Local Studies News

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, pamphlets and even menus!

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 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 [...]

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.

The 14th December marks 20 years since the scuttling of the HMAS Swan in Geographe Bay, off Point Piquet.

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 [...]

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, [...]

We now have a fantastic online presence that will enable us to share more of our valuable Local Studies collection with a much wider audience. We’d love your feedback!

For the whole of August, volunteers from the Busselton Family History Society will be in the Busselton Library every day from 10-12pm to help you with your family [...]

Sometimes new items are added to the general library stock that don’t fit the criteria of Local Studies, but would nonetheless be of interest to members of our [...]