Bankstown City Library and Information Service

Coordinates: 33°54′58.92″S 151°2′5.4″E / 33.9163667°S 151.034833°E

Bankstown City Library and Information Service is a library service in Sydney. Bankstown is situated in the south-west of Sydney, NSW, AU. Part of Bankstown City Council, the library service includes the Central Library, located in Bankstown Central Business District, and four branch libraries Chester Hill, Greenacre, Padstow and Panania.

History

Bankstown was one of the first Metropolitan Councils to establish a free public library, with the opening of a children's library in 1946. The Library originally known as Bankstown Municipal Library, and when Sir Roden Cutler, the Governor of NSW, declared Bankstown a City in 1980 the library officially became known as Bankstown City Library.[1] The original Children's library was replaced by a full library service and the current building was opened in May, 1983. In 2010, plans for a new library building were confirmed on the existing Bankstown Town Hall site and construction of a new library to completed early 2014.[2]

Bankstown City Library and Information Services follows guidelines and policies of the State Library of New South Wales, National Library of Australia and the Library Act of New South Wales

References

  1. ↑ Rosen, Sue (1996). Bankstown : A sense of identity. Sydney: Hale & Iremonger.
  2. ↑ Lawrence, Lawrence, Madden, Muir (1999). A Pictorial History of Canterbury Bankstown. Sydney: Kingsclear Books. ISBN 0908272553.

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