Adoption of the Library Act
Last updated:
01 March 2024
Use the tables to find out when each NSW council adopted the Library Act 1939 and opened a library.
The tables lists the dates that each NSW council adopted the Library Act 1939 and then opened a public library.
Some councils and shires have changed since 1939. Councils are listed as they were known at the time of adopting the Act and annotated to show council name changes.
- Alphabetical by council
Council Act Adopted Library Service Began What is it now? Abercrombie 19/10/1962 1/01/1963 Albury 19/04/1945 29/06/1945 Armidale 27/09/1948 10/10/1949 Armidale Dumaresq Ashfield 27/02/1962 6/07/1964 Ashford 7/02/1958 2/05/1958 Inverell Auburn 22/03/1961 1961 Ballina 26/06/1947 9/08/1948 Balranald 18/09/1944 20/12/1946 Bankstown 1/10/1945 2/11/1946 Barraba 10/06/1950 1/01/1951 Gwydir/ Tamworth Regional Bathurst 8/08/1955 12/12/1956 Baulkham Hills 15/09/1964 1/01/1965 The Hills Shire Bega 21/12/1944 1945 Bellingen 20/12/1965 1/01/1966 Berrigan 9/02/1959 7/03/1960 Bibbenluke 1/03/1975 1975 Bombala Shire Bingara 15/10/1954 1/01/1955 Gwydir Blacktown 26/06/1947 8/04/1967 Bland 20/10/1964 25/10/1965 Blayney 10/08/1959 1/10/1959 Blue Mountains 24/10/1967 6/01/1975 Bogan 26/01/1972 9/08/1971 Bombala 14/04/1975 1/08/1975 Boolooroo 17/11/1955 10/08/1956 Moree Plains Boomi 1/12/1955 10/08/1956 Moree Plains Boorowa 29/02/1952 1/07/1952 Boree 15/04/1957 29/04/1958 Cabonne Botany 12/01/1966 1/01/1976 Bourke 12/07/1955 1/01/1955 Bowral 22/08/1945 1/01/1947 Wingecarribee Brewarrina 8/11/1962 1/01/1963 Broken Hill 16/12/1945 3/09/1906 Burrangong 11/12/1944 30/07/1945 Burwood 18/08/1947 5/04/1948 Byron 3/11/1953 24/03/1954 Camden 14/10/1963 17/05/1965 Campbelltown 19/11/1963 3/05/1965 Canada Bay 1967 Formerly Drummoyne/ Concord Canobolas 23/09/1957 29/04/1958 Cabonne Canterbury 15/11/1945 16/12/1946 Carrathool 24/03/1952 13/12/1952 Casino 7/07/1944 12/12/1945 Richmond Valley Cessnock 5/12/1956 1/12/1952 Cobar 14/11/1958 1/01/1948 Coffs Harbour 22/07/1963 11/04/1964 Colo 22/07/1972 22/07/1972 Conargo 27/08/1944 20/12/1946 Concord 23/06/1964 16/02/1968 Canada Bay Condobolin 29/11/1954 17/08/1956 Coolamon 17/11/1977 1/01/1978 Cooma 10/12/1945 1/12/1946 Cooma Monaro Coonabarabran 20/11/1951 12/07/1952 Warrumbungle Coonamble 21/05/1953 15/05/1959 Cootamundra 27/05/1946 1/01/1947 Copmanhurst 18/11/1953 1/01/1954 Clarence Valley/ Richmond Valley Corowa 21/02/1956 1/07/1950 Cowra 3/06/1947 12/02/1948 Crookwell 13/04/1950 17/08/1953 Upper Lachlan Cudgegong 22/09/1954 1/01/1955 Mid-Western Regional Culcairn 11/09/1949 1/01/1952 Greater Hume Demondrille See Harden Shire Deniliquin 22/11/1946 20/12/1946 Denman 10/12/1945 17/12/1946 Muswellbrook Drummoyne 30/08/1966 20/05/1967 Canada Bay Dubbo 15/12/1959 3/11/1961 Dumaresq 21/11/1949 1/01/1950 Armidale Dumaresq Dungog 14/11/1972 3/08/1973 Eurobodalla 5/11/1981 5/11/1981 Evans 25/10/1957 7/03/1961 Bathurst/ Oberon/ Mid-Western Regional Fairfield 20/04/1949 7/10/1950 Forbes 