Hills

The Hills Shire Library Service

Castle Hill Public School in the 1920s

All of the local Libraries within The Hills Shire contain resources that detail the history of the Shire, its suburbs, development and important persons and families. Castle Hill branch has the most comprehensive collection with smaller holdings at Baulkham Hills, Carlingford, Dural and Rouse Hill.

Local Studies resources include books, reports, local newspapers, pamphlet files, aerial photos, maps and street directories. Many of these items are unique, fragile, often out of print and therefore irreplaceable. As a result they can only be used within the Library.

Each branch holds copies of the main items relevant to its area but the main collection is held at Castle Hill. Some duplicate copies may be found in the Lending Collections.

The Hills Shire Library Service also has an oral history project called Hills Voices Online which aims to capture and make accessible the stories and voices of people representing the various aspects of the Shire's history and development. Each interview has been professionally recorded and transcribed and placed on the web along with images, maps and virtual tours to showcase our local heritage. You can find the oral history project at http://www.thehills.nsw.gov.au/external/hillsvoices/index.htm

For more information on local studies in The Hills Shire please visit our website http://www.thehills.nsw.gov.au/Local-Studies.html

You can also look at historical photos from The Hills Shire on Historypin. To have a look at the images please visit out channel Hills Heritage Online
http://www.historypin.com/channels/view/49561/#!photos/list/