Kalamunda Libraries

he needs of local people. On 3 October 1958 the district's first public library opened in a small transportable building at Recreation Reserve (now Kostera Oval). This consisted of two timber and fibro huts which were purchased from Allawah Grove a former migrant hostel in Guildford, to be used as temporary premises for a library.

• 1963 - New Public Library at Kalamunda opened on Railway Road.
• 1977 - ‘Friends of the Library’ and housebound delivery service established.
• 1978 - Mobile Library service established.
• 1980 - Forrestfield Library officially opened.
• 1982 - Lesmurdie Community Library opened, first joint-use library to be built in WA.
• 1984 - Local History Collection established.
• 1987 - Major extensions to the Kalamunda Library.
• 1988 - High Wycombe Library officially opened.
• 1988 - Stained glass window completed and handed over to the Shire of Kalamunda.
• 1991 - Automation arrived and the card catalogue departed.
• 1997 - High Wycombe Library extended.
• 2009 - Catalogue went online.
• 2015 - page launched.
• 2017 - Kalamunda Library refurbished with Self-Check technology.
• 2018 - Celebrated the 60th Anniversary of Library Services.
• 2020 – Implementation of New Library Management System & Online Catalogue
• 2021 - Here we are today! We now have a fabulous eLibrary too and continue to host many and varied events & programmes catering for all community members.
• 2021 - Coming Soon – ‘Library Services Mobile App’


Are you interested in joining the Library? www.kalamunda.wa.gov.au/community/libraries/membership

Want to download the latest eBooks or search the library catalogue and/or the Local History Pictorial Collection?