Primary contact
Corner Kiewa and Swift Streets, Albury
Albury, New South Wales 2740
Identity area
Identifier
daa/196
Authorized form of name
Albury Library Museum, New South Wales
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
- Formerly: Albury City Library
Type
- Municipal
Contact area
Adult Services Librarian
Type
Address
Street address
Corner Kiewa and Swift Streets, Albury
Locality
Albury
Region
New South Wales
Country name
Postal code
2740
Telephone
02 6023 8333
Fax
librarymuseum@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Note
Description area
History
The Albury LibraryMuseum combined facility opened in July 2007, replacing the Albury City Library. The Albury Visitor Information Centre is also located at the Albury LibraryMuseum.
Geographical and cultural context
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
Officer in charge: Adult Services Librarian
Records management and collecting policies
Relating mainly to local history of Albury Region.
Buildings
The Albury LibraryMuseum was the first combined facility of its kind in Australia and opened in July 2007. Local company, Zauner Constructions, built the award-winning design of internationally renowned architects, Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM), whose credentials include the impressive National Museum of Australia.
Holdings
The collection covers a number of subject areas, including, for example:
- the story of Albury from first contact with the Wiradjuri people to today: objects, audio and film.
- the Bonegilla Migrant Training and Reception Centre (1947 - 1971): The Albury City has been collecting material such as things that people brought from their homeland, photographs, domestic appliances, children's toys, books and clothing. Albury City also collects written memories from those who passed through Bonegilla.
- Abikhair Emporium: marketing material demonstrates the context of the 1950s woman and the society they lived in.
- Albury Base Hospital: historic documents, nurses uniforms, photographs, publications, memories captured on film, medical instruments and an iron lung.
- Albury Botanic Gardens: over 50 books from the library of early curator J E R Fellowes, which he used as a guide to plant identification and garden design.
- Drivetrain Systems International (DSI): a broad range of material relating to the former gearbox factory, covering its history as Borg-Warner, BTR Automotive, ION Ltd, DSI and Geely Automotive Holdings. It includes the last gearbox made at the factory as well as photographs, uniforms, equipment, memorabilia, company records, promotional videos, DVDs and ephemera.
- The Dunstan Collection: equipment and archives relating to the operation of the Federal Bakery in Howlong from 1914 to the 1970s.
- Albury's McPherson's Studios: photographs (The studio, established in the 1930s, specialised in weddings, portraiture, child studies and commercial photography).
Material from the collection is displayed in permanent exhibitions in the museum wing.
Finding aids, guides and publications
Access area
Opening times
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday: 10am-7pm
Tuesday and Friday: 10am-5pm
Saturday: 10am-4pm
Sunday: 10am-2pm
Access conditions and requirements
Accessibility
Services area
Research services
Reference assistance available in person.
Reproduction services
General copying services available.
Public areas
Control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised 13 June 2024
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Thematic area)
- Family / Domestic Life (Thematic area)
- Genealogical (Thematic area)
- Immigration (Thematic area)
- Local Studies (Thematic area)
- Indigenous (Thematic area)
- Industry, Manufacturing and Commerce (Thematic area)
- Medicine and Health (Thematic area)
- Recreation / Leisure / Sports (Thematic area)
- Science and Technology (Thematic area)
- Social Organisations and Activities (Thematic area)