Nhulunbuy Community
Library was opened on 2nd
March 1981 at a temporary
location in the High School,
while a purpose-built
public/community library
building was constructed by
SITZLER Brothers Darwin.
Interior of Nhulunbuy Community Library, Old Location inside the High School, 1981
Nhulunbuy Commonwealth Offices, the site of
the original Library in 1973
Nabalco Projector, September 1973
The Mount Saunders Library existed in the Town
Camp as early as November 1971. This Library
holds a collection of books “with some first rate
authors”, some exchanged books, and some books
“provided by the Darwin Public Library which
serves this area through its country borrowers
section”.
Later the “NTA Office Block and Library” located
within the town centre, was mentioned with the
anticipated completion of all works by June 1972.
Nhulunbuy Town Centre
Nhulunbuy Town Centre, facing North.
Nhulunbuy Community Library, Old Location in the High School, 1985
On Monday 10th March 1986
Nhulunbuy Community Library
opened at its current location.
Arnhem Courier Vol. 2 No.84, 14th March 1986
Library Assistant Bev Bowen at Charging Desk, 1985
Librarian-in-charge Kathy De La Rue in the library workroom, 1985.
L-R: Joan Collins, Library Assistant; Kathy De La Rue, Librarian-in-charge;
Bev Bowen, Library Assistant. 1985
Visiting Author Dorothy Butler (centre), 1984
Dorothy Butler at Nhulunbuy Community Library, May 1984
Gove Gazette Vol. 2 No. 44, November 5th 1971
Gove Gazette & Nhulunbuy News Vol. 2 No. 45, November 12th 1971
We researched the history of Nhulunbuy Community
Library using photos and old copies of Gove Gazette,
The Arnhem Courier, Nhulunbuy News and Nabalco
Projector. This is what we found....