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Summary subject collecting information (definitions of the ALG collecting levels are available for reference):
Comments: The Victorian & local history collection was started in 1981 and is a continuously growing resource. Comments: The collection focuses on public health, health services administration and management, community health, and environmental health. Material relating to the history and development of public health and medicine in Western Australia is comprehensively collected and retained in the Special Collection. This material, which includes all Departmental publications, is preserved to serve the needs of historical research (access by appointment only).
Highlights of the collection:
The library houses one of the largest theological collections in Australia with over 230,000 monographs. It receives over 820 serial titles and approximately 7,000 monographs each year.
Special collections include rare book material printed prior to 1850 (including 2 incunabula and some of the earliest books for public use in Australia, the Bray Collection given to the Port Jackson Lending Library in 1809), Australiana and archival material. Use the 'Back' button on your Web browser to return to this Library's details. |
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