City of Perth Library
Coordinates: 31°57′18″S 115°51′40″E / 31.9551°S 115.8612°E
The City of Perth Library is a public library service provided by the City of Perth.
The library is located on Hay Street, next to the Perth Town Hall. It is part of the redevelopment of Cathedral Square, located between St Georges Terrace and Hay, Barrack and Pier Streets.
Prior to the new building in 2016 the library had been based at a number of locations, most recently 140 William Street in the Perth CBD.
The City of Perth library is separate in operations from the other major library in Perth, the State Library of Western Australia at the Alexander Library Building.
The City of Perth library has, since its inception, been housed in a number of locations. The site is situated where the library had previously been housed in a now demolished building, in the basement.
The earliest predecessor of the library was the Swan River Mechanics' Institute which was established in 1851 on The name was changed in 1909 to Perth Literary Institute, and in 1957 the City of Perth renamed and took over the library - as the City of Perth Library
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