12/10/1944 28/01/1947 Gilgandra 15/03/1962 17/08/1962 Glen Innes 22/03/1960 12/12/1960 Gloucester 20/11/1981 15/06/1982 Gooban 10/12/1962 1/01/1963 Goodradigbee 20/10/1965 1/01/1966 Yass Valley Gosford 16/03/1948 13/08/1948 Goulburn 22/02/1945 24/07/1946 Goulburn Mulwaree Grafton 17/01/1944 12/02/1945 Clarence Valley Great Lakes 1989 Grenfell 17/07/1946 21/08/1947 Weddin Griffith 5/01/1945 13/12/1945 Gundagai 17/10/1950 12/02/1951 Gundurimba 14/04/1972 14/04/1972 Gunnedah 31/10/1950 1/01/1951 Liverpool Plains Gunning 21/11/1949 9/08/1957 Palerang/ Upper Lachlan/ Yass Valley Guyra 30/09/1947 24/09/1949 Harden 19/05/1952 1/01/1952 Hastings 13/10/1948 10/10/1949 Hawkesbury 7/11/1945 1/11/1946 Hay 19/07/1948 24/03/1949 Holbrook 28/06/1949 1/01/1952 Greater Hume/ Tumbarumba Holroyd 21/08/1973 12/06/1978 Hornsby 23/08/1962 29/04/1972 Hume 13/01/1950 1/07/1950 Albury/ Corowa/ Greater Hume Hunters Hill 14/03/1955 1/01/1957 Hurstville 22/04/1954 27/11/1964 Imlay 14/03/1975 1975 Inverell 24/03/1944 27/03/1939 Jemalong 21/12/1945 28/01/1947 Jerilderie 15/04/1944 4/07/1961 Jindalee See Cootamundra Shire Junee 1992 Kempsey 26/07/1944 11/12/1945 Kiama 15/03/1955 17/07/1953 Kogarah 21/03/1967 14/02/1970 Ku-ring-gai 22/08/1944 24/11/1945 Kyogle 13/08/1951 18/03/1952 Lachlan 9/01/1953 17/08/1956 Lake Macquarie 27/07/1949 28/07/1950 Lane Cove 22/05/1945 12/05/1955 Leeton 25/01/1945 22/07/1946 Leichhardt 3/03/1970 4/03/1971 Note: Glebe Library opened in 1956 but transferred to City of Sydney 1968 Lismore 15/05/1944 1/01/1945 Lithgow 14/05/1945 1/01/1949 Liverpool 22/11/1949 19/11/1956 Liverpool Plains 19/11/1954 1/01/1955 Lockhart 21/11/1977 13/07/1978 Lyndhurst 10/08/1959 1/10/1959 Cabonne Macintyre 13/12/1957 1/01/1958 Maclean 31/01/1957 1/01/1954 Clarence Valley Maitland 4/05/1945 17/12/1946 Manilla 20/06/1950 1/01/1951 Tamworth Regional Manly 18/12/1945 3/02/1958 Marrickville 8/01/1945 28/06/1947 Merriwa 18/11/1957 16/01/1959 Upper Hunter/ Mid-Western Regional Molong 7/04/1957 29/04/1946 Cabonne Monaro 3/06/1946 1/12/1946 Cooma Monaro Moree 16/01/1956 10/08/1956 Mosman 23/01/1945 1/12/1945 Mudgee 17/07/1950 4/06/1952 Mid-Western Regional Mullumbimby 3/11/1953 24/03/1954 Mumbulla 18/06/1969 1/07/1969 Murray 2/09/1954 1/01/1955 Murrumbidgee 17/05/1973 1/01/1974 Murrumburah See Harden Shire Murrurundi 18/06/1957 26/07/1957 Liverpool Plains/ Upper Hunter Muswellbrook 22/09/1946 17/12/1946 Nambucca 16/07/1962 1/01/1963 Namoi 11/11/1952 1/01/1953 Narrabri Narrabri 10/06/1949 1/01/1950 Narraburra 15/12/1953 17/09/1954 Temora Narrandera Municipality 19/02/1945 19/12/1945 Narrandera Shire 9/02/1960 Narromine 11/03/1974 1/01/1975 Newcastle 4/10/1944 8/09/1948 North Sydney 1/03/1955 8/02/1964 Nundle 10/06/1950 1/01/1951 Tamworth Regional Nymboida 13/11/1953 1/01/1954 briefly Pristine Waters then Clarence Valley Oberon 20/06/1966 23/04/1968 Orange 21/01/1951 12/11/1956 Parkes 24/01/1945 1/07/1946 Parramatta 27/09/1949 1/12/1958 Parry 27/11/1975 18/02/1955 Liverpool