Above: Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, November 8, 1934
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Kent and Adelaide Streets, Maryborough during a hail storm, August 1924
Adelaide and Ellena Streets, Maryborough during the 1893 flood
Maryborough Library
Maryborough City lies approximately 260km north of Brisbane, inland from Fraser Island. Settled in 1847 and proclaimed a City in 1905, Maryborough was the port for wool, timber and sugar industries and the supply centre for the Gympie goldfields. Some 22 000 European migrants entered Australia via the Port of Maryborough from 1859.
The Local History Collection forms a significant part of the Library’s collection. It contains a collection of copies of images that capture the history of Maryborough, a town renowned for its industry and historic Queensland style homes. A partnership between the library and the Maryborough and Wide Bay Historical Society was formed to enable a range of significant local images to be digitised and displayed on Picture Queensland.
The Local History collection of the Library also contains:
- Maryborough Chronicle newspaper on microfilm;
- published school and local histories;
- a large collection of Queensland Government Gazettes and
- published works on the Indigenous history of the area.
Library hours are:
Monday 9:30am - 4:45pm
Tuesday 12 noon - 6:00pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 6:00pm
Thursday 9:30am - 6:00pm
Friday 9:30am - 4:00pm
Saturday 9:00am - 12:00am
Contact details:
Maryborough Library
127 - 129 Bazaar Street
Maryborough Qld 4650
p: (07) 4190 5788
f: (07) 4123 5457
e: library@frasercoast.qld.gov.au
w: http://www.frasercoast.qld.gov.au [new window]
Last updated: 11th May 2012
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