Hawkesbury City Council Library, Local Studies Collection
Contact
- Street address
- Dight Street, Windsor 2756
- Postal address
- As above
- Phone
- (02) 4560-4466
- Fax
- (02) 4560-4472
- council@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au
- Website
- http://www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/library/index.html
About
- Officer in charge
- Local Studies Librarian
- Hours & facilities
- Open Mon-Fri 10am-7pm; Sat 9am-1pm; Sun 2-5pm; closed public holidays. General reference assistance available. Copying services available for books, journals, original records to A3, microfilms and newspapers. Introductory brochure available.
- Access
- Advance notice of visit required if using the photograph collection or the Council records. Proof of identity required.
- Acquisition focus
- Collect material about the Hawkesbury District, both past and present.
- Quantity
- 191m (45% in-house).
- Major holdings
- Various individuals/bodies: Pamphlet collection (18m); Church and cemetery records (2m); Environmental impact studies 1970's- (2m); Church registers (0.5m); Photograph collection 1870- (2m).
- Walker Solicitors: Correspondence, wills, day books 1800s-1960 (2.5m).
- Hawkesbury City Council: Minute/Rate books etc 1873- (84m).
- Published books (43m).
- Guides
- Nichols, Michelle (compiler), Guide to the Local Studies Collection. Hawkesbury City Council Library Service, 1997.
Last updated: 2010-10-11