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Free Library c1875

Free Library c1875

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State Library of New South Wales

[a1939050 / PXA 420/22c]

(Mitchell Library)

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Sydney's first major public library. The organisation formed in 1826 and the Library opened in rented rooms in Pitt Street, 1 December 1827, with 1,000 volumes. In 1845 the Library moved into a purpose built building on the corner of Bent and Macquarie Streets. In 1869 the collection and building was bought by the colonial government and became the first Free Public Library of Sydney. It has since evolved into the State Library of New South Wales.