Plains/ Tamworth Regional Patrick Plains 27/11/1958 27/03/1961 Peel 1/01/1955 18/02/1955 Tamworth Regional Penrith 3/03/1949 22/04/1948 Pittwater 1992 Port Macquarie 11/09/1950 25/07/1951 Port Stephens 5/04/1944 15/04/1944 Queanbeyan 25/10/1945 2/06/1945 Quirindi 3/08/1950 1/01/1951 Liverpool Plains Randwick 5/03/1946 12/07/1952 Richmond River 12/08/1955 1/01/1970 Richmond Valley Rockdale 2/12/1954 25/11/1955 Ryde 13/06/1945 4/12/1946 Rylstone 20/03/1969 31/03/1969 Lithgow/ Mid-Western Scone 2/03/1958 3/08/1954 Upper Hunter Severn 11/03/1960 12/12/1960 Glen Innes Shellharbour 18/03/1953 19/09/1960 Shoalhaven 12/10/1964 5/05/1967 Singleton 16/12/1958 27/03/1961 Snowy River 12/11/1946 1/12/1946 South Sydney 1/08/1968 1/08/1968 City of Sydney Strathfield 8/08/1945 23/05/1947 Sutherland 11/08/1952 30/11/1953 Sydney 7/02/1949 1909 Talbragar 13/05/1960 3/11/1961 Tallaganda 16/10/1948 1/08/1949 Palerang Tamarang 6/11/1952 1/01/1953 Liverpool Plains Tamworth 22/11/1944 15/09/1947 Tamworth Regional Taree 24/08/1966 19/09/1969 Temora 7/09/1951 17/09/1954 Tenterfield 21/05/1951 8/07/1952 Terania 18/11/1948 1/01/1973 Timbrebongie 29/11/1973 1/01/1973 Tomki 12/08/1955 1/01/1970 Tumbarumba 22/01/1946 18/05/1948 Tumut 2/08/1956 1/07/1961 Turon 25/10/1957 7/03/1961 Bathurst Tweed 27/06/1973 24/05/1975 Ulmarra 20/07/1955 24/12/1955 briefly Pristine Waters then Clarence Valley Uralla 6/11/1962 1/01/1963 Urana 9/08/1949 1/07/1950 Wade 5/01/1945 13/12/1945 Wagga Wagga 24/04/1944 24/05/1946 Wakool 11/07/1944 20/12/1946 Walcha 9/09/1955 9/09/1955 Walgett 9/10/1956 27/06/1960 Warren 28/03/1957 1/01/1950 Warringah 4/05/1964 19/11/1966 Waugoola 17/09/1964 1/01/1965 Cowra Waverley 26/03/1963 26/09/1964 Weddin 13/09/1946 21/08/1947 Wellington 24/09/1969 1/01/1970 Wentworth 9/01/1957 8/08/1950 Willoughby 23/10/1945 3/09/1977 Windouran 1/06/1944 20/12/1946 Conargo Windsor 7/11/1945 1/11/1946 Wingecarribee 8/12/1944 11/10/1945 Wingham 19/08/1957 4/03/1958 Greater Taree Wollondilly 1989 Wollongong 28/11/1947 29/06/1946 Woollahra 11/04/1949 3/01/1956 Wyong 23/06/1958 29/05/1959 Yallaroi 14/09/1956 14/09/1956 Gwydir Yarrowlumla 9/12/1981 14/07/1982 Cooma-Monaro/ Palerang/ Queanbeyan/ Tumut/ Yass Valley Yass 22/11/1965 1/01/1966 Yass Valley Young 7/08/1944 30/07/1945 - By date council adopted the Library Act
Council Act Adopted Library Service Began What is it now? Grafton 17/01/1944 12/02/1945 Clarence Valley Inverell 24/03/1944 27/03/1939 Port Stephens 5/04/1944 15/04/1944 Jerilderie 15/04/1944 4/07/1961 Wagga Wagga 24/04/1944 24/05/1946 Lismore 15/05/1944 1/01/1945 Windouran 1/06/1944 20/12/1946 Conargo Casino 7/07/1944 12/12/1945 Richmond Valley Wakool 11/07/1944 20/12/1946 Kempsey 26/07/1944 11/12/1945 Young 7/08/1944 30/07/1945 Ku-ring-gai 22/08/1944 24/11/1945 Conargo 27/08/1944 20/12/1946 Balranald 18/09/1944 20/12/1946 Newcastle 4/10/1944 8/09/1948 Forbes 12/10/1944 28/01/1947 Tamworth 22/11/1944 15/09/1947 Tamworth Regional Wingecarribee 8/12/1944 11/10/1945 Burrangong 