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At the end of June 2004, there were 532 local government libraries and eight national and state libraries operating in Australia. The local government libraries operated from 1,716 locations, while the national and state libraries had a total of 17 locations.

At the end of June 2004, 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 2004
				Branches	Mobile services	Deposit stations	Total locations
				no.	no.	no.
Local government libraries
	2003-04
		AUSTRALIA		1 418	110	^189	1 716
			New South Wales	372	^32	^93	497
			Victoria	247	27	20	295
			Queensland	328	^20	*11	359
			South Australia	148	^13	^55	216
			Western Australia	233	np	np	233
			Tasmania	48	-	-	48
			Northern Territory	33	np	np	33
			Australian Capital Territory	9	2	-	11
^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution
* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated
Source: ABS, Public Libraries, 2003-04 (cat. no. 8561.0).