. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. A. l;. , & 1834-5. shelves to this day. Operations werecommenced with about 1,000 volumes o\\ist December, 1827, in No. i, TerrysBuildings, Pitt-street. Terrys Buildingsconsisted of a terrace of live large three-storied houses, erected by Samuel stood on the block of land whichis now bounded on the northern sideby X^ickerys Chambers, and on thesouth side h\ the offices of & Wrench. In the veryearly days they were amongst the notable. NO. I, terrys BUILIi . r I IT ST. In which the Libra
. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. A. l;. , & 1834-5. shelves to this day. Operations werecommenced with about 1,000 volumes o\\ist December, 1827, in No. i, TerrysBuildings, Pitt-street. Terrys Buildingsconsisted of a terrace of live large three-storied houses, erected by Samuel stood on the block of land whichis now bounded on the northern sideby X^ickerys Chambers, and on thesouth side h\ the offices of & Wrench. In the veryearly days they were amongst the notable. NO. I, terrys BUILIi . r I IT ST. In which the Library was located from 1827 to 1831. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. buildings of Sydney. The house in which the Library was located was themost northern of the terrace. It stood on the site where Messrs. Raine& Homes offices now are, the present number of which is 86 g-round-floor of the building wasoccupied by the Committee for themanagement of the Sydney Dispensary,afterwards the Sydney Infirmary andDispensary, now the Sydney Library was on the first floor,and the upper story was occupied byPeter Cooke, who acted in the dualcapacity of Librarian and Dispenser atthe modest salary of ;£40 a year. Therent (/,i2o) was paid in equal propor-tions by each body. The Library wasopen from i to 5 In July,1828, an alteration was made, the hