J S Battye Library

It stores much of the state's historical records and original publications including books, newspapers, periodicals, maps, and ephemera, as well as oral history tapes, photographs and artworks, films and video, and non-government records which are kept in the library's Private Archives collection.

[1] The Library is named after James Sykes Battye, the first State Librarian, who began the collection in the early 1900s.

[2] Mollie Lukis and Margaret Medcalf were successors to Battye as Battye librarians, and their long service to the Library was an important part of the library's development.

There is a help desk, microfiche readers, reference materials and computers.

[5] The organisation has been instrumental in attracting external funding for a range of projects including publishing.