The Tasmaniana Library is the foremost collection of historical and contemporary published material relating to Tasmania. It includes books and pamphlets, maps, printed ephemera, audio-visual and digital publications.
Our collections range across all subjects and many formats - history, biography, literature, description, travel, science and technology, the arts, politics, post cards, videos, sound recordings and digital materials such as floppy disks and CD-ROMs. Most material can be found by searching the State Library's online catalogue, TALIS.
The aim of the Tasmaniana Library is to collect and preserve Tasmanian published material, including:
It is both an historical collection and important resource for the study of current issues. The collections have developed and continue to grow through purchase, legal deposit, donation and some valuable bequests.
Photocopying, photographic and scanning services are available. Works created or published before 1901, as well as any other material which is fragile or vulnerable to damage, may not be photocopied. See the reproduction fees page for associated charges.
Monday to Friday, 9.30am - 6.00pm
Last Saturday of each month, 9.30am - 2.30pm
91 Murray Street, Hobart, Tasmania 7000
(on the corner of Bathurst Street)
(03) 6233 7474 or 6233 7498 (telephone)
(03) 6231 0927 (fax)