11/12/1944 30/07/1945 Bega 21/12/1944 1945 Griffith 5/01/1945 13/12/1945 Wade 5/01/1945 13/12/1945 Marrickville 8/01/1945 28/06/1947 Mosman 23/01/1945 1/12/1945 Parkes 24/01/1945 1/07/1946 Leeton 25/01/1945 22/07/1946 Narrandera Municipality 19/02/1945 19/12/1945 Narrandera Shire 9/02/1960 Goulburn 22/02/1945 24/07/1946 Goulburn Mulwaree Albury 19/04/1945 29/06/1945 Maitland 4/05/1945 17/12/1946 Lithgow 14/05/1945 1/01/1949 Lane Cove 22/05/1945 12/05/1955 Ryde 13/06/1945 4/12/1946 Strathfield 8/08/1945 23/05/1947 Bowral 22/08/1945 1/01/1947 Wingecarribee Bankstown 1/10/1945 2/11/1946 Willoughby 23/10/1945 3/09/1977 Queanbeyan 25/10/1945 2/06/1945 Hawkesbury 7/11/1945 1/11/1946 Windsor 7/11/1945 1/11/1946 Canterbury 15/11/1945 16/12/1946 Cooma 10/12/1945 1/12/1946 Cooma Monaro Denman 10/12/1945 17/12/1946 Muswellbrook Broken Hill 16/12/1945 3/09/1906 Manly 18/12/1945 3/02/1958 Jemalong 21/12/1945 28/01/1947 Tumbarumba 22/01/1946 18/05/1948 Randwick 5/03/1946 12/07/1952 Cootamundra 27/05/1946 1/01/1947 Monaro 3/06/1946 1/12/1946 Cooma Monaro Grenfell 17/07/1946 21/08/1947 Weddin Weddin 13/09/1946 21/08/1947 Muswellbrook 22/09/1946 17/12/1946 Snowy River 12/11/1946 1/12/1946 Deniliquin 22/11/1946 20/12/1946 Cowra 3/06/1947 12/02/1948 Ballina 26/06/1947 9/08/1948 Blacktown 26/06/1947 8/04/1967 Burwood 18/08/1947 5/04/1948 Guyra 30/09/1947 24/09/1949 Wollongong 28/11/1947 29/06/1946 Gosford 16/03/1948 13/08/1948 Hay 19/07/1948 24/03/1949 Armidale 27/09/1948 10/10/1949 Armidale Dumaresq Hastings 13/10/1948 10/10/1949 Tallaganda 16/10/1948 1/08/1949 Palerang Terania 18/11/1948 1/01/1973 Sydney 7/02/1949 1909 Penrith 3/03/1949 22/04/1948 Woollahra 11/04/1949 3/01/1956 Fairfield 20/04/1949 7/10/1950 Narrabri 10/06/1949 1/01/1950 Holbrook 28/06/1949 1/01/1952 Greater Hume/ Tumbarumba Lake Macquarie 27/07/1949 28/07/1950 Urana 9/08/1949 1/07/1950 Culcairn 11/09/1949 1/01/1952 Greater Hume Parramatta 27/09/1949 1/12/1958 Dumaresq 21/11/1949 1/01/1950 Armidale Dumaresq Gunning 21/11/1949 9/08/1957 Palerang/ Upper Lachlan/ Yass Valley Liverpool 22/11/1949 19/11/1956 Hume 13/01/1950 1/07/1950 Albury/ Corowa/ Greater Hume Crookwell 13/04/1950 17/08/1953 Upper Lachlan Barraba 10/06/1950 1/01/1951 Gwydir/ Tamworth Regional Nundle 10/06/1950 1/01/1951 Tamworth Regional Manilla 20/06/1950 1/01/1951 Tamworth Regional Mudgee 17/07/1950 4/06/1952 Mid-Western Regional Quirindi 3/08/1950 1/01/1951 Liverpool Plains Port Macquarie 11/09/1950 25/07/1951 Gundagai 17/10/1950 12/02/1951 Gunnedah 31/10/1950 1/01/1951 Liverpool Plains Orange 21/01/1951 12/11/1956 Tenterfield 21/05/1951 8/07/1952 Kyogle 13/08/1951 18/03/1952 Temora 7/09/1951 17/09/1954 Coonabarabran 20/11/1951 12/07/1952 Warrumbungle Boorowa 29/02/1952 1/07/1952 Carrathool 24/03/1952 13/12/1952 Harden 19/05/1952 1/01/1952 Sutherland 11/08/1952 30/11/1953 Tamarang 6/11/1952 1/01/1953 Liverpool Plains Namoi 11/11/1952 1/01/1953 Narrabri Lachlan 9/01/1953 17/08/1956 Shellharbour 18/03/1953 19/09/1960 Coonamble 