Banana Shire Library and Information Service
Banana Shire Library and Information Service is a contributor to Picture Queensland.
Banana Shire is situated in Central Queensland. It is 120 km west of the growing industrial City and Port of Gladstone and an easy drive to the city of Rockhampton. The Banana Shire is sparsely populated, with its population of approx. 15,626 people spread over 28,577 square kilometres, of which only 27 square kilometres is urbanised.
The Banana Shire Library and Information Service provides a valued service to the community through the branch libraries at Biloela, Moura and Theodore and the Banana Shire Mobile Library. The Banana Shire Mobile Library services the towns of Banana, Baralaba, Dululu, Goovigen, Jambin, Thangool and Wowan.
The Local History Collection, a majority of which is housed in the Biloela Library, is comprised of a range of items, including the Banana Shire Council photographic collection. The photographic collection is compromised of approximately 2,000 primarily black and white images that have been sourced through members of the Banana Shire community. These images capture a small snapshot of the Banana Shire’s history.
In addition to the photographic images, the local history collection includes:
• Genealogical research materials, including Births, Deaths and Marriages on CD-ROM for several States and Territories
• Maps
• Print and non-print resources relating to the history of the Banana Shire
• Hardcopy and microfilm copies of the Central Telegraph Newspaper
• Microfiche copies of the Births, Deaths and Marriages for Queensland and New South Wales
• Microfiche copies of a variety of Almanacs
The Local History Collection will continue to be expanded as further resources pertaining to the history of the Banana Shire become available for inclusion.
Contact details:
Manager of Library Resources
Banana Shire Library & Information Services
PO Box 412
Biloela Qld 4715
phone +61 (07) 4992 7362
fax +61 (07) 4992 4137
email libstaff@banana.qld.gov.au
web http://www.banana.qld.gov.au/index.php/40
