ORGANISATIONS
At the end of June 2000, there were 505 local government libraries and eight national and state libraries operating in Australia. The local government libraries operated from 1,510 locations, while the national and state libraries had a total of 26 locations.
At the end of June 2000, there were also eight national and state archives operating in Australia. State specific data on archives are not available for this collection due to confidentiality requirements nor are data on the archives operated by universities, local governments, commercial organisations and collecting institutions (e.g. state libraries).
10.5 LOCAL GOVERNMENT LIBRARIES, Number of locations - June 2000 |
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| NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. | |
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Branches | 387 | 260 | 291 | 156 | 216 | 48 | 27 | 8 | 1 393 | |
Mobile services | 40 | 34 | 19 | 17 | 6 | - | - | 1 | 117 | |
Total | 427 | 294 | 310 | 173 | 222 | 48 | 27 | 9 | 1 510 | |
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- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
ABS, Public Libraries, Australia, 1999-2000 (cat. no. 8561.0). |