Holroyd

About HolROYD CITY COUNCIL’s Local Studies Collection

 Merrylands Central Library, Holroyd City Council Library Service

  

The Holroyd City Council Local Studies collection is a special collection located in the Tony Maston Room, at Merrylands Central Library.

The collection contains material relating to the historic, geographic, economic and social development of the Holroyd Local Government Area.

There is also a Family History collection, with guides on researching, recording and preserving family histories and access to records for individuals in Australia and overseas.

A view of the Local Studies and Family History collections in the Tony Maston Room.

Material in the Local Studies Collection includes

Physical

·  Publications – including reports and general histories

·  Newsletters & Journals

·  Directories

·  Electoral Rolls

·  Pamphlet Files

Electronic

·  Council Business Papers & Minutes from 1872 to 2002

·  Newspapers

·  Genealogy Databases - Ancestry Library Edition and Find My Past

·  CD-ROMs – databases, indexes, directories, NSW Government Gazettes, NSW Police Gazettes and biographies

·  Photographs

·  Oral History recordings

Other material

·  Maps & Plans

·  Realia

Equipment and Facilities

·  3 Public computers (2 hour sessions)

·  1 Microform scanner (can save files to USB or print)

·  1 Microform reader

·  1 Flatbed scanner

·  Printing available from all computers and scanners

  

Donations

You can help by sending Holroyd City Council Library Service copies of material relating to the Holroyd Local Government area to be included in the Local Studies Collection.

The Library is particularly interested in printed material (publications, newsletters, maps, posters, flyers and pamphlets) or photographs.

The Library Service does not need to keep the original document or photograph, the original can be copied for our collection and returned to you.

For more information please contact the Library Service’s Local Studies team.

Contact

Jane Elias or Stephen Coppins

Local Studies Team

Holroyd City Council Library Service

Merrylands Central Library

Cnr Miller & Newman Streets, Merrylands 2160

Phone: (02) 9840-9949 or (02) 9840 9789

Fax: (02) 9840-9955
Email: jane.elias@holroyd.nsw.gov.au or stephen.coppins@holroyd.nsw.gov.au

Web: http://www.holroyd.nsw.gov.au/library/

Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday: 9:30am - 8:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Sunday: 2:00pm - 5:00pm