21/05/1953 15/05/1959 Byron 3/11/1953 24/03/1954 Mullumbimby 3/11/1953 24/03/1954 Nymboida 13/11/1953 1/01/1954 briefly Pristine Waters then Clarence Valley Copmanhurst 18/11/1953 1/01/1954 Clarence Valley/ Richmond Valley Narraburra 15/12/1953 17/09/1954 Temora Hurstville 22/04/1954 27/11/1964 Murray 2/09/1954 1/01/1955 Cudgegong 22/09/1954 1/01/1955 Mid-Western Regional Bingara 15/10/1954 1/01/1955 Gwydir Liverpool Plains 19/11/1954 1/01/1955 Condobolin 29/11/1954 17/08/1956 Rockdale 2/12/1954 25/11/1955 Peel 1/01/1955 18/02/1955 Tamworth Regional North Sydney 1/03/1955 8/02/1964 Hunters Hill 14/03/1955 1/01/1957 Kiama 15/03/1955 17/07/1953 Bourke 12/07/1955 1/01/1955 Ulmarra 20/07/1955 24/12/1955 briefly Pristine Waters then Clarence Valley Bathurst 8/08/1955 12/12/1956 Richmond River 12/08/1955 1/01/1970 Richmond Valley Tomki 12/08/1955 1/01/1970 Walcha 9/09/1955 9/09/1955 Boolooroo 17/11/1955 10/08/1956 Moree Plains Boomi 1/12/1955 10/08/1956 Moree Plains Moree 16/01/1956 10/08/1956 Corowa 21/02/1956 1/07/1950 Tumut 2/08/1956 1/07/1961 Yallaroi 14/09/1956 14/09/1956 Gwydir Walgett 9/10/1956 27/06/1960 Cessnock 5/12/1956 1/12/1952 Wentworth 9/01/1957 8/08/1950 Maclean 31/01/1957 1/01/1954 Clarence Valley Warren 28/03/1957 1/01/1950 Molong 7/04/1957 29/04/1946 Cabonne Boree 15/04/1957 29/04/1958 Cabonne Murrurundi 18/06/1957 26/07/1957 Liverpool Plains/ Upper Hunter Wingham 19/08/1957 4/03/1958 Greater Taree Canobolas 23/09/1957 29/04/1958 Cabonne Evans 25/10/1957 7/03/1961 Bathurst/ Oberon/ Mid-Western Regional Turon 25/10/1957 7/03/1961 Bathurst Merriwa 18/11/1957 16/01/1959 Upper Hunter/ Mid-Western Regional Macintyre 13/12/1957 1/01/1958 Ashford 7/02/1958 2/05/1958 Inverell Scone 2/03/1958 3/08/1954 Upper Hunter Wyong 23/06/1958 29/05/1959 Cobar 14/11/1958 1/01/1948 Patrick Plains 27/11/1958 27/03/1961 Singleton 16/12/1958 27/03/1961 Berrigan 9/02/1959 7/03/1960 Blayney 10/08/1959 1/10/1959 Lyndhurst 10/08/1959 1/10/1959 Cabonne Dubbo 15/12/1959 3/11/1961 Severn 11/03/1960 12/12/1960 Glen Innes Glen Innes 22/03/1960 12/12/1960 Talbragar 13/05/1960 3/11/1961 Auburn 22/03/1961 1961 Ashfield 27/02/1962 6/07/1964 Gilgandra 15/03/1962 17/08/1962 Nambucca 16/07/1962 1/01/1963 Hornsby 23/08/1962 29/04/1972 Abercrombie 19/10/1962 1/01/1963 Uralla 6/11/1962 1/01/1963 Brewarrina 8/11/1962 1/01/1963 Gooban 10/12/1962 1/01/1963 Waverley 26/03/1963 26/09/1964 Coffs Harbour 22/07/1963 11/04/1964 Camden 14/10/1963 17/05/1965 Campbelltown 19/11/1963 3/05/1965 Warringah 4/05/1964 19/11/1966 Concord 23/06/1964 16/02/1968 Canada Bay Baulkham Hills 15/09/1964 1/01/1965 The Hills Shire Waugoola 17/09/1964 1/01/1965 Cowra Shoalhaven 12/10/1964 5/05/1967 Bland 20/10/1964 25/10/1965 Goodradigbee 20/10/1965 1/01/1966 Yass Valley Yass 22/11/1965 1/01/1966 Yass Valley Bellingen 20/12/1965 1/01/1966 Botany 12/01/1966 1/01/1976 Oberon 20/06/1966 23/04/1968 Taree 24/08/1966 19/09/1969 Drummoyne 30/08/1966 20/05/1967 Canada Bay Kogarah 21/03/1967 14/02/1970 Blue