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Boroondara Libraries practice page. Six of the best minds at work in the former Camberwell Library, one of the five libraries in the City of Boroondara.

Branches
Ashburton

154 High Street, Ashburton

Balwyn

336 Whitehorse Road, Balwyn

Camberwell

340 Camberwell Road, Camberwell

Hawthorn

584 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn

Kew

corner Cotham Road and Civic Drive, Kew

Camberwell Library
Camberwell City Library opened in 1955 in the Canterbury Library situated in Canterbury Garden

Boroondara

Hawthorn library
Hawthorn Library traces its origins back to the Hawthorn Free Public Library which received its first loan of 350 books from the then Melbourne Public Library (now the State Library of Victoria) on 26 July 1860. They were housed in the office of the Boroondara District Roads Board with Michael O'Grady and John Toon, members of the Board acting as guarantors. In November 1861, the Hawthorn Literary Association was founded and took charge of the library collection, still under the watchful eyes of John Toon, Secretary/Honorary Librarian, and Michael O'Grady, an active member of the Library Association.