Category: Library History

 

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Looking back at libraries in Kirikiriroa/Hamilton - Part 4

Wednesday 7 February | Library History,

The second Hamilton Public Library in Victoria c.

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Looking back at libraries in Kirikiriroa/Hamilton - Part 3

Wednesday 7 February | Stories of Hamilton, Library History,

A Church of England Carnival Parade taking place in 1887.

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Looking back at libraries in Kirikiriroa/Hamilton - Part 2

Thursday 2 November | Library History, Stories of Hamilton,

2023 marks the 30th year that the Central Library has been operating from our current location in Garden Place.

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Looking back at libraries in Kirikiriroa/Hamilton - Part 1

Wednesday 24 May | Library History, Stories of Hamilton,

2023 marks the 30th year that the Central Library has been operating from our current location in Garden Place.

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Library History - Mobile Library

Wednesday 12 April | Stories of Hamilton, Resources, Library History,

When the Hamilton Public Libraries changed from subscription to free membership in the 1960s library usage skyrocketed. There were only two library sites, Frankton, and the city centre.

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Library History - Frankton Library

Wednesday 29 March | Resources, Stories of Hamilton, Library History,

Frankton Junction Library was opened by the Mayor J. R. Fow on the 22nd of September 1923. Frankton residents had been advocating for a library for many years.

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