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Library History

Timaru Library History

Follow the links to find out about Library history in South Canterbury. You can click on a photographic image to enlarge it. For a full description of the image pause your cursor over it.

Mechanics Institute, Timaru

Mechanics Institute North Street, Timaru

Mechanics Institute Library

Inside Mechanics Institute Timaru, 3 people in Library circa 1887

Construction Begins

Photograph taken from St Marys Church Tower, Timaru Public Library under construction in foreground circa 1908-09