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Woman reading on stairs in NSW Public Library October 1943

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[ON 388 / Box 006 / Item 091]

(Mitchell Library)

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Mitchell Library

Part of the State Library of New South Wales, the Mitchell Library collection is based on the bequest of David Scott Mitchell, a book collector who amassed an unequalled collection of books on Australia. The collection has continued to grow.

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State Library of New South Wales

The State Library of NSW is the oldest library in Australia. In 1869 the NSW Government purchased the Australian Subscription Library, which had been established in 1826, to form the Sydney Free Public Library, the first truly public library for the people of NSW. The Mitchell Library, the first library in the country to concentrate entirely on Australian content, opened in 1910.

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Mitchell Library Reading Room

Main hall of the Mitchell Library, it is a research and study facility.

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Mitchell Library building

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The Mitchell Library building was erected in 1910 to house David Scott Mitchell's collection of Australiana which he had bequeathed to the people of New South Wales. In 1942 the building was extended and incorporated the New South Wales government's Free Public Library. The Mitchell Library is part of the State Library of New South Wales.

State Library of New South Wales building

Complex comprising the State Reference Library and the Mitchell Library buildings on Macquarie Street. The sandstone Mitchell wing opened in 1910 and was extended in 1942 to incorporate the New South Wales government's Free Public Library. The Macquarie Street wing where the State Reference Library is housed opened in 1988.

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