The Melbourne Public Library

The Melbourne Public Library, now called the State Library of Victoria, is located on Swanston Street, one of the main north-south streets originally laid out in the 1837 Hoddle Grid in the center of Melbourne, southeast Australia. It first opened in 1856, with a collection of 3,800 books.

Coordinates

Latitude: -37.809692766287
Longitude: 144.965500161050

View on the COVE Master Map

Timeline of Events Associated with The Melbourne Public Library

Date Event Manage
Jul 1854

Ground broken for U Melbourne and public library

Melbourne Public LibraryOn 3 July 1854, ground was broken for the University of Melbourne and the Melbourne Public Library. Image: The Public Library, Melbourne (1854). State Library of Victoria. This image is in the public domain in the United States because its copyright has expired.

Articles

Jason R. Rudy, “On Literary Melbourne: Poetry in the Colony, ca. 1854″