Some cool image library images:
The Reading Room, Public Library of NSW, 1942, by Sam Hood
Image by State Library of New South Wales collection
This room is now the Mitchell Library Reading Room. The Public Library of NSW (now the State Reference Library) is housed in an adjoining building opened in 1988. The State Reference Library has origins dating back to 1826 with the foundation of the Australian Subscription Library.
The Mitchell LIbrary was officially opened on 8 March 1910, and opened to the public the next day, 9 March.
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Format: Photograph
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From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au
Library reading room in Parliament House, Brisbane, ca. 1906
Image by State Library of Queensland, Australia
Creator: Unidentified
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Description: Library reading room in Parliament House, Brisbane, ca. 1906
View this image at the State Library of Queensland: hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/141362
Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: pictureqld.slq.qld.gov.au/
