A Library Planet post by Fiona Kells Torquay is Australia’s (if not the world’s) surfing capital. The world-famous Bell’s Beach – home of the Rip Curl Pro – is nearby and the town is the birthplace of iconic surfing brands Rip Curl and Quicksilver. Marking the beginning of the Great Ocean Road, Torquay is a…

A Library Planet post by Fiona Kells The Werribee Library (formerly known as the CBD Library) opened in its current location on Watton Street in the centre of Werribee in 2001. It had previously occupied a smaller site on Burnes Place. In 2010 the Library underwent a major renovation. ‘Boutique’-style shelving areas were installed to…

A Library Planet post by Paul Jewell. Acknowledgement of Country Parramatta Library is situated on the traditional lands of the Baramadagal clan of the Dharug Nation. I pay my respect to the traditional custodians of the land, waters and sky around modern-day Parramatta, the Dharug peoples. Introduction The new Parramatta Library at PHIVE with its…

A Library Planet post by Fiona Kells. The Carlton Library is on Rathdowne Street in North Carlton, a popular and populous inner-city suburb of Melbourne, Australia. This is a well loved community library. I visited on a very rainy Wednesday afternoon, just before sitting down to dinner at Chin Chin’s at Koto Moon, just a…

A Libray Planet post by Fiona Kells. The Newcastle City Library occupies the War Memorial Cultural Centre on Laman Street, in the heart of Newcastle. The Library was established via the generosity of Sydney ophthalmologist Dr Roland Pope, who in the late 1940s gifted his personal collection of more than 2,000 books, along with more…