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#14556 - National Library, King's Avenue

Resource ID
Location
14556
Photograph 853
Title/subtitle
National Library, King's Avenue
Picture
National Library, King's Avenue
Format
Photograph
Identifier
libraries
Publisher
[n.d.]
Physical description
Black & white photograph
Summary
The National Library building on King's Avenue, Barton.
Availability
Not for loan. Copies available for purchase.
Notes
The foundation stones for the building were laid in 1934 by the Governor General and poet laureate John Masefield. The building was demolished in 1968 when the new National Library was opened in Parkes. The Harry Seidler designed Edmund Barton Building was built on the site in the early 1970s.