The
J S Battye Library (more properly known as the J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History) is an arm of the
State Library of Western AustraliaThe State Library of Western Australia consists of the State Reference Library and the J S Battye Library within the building known as the Alexander Library Building, in the Cultural Centre of Perth, Western Australia....
. It stores much of the state's historical records and original publications including books, newspapers, periodicals, maps, and ephemera, as well as oral history tapes, photographs and artworks, films and video, and non-government records which are kept in the library's Private Archives collection.
It is named after Dr.
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The
J S Battye Library (more properly known as the J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History) is an arm of the
State Library of Western AustraliaThe State Library of Western Australia consists of the State Reference Library and the J S Battye Library within the building known as the Alexander Library Building, in the Cultural Centre of Perth, Western Australia....
. It stores much of the state's historical records and original publications including books, newspapers, periodicals, maps, and ephemera, as well as oral history tapes, photographs and artworks, films and video, and non-government records which are kept in the library's Private Archives collection.
It is named after Dr. James Sykes Battye, the first State Librarian, who began the collection in the early 1900's. It was established in December 1956.
It is housed on the upper floor of the
Alexander Library BuildingThe Alexander Library Building, in the Cultural Centre of Perth, Western Australia, houses the State Library of Western Australia, J S Battye Library, State Records Office, Department of Culture and Arts, and Writing WA in the Perth Cultural Precinct in Northbridge in Perth, Western Australia...
, and public access to the collection is made at that level. There is a reading room for special materials, as well as a microfilm reading room.
The separate
State Records Office of Western AustraliaThe State Records Office of Western Australia is the Western Australian government archive authority with responsibility for identifying, managing, preserving and providing access to the State's archives...
houses the State and local government archives.
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