Get to Know Your Family History Workshops
Get to know your family history with the Busselton Family History Society (Inc.) These workshops will focus on how people can get started with genealogy, where to look and how to organise their family history.
Be part of our community digital archive
The COVID-19 Pandemic has changed the way we live. We invite you to participate in a community-wide digital archive project. Click "READ MORE" to find out how you can submit your photos, videos and stories.
Walk Down Memory Lane
Have you seen the images from our Local Studies Collection gracing shop fronts in Queen Street yet? You can find these, and more, here: Local Studies Gallery If [...]
Festival programs, booklets, pamphlets
We don’t just collect books! Our Local Studies Librarian is constantly on the look-out for any type of publication relating to the Busselton and Dunsborough areas, including festival & event programs, booklets and even menus!
New Local Studies Items
Some new local titles are currently being added to the Local Studies Collection. Did you know we have a lending collection in the Busselton and Dunsborough Libraries, as [...]
A New Guide for Writers of Local History
A new Australian title added to the library collection that would be of interest to members of our local history and genealogical societies. Writing and Publishing Local [...]
The Hidden Value of Family Snaps
Local Studies volunteers have been working extremely hard this year, digitising our collection of photographs. You can check the Gallery for new additions. If you have photographs of interest we'd love to hear from you.
20th Anniversary of the scuttling of the HMAS Swan
The 14th December marks 20 years since the scuttling of the HMAS Swan in Geographe Bay, off Point Piquet.
Busselton Aboriginal Stories online
In 2016, Community Arts Network invited Aboriginal community members with a connection to Busselton to record their stories as part of CAN's Bush Babies project series across Noongar [...]
Local Studies items available for loan
We now have a separate Local Studies section in the Non-Fiction area of the Busselton Library, so all things Local Studies are easier to find. This includes children’s, [...]