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Libraries

  • Alan Gillies

    Alan Douglas Gillies was born in Northcote in 1911. He was a teacher for 12 years. During the Second World...
  • Fairfield Library

    In 1962 Fairfield separated from the City of Heidelberg and joined the City of Northcote. The same year, the...
  • Joan Clinnick

    I'm now talking with Joan Clinnick of Reservoir. Joan has lived all of her life in Reservoir and in fact...
  • Myrtle Fletcher

    Myrtle Fletcher was born in 1899. She was involved in the Workers’ Education Association which had a library...
  • Northcote Library in Separation Street

    In October 1981, The City of Northcote declares it will build a new library for Northcote. The existing High...
  • Northcote's Carnegie Library

    The idea for a library in Northcote was first raised in the early 1880s. In 1883 the Northcote Council...
  • Preston Free and Public Libraries

    The first library services appeared in Preston in 1876 when William Braithwaite and E. A. Walker contributed...
  • Ralph Candy

    Ralph Candy was elected to the Northcote Council in August 1890, representing the South Ward along with W.H....
  • Reservoir Libraries

    In the 1950s there was strong interest in a library for Reservoir. In 1958 Miss Hilda Jane Harris opened a...
  • Sculpture- Well Place (2004), Preston Library

    Created by Velislav Georgiev and Victoria Roxburgh from Zabelski Han in 2004. The horse in this piece...
  • Separation Street, Northcote

    Separation Street, Northcote came into existence in July 1851 when property owner Peter Macarthur sold a few...
  • St Georges Road Library

    A shop front library opened at 198 St Georges Road Northcote in 1941. It was owned by My John Henry Wilson...
  • Thornbury Hygienic Library

    The discovery of the spreading of disease via bacteria in the late nineteent century led to concerns about...
  • Thornbury Library

    On 28th July 1955, a new branch for Northcote City Council was opened by Mayor Cr. Len Hales at 64 Clyde...
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