Mountains 24/10/1967 6/01/1975 South Sydney 1/08/1968 1/08/1968 City of Sydney Rylstone 20/03/1969 31/03/1969 Lithgow/ Mid-Western Mumbulla 18/06/1969 1/07/1969 Wellington 24/09/1969 1/01/1970 Leichhardt 3/03/1970 4/03/1971 Note: Glebe Library opened in 1956 but transferred to City of Sydney 1968 Bogan 26/01/1972 9/08/1971 Gundurimba 14/04/1972 14/04/1972 Colo 22/07/1972 22/07/1972 Dungog 14/11/1972 3/08/1973 Murrumbidgee 17/05/1973 1/01/1974 Tweed 27/06/1973 24/05/1975 Holroyd 21/08/1973 12/06/1978 Timbrebongie 29/11/1973 1/01/1973 Narromine 11/03/1974 1/01/1975 Bibbenluke 1/03/1975 1975 Imlay 14/03/1975 1975 Bombala 14/04/1975 1/08/1975 Parry 27/11/1975 18/02/1955 Liverpool Plains/ Tamworth Regional Coolamon 17/11/1977 1/01/1978 Lockhart 21/11/1977 13/07/1978 Eurobodalla 5/11/1981 5/11/1981 Gloucester 20/11/1981 15/06/1982 Yarrowlumla 9/12/1981 14/07/1982 Cooma-Monaro/ Palerang/ Queanbeyan/ Tumut/ Yass Valley Jindalee See Cootamundra Shire Demondrille See Harden Shire Murrumburah See Harden Shire Canada Bay 1967 Formerly Drummoyne/ Concord Great Lakes 1989 Wollondilly 1989 Junee 1992 Pittwater 1992 - By date library service began
Council Act Adopted Library Service Began What is it now? Broken Hill 16/12/1945 3/09/1906 Sydney 7/02/1949 1909 Inverell 24/03/1944 27/03/1939 Port Stephens 5/04/1944 15/04/1944 Bega 21/12/1944 1945 Lismore 15/05/1944 1/01/1945 Grafton 17/01/1944 12/02/1945 Clarence Valley Queanbeyan 25/10/1945 2/06/1945 Albury 19/04/1945 29/06/1945 Burrangong 11/12/1944 30/07/1945 Young 7/08/1944 30/07/1945 Wingecarribee 8/12/1944 11/10/1945 Ku-ring-gai 22/08/1944 24/11/1945 Mosman 23/01/1945 1/12/1945 Kempsey 26/07/1944 11/12/1945 Casino 7/07/1944 12/12/1945 Richmond Valley Griffith 5/01/1945 13/12/1945 Wade 5/01/1945 13/12/1945 Narrandera Municipality 19/02/1945 19/12/1945 Narrandera Shire 9/02/1960 Molong 7/04/1957 29/04/1946 Cabonne Wagga Wagga 24/04/1944 24/05/1946 Wollongong 28/11/1947 29/06/1946 Parkes 24/01/1945 1/07/1946 Leeton 25/01/1945 22/07/1946 Goulburn 22/02/1945 24/07/1946 Goulburn Mulwaree Hawkesbury 7/11/1945 1/11/1946 Windsor 7/11/1945 1/11/1946 Bankstown 1/10/1945 2/11/1946 Cooma 10/12/1945 1/12/1946 Cooma Monaro Monaro 3/06/1946 1/12/1946 Cooma Monaro Snowy River 12/11/1946 1/12/1946 Ryde 13/06/1945 4/12/1946 Canterbury 15/11/1945 16/12/1946 Denman 10/12/1945 17/12/1946 Muswellbrook Maitland 4/05/1945 17/12/1946 Muswellbrook 22/09/1946 17/12/1946 Balranald 18/09/1944 20/12/1946 Conargo 27/08/1944 20/12/1946 Deniliquin 22/11/1946 20/12/1946 Wakool 11/07/1944 20/12/1946 Windouran 1/06/1944 20/12/1946 Conargo Bowral 22/08/1945 1/01/1947 Wingecarribee Cootamundra 27/05/1946 1/01/1947 Forbes 12/10/1944 28/01/1947 Jemalong 21/12/1945 28/01/1947 Strathfield 8/08/1945 23/05/1947 Marrickville 8/01/1945 28/06/1947 Grenfell 17/07/1946 21/08/1947 Weddin Weddin 13/09/1946 21/08/1947 Tamworth 22/11/1944 15/09/1947 Tamworth Regional Cobar 14/11/1958 1/01/1948 Cowra 3/06/1947 12/02/1948 Burwood 18/08/1947 5/04/1948 Penrith 3/03/1949 