Stage Number: MBNH.07.02.70
Group: Western
Local Study Area: Toowong-St Lucia-Indooroopilly
Epoch: Late 20th Century
Street Address: 579-583 Coronation Drive, Toowong
Latitude & Longitude: -27.48347222,152.99513889
Time Link: 1961
Map Link: 1963
Image Time Point: 1963
The Toowong Library opened on 13 April 1961. At the time it was the largest of the eleven suburban council libraries. The modernist circular design of the Toowong Library building created a greater architectural significance for the institution than the idea of a public site for reading.
Kowald, Margaret. with Val Donovan, Ruth Kerr, Kay Cohen, Lyndsay Smith, and Jean Stewart. Lost Brisbane and Surrounding Areas: The Later Years. Volume 2. RHSQ. 2016 page 240; Toowong & District Historical Society, Toowong Heritage Architecture and Street Art, (Toowong, T. & D. H. S., 2009)
Brisbane City Archives, BCC-15117 1960
QSA. QSA Series ID 2043 City of Brisbane and Suburbs Maps – A1A Series. 20 chains to the inch. City of Brisbane. Sheet 1. 20 chains to an inch. Survey Office, Brisbane. 634645
