. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. istorual 0otfs By F. /A. BLADEN, ,, Lond BARRISTER-AT-LAW Subat antiquos acrrtirrc fontrs. SECOND EDITION. 81869 A SYDNEY:WILLIAM APPLEGATE GULLICK, GOVERNMENT PRINTER. I 9 I I ^573322 n O] 161463 Hii FOREWORD. The task of collecting authentic portraits of the men who, duringthe early days, were active workers in the library field, has beenone of considerable difficulty. I have to express my obligationsto Mr. J. Arthur Dowling, Dr. Andrew Houison, and Mr. HughWright, Assistant Librarian, to whom I am indebted for manyof the portrai
. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. istorual 0otfs By F. /A. BLADEN, ,, Lond BARRISTER-AT-LAW Subat antiquos acrrtirrc fontrs. SECOND EDITION. 81869 A SYDNEY:WILLIAM APPLEGATE GULLICK, GOVERNMENT PRINTER. I 9 I I ^573322 n O] 161463 Hii FOREWORD. The task of collecting authentic portraits of the men who, duringthe early days, were active workers in the library field, has beenone of considerable difficulty. I have to express my obligationsto Mr. J. Arthur Dowling, Dr. Andrew Houison, and Mr. HughWright, Assistant Librarian, to whom I am indebted for manyof the portraits and views. I shall be glad to receive, at any time, portraits—for preser-vation in the Library archives—of any of the office-bearers whosenames appear in Appendix A, but whose portraits are not found in these pages. Public Library^ Sydney,. PROFESSOR \f. \V. MACCALLUM. THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF On Friday, 3rd February, 1S26, ten gentlemen met at the SydneyHotel, to consider the advisability of founding a Reading-room andCirculating Library at Sydnev. Lieut. De La Condamine, toGovernor Darling, then recenth arrived, was the leading spirit, prompted,no doubt, by the Go\ernor himself. With him were associated the
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