22/04/1948 Tumbarumba 22/01/1946 18/05/1948 Ballina 26/06/1947 9/08/1948 Gosford 16/03/1948 13/08/1948 Newcastle 4/10/1944 8/09/1948 Lithgow 14/05/1945 1/01/1949 Hay 19/07/1948 24/03/1949 Tallaganda 16/10/1948 1/08/1949 Palerang Guyra 30/09/1947 24/09/1949 Armidale 27/09/1948 10/10/1949 Armidale Dumaresq Hastings 13/10/1948 10/10/1949 Dumaresq 21/11/1949 1/01/1950 Armidale Dumaresq Narrabri 10/06/1949 1/01/1950 Warren 28/03/1957 1/01/1950 Corowa 21/02/1956 1/07/1950 Hume 13/01/1950 1/07/1950 Albury/ Corowa/ Greater Hume Urana 9/08/1949 1/07/1950 Lake Macquarie 27/07/1949 28/07/1950 Wentworth 9/01/1957 8/08/1950 Fairfield 20/04/1949 7/10/1950 Barraba 10/06/1950 1/01/1951 Gwydir/ Tamworth Regional Gunnedah 31/10/1950 1/01/1951 Liverpool Plains Manilla 20/06/1950 1/01/1951 Tamworth Regional Nundle 10/06/1950 1/01/1951 Tamworth Regional Quirindi 3/08/1950 1/01/1951 Liverpool Plains Gundagai 17/10/1950 12/02/1951 Port Macquarie 11/09/1950 25/07/1951 Culcairn 11/09/1949 1/01/1952 Greater Hume Harden 19/05/1952 1/01/1952 Holbrook 28/06/1949 1/01/1952 Greater Hume/ Tumbarumba Kyogle 13/08/1951 18/03/1952 Mudgee 17/07/1950 4/06/1952 Mid-Western Regional Boorowa 29/02/1952 1/07/1952 Tenterfield 21/05/1951 8/07/1952 Coonabarabran 20/11/1951 12/07/1952 Warrumbungle Randwick 5/03/1946 12/07/1952 Cessnock 5/12/1956 1/12/1952 Carrathool 24/03/1952 13/12/1952 Namoi 11/11/1952 1/01/1953 Narrabri Tamarang 6/11/1952 1/01/1953 Liverpool Plains Kiama 15/03/1955 17/07/1953 Crookwell 13/04/1950 17/08/1953 Upper Lachlan Sutherland 11/08/1952 30/11/1953 Copmanhurst 18/11/1953 1/01/1954 Clarence Valley/ Richmond Valley Maclean 31/01/1957 1/01/1954 Clarence Valley Nymboida 13/11/1953 1/01/1954 briefly Pristine Waters then Clarence Valley Byron 3/11/1953 24/03/1954 Mullumbimby 3/11/1953 24/03/1954 Scone 2/03/1958 3/08/1954 Upper Hunter Narraburra 15/12/1953 17/09/1954 Temora Temora 7/09/1951 17/09/1954 Bingara 15/10/1954 1/01/1955 Gwydir Bourke 12/07/1955 1/01/1955 Cudgegong 22/09/1954 1/01/1955 Mid-Western Regional Liverpool Plains 19/11/1954 1/01/1955 Murray 2/09/1954 1/01/1955 Parry 27/11/1975 18/02/1955 Liverpool Plains/ Tamworth Regional Peel 1/01/1955 18/02/1955 Tamworth Regional Lane Cove 22/05/1945 12/05/1955 Walcha 9/09/1955 9/09/1955 Rockdale 2/12/1954 25/11/1955 Ulmarra 20/07/1955 24/12/1955 briefly Pristine Waters then Clarence Valley Woollahra 11/04/1949 3/01/1956 Boolooroo 17/11/1955 10/08/1956 Moree Plains Boomi 1/12/1955 10/08/1956 Moree Plains Moree 16/01/1956 10/08/1956 Condobolin 29/11/1954 17/08/1956 Lachlan 9/01/1953 17/08/1956 Yallaroi 14/09/1956 14/09/1956 Gwydir Orange 21/01/1951 12/11/1956 Liverpool 22/11/1949 19/11/1956 Bathurst 8/08/1955 12/12/1956 Hunters Hill 14/03/1955 1/01/1957 Murrurundi 18/06/1957 26/07/1957 Liverpool Plains/ Upper Hunter Gunning 21/11/1949 9/08/1957 Palerang/ Upper Lachlan/ Yass Valley Macintyre 13/12/1957 1/01/1958 Manly 18/12/1945 3/02/1958 Wingham 19/08/1957 4/03/1958 Greater Taree Boree 15/04/1957 29/04/1958 