Heritage Library
Cnr Currie and Bury Streets, Nambour
Cnr Currie and Bury Streets, Nambour
Telephone: (07) 5475 8989
The main Heritage collection is located within Nambour Library.
Smaller collections, relevant to specific areas, can be accessed at Beerwah, Caloundra, Coolum, Kawana, Kenilworth, Maleny and Maroochydore libraries.
Open hours
| Day | Times |
| Monday | 9.00am–5.30pm |
| Tuesday | 9.00am–6.00pm |
| Wednesday | 9.00am–5.30pm |
| Thursday | 9.00am–6.00pm |
| Friday | 9.00am–5.30pm |
| Saturday | 9.00am–1.00pm |
*The Heritage Library is not staffed on Saturday or after 5.00pm Monday to Friday.
Access
Wheelchair access to the Heritage Library is available through the mezzanine level staff workroom (access using the external walkway above the Nambour Library entrance).
About the Heritage Library
The Heritage Library provides answers about Sunshine Coast people, places, parks and road names, house histories and more. Specialist research assistance is available.
- Picture Sunshine Coast – a collection of over 26,000 historical photographs.
- Resources across the Sunshine Coast including books, maps, brochures and newspaper clippings.
- Nambour Chronicle – the main newspaper for the Sunshine Coast from 1903-1983.
- Oral Histories – truly engaging stories of life in the past.
- History by locality – local histories, place names and historical bibliography.
- Heritage Library also presents film nights and exhibitions at library branches.
- Collection care – advice and information about preserving, repairing and storing valuable family photographs, books and other material.
Talks and tours
Would you like Heritage Library to do a free talk at your school or organisation about the history of the local area? Topics include:
- Sunshine Coast Then and Now 1800s – today
- local pioneers
- tourism
- farming
- business
- military history of the region.
Volunteer
Interested in becoming a Heritage Library volunteer? Contact the Heritage Library or register your interest to volunteer.
Donations
The Heritage Library welcomes offers of material that:
- contributes to the Sunshine Coast’s history and
- helps to fill gaps in our collections.
Priorities include:
- records of Sunshine Coast businesses, community organisations, churches and other groups
- letters, diaries, photos or other documents belonging to individuals or families living in the area
- unpublished or published creative writing by locals or set on the Sunshine Coast (view the procedure on donating physical books)
- local photographs, prints or original works of art that document the Sunshine Coast’s history.
The Heritage library reserves the right to accept or reject any donation if it does not meet collection needs. Items may be turned down due to limited space, condition or appropriateness.
Contact
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (07) 5475 8989 and ask for the Heritage Library.