- (18m); Correspondence 1899-1949 (27m); Photographs c1917- .
- Mascot Municipal Council: Minute books 1911-1948.
- North Botany Municipal Council: Minute books 1888-1910.
- Botany Progress Association: Minute book 1885-88; Correspondence 1885-88.
- Guides
- Unpublished guide to the Archives of Botany Municipal Council.
- Unpublished guide to the Archives of Nancy Hillier.
Last updated: 2010-10-11