Cabonne Canobolas 23/09/1957 29/04/1958 Cabonne Ashford 7/02/1958 2/05/1958 Inverell Parramatta 27/09/1949 1/12/1958 Merriwa 18/11/1957 16/01/1959 Upper Hunter/ Mid-Western Regional Coonamble 21/05/1953 15/05/1959 Wyong 23/06/1958 29/05/1959 Blayney 10/08/1959 1/10/1959 Lyndhurst 10/08/1959 1/10/1959 Cabonne Berrigan 9/02/1959 7/03/1960 Walgett 9/10/1956 27/06/1960 Shellharbour 18/03/1953 19/09/1960 Glen Innes 22/03/1960 12/12/1960 Severn 11/03/1960 12/12/1960 Glen Innes Auburn 22/03/1961 1961 Evans 25/10/1957 7/03/1961 Bathurst/ Oberon/ Mid-Western Regional Turon 25/10/1957 7/03/1961 Bathurst Patrick Plains 27/11/1958 27/03/1961 Singleton 16/12/1958 27/03/1961 Tumut 2/08/1956 1/07/1961 Jerilderie 15/04/1944 4/07/1961 Dubbo 15/12/1959 3/11/1961 Talbragar 13/05/1960 3/11/1961 Gilgandra 15/03/1962 17/08/1962 Abercrombie 19/10/1962 1/01/1963 Brewarrina 8/11/1962 1/01/1963 Gooban 10/12/1962 1/01/1963 Nambucca 16/07/1962 1/01/1963 Uralla 6/11/1962 1/01/1963 North Sydney 1/03/1955 8/02/1964 Coffs Harbour 22/07/1963 11/04/1964 Ashfield 27/02/1962 6/07/1964 Waverley 26/03/1963 26/09/1964 Hurstville 22/04/1954 27/11/1964 Baulkham Hills 15/09/1964 1/01/1965 The Hills Shire Waugoola 17/09/1964 1/01/1965 Cowra Campbelltown 19/11/1963 3/05/1965 Camden 14/10/1963 17/05/1965 Bland 20/10/1964 25/10/1965 Bellingen 20/12/1965 1/01/1966 Goodradigbee 20/10/1965 1/01/1966 Yass Valley Yass 22/11/1965 1/01/1966 Yass Valley Warringah 4/05/1964 19/11/1966 Canada Bay 1967 Formerly Drummoyne/ Concord Blacktown 26/06/1947 8/04/1967 Shoalhaven 12/10/1964 5/05/1967 Drummoyne 30/08/1966 20/05/1967 Canada Bay Concord 23/06/1964 16/02/1968 Canada Bay Oberon 20/06/1966 23/04/1968 South Sydney 1/08/1968 1/08/1968 City of Sydney Rylstone 20/03/1969 31/03/1969 Lithgow/ Mid-Western Mumbulla 18/06/1969 1/07/1969 Taree 24/08/1966 19/09/1969 Richmond River 12/08/1955 1/01/1970 Richmond Valley Tomki 12/08/1955 1/01/1970 Wellington 24/09/1969 1/01/1970 Kogarah 21/03/1967 14/02/1970 Leichhardt 3/03/1970 4/03/1971 Note: Glebe Library opened in 1956 but transferred to City of Sydney 1968 Bogan 26/01/1972 9/08/1971 Gundurimba 14/04/1972 14/04/1972 Hornsby 23/08/1962 29/04/1972 Colo 22/07/1972 22/07/1972 Terania 18/11/1948 1/01/1973 Timbrebongie 29/11/1973 1/01/1973 Dungog 14/11/1972 3/08/1973 Murrumbidgee 17/05/1973 1/01/1974 Bibbenluke 1/03/1975 1975 Imlay 14/03/1975 1975 Narromine 11/03/1974 1/01/1975 Blue Mountains 24/10/1967 6/01/1975 Tweed 27/06/1973 24/05/1975 Bombala 14/04/1975 1/08/1975 Botany 12/01/1966 1/01/1976 Willoughby 23/10/1945 3/09/1977 Coolamon 17/11/1977 1/01/1978 Holroyd 21/08/1973 12/06/1978 Lockhart 21/11/1977 13/07/1978 Eurobodalla 5/11/1981 5/11/1981 Gloucester 20/11/1981 15/06/1982 Yarrowlumla 9/12/1981 14/07/1982 Cooma-Monaro/ Palerang/ Queanbeyan/ Tumut/ Yass Valley Great Lakes 1989 Wollondilly 1989 Junee 1992 Pittwater 1992 Demondrille See Harden Shire Jindalee See Cootamundra Shire Murrumburah See Harden Shire
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