Name: Brisbane Public Library
Time: 1899 - 1988
Epoch: Late 19th Century
Category: Public Library
Institution Category: Informing
Institution Group: Public Community Education
Coordinates: -27.4728616666667, 153.023833333333
Street Address: Brisbane Public Library, William Street, Brisbane City
Suburb: Brisbane City (CBD)
Sector: Local Government
Local Study Area: Spring Hill-CBD-Fortitude Valley-New Farm (Inner City)
Study Stage: MBNH Stage 9 Local Study Areas
The Brisbane Public Library was established by the government of the Colony of Queensland in 1896, and was renamed the Public Library of Queensland in 1898. The Brisbane Public Library moved into the William Street Building in 1899.
Geographic Description 1: Inside The Green Belt
Geographic Description 2: Brisbane River
Geographic Description 3: Flood Plains (Major); High River Banks (still floods); Ridgeline (Slopes off Wickham Tce)
Fitzgerald, Ross; Megarrity, Lyndon; Symons, David. Made in Queensland : a New History, Special Q150 commemorative edition, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Qld, 2009.
Queensland Museum in Brisbane, Ca. 1879, Collection reference: APU-49 Photographic Views of Queensland. State Library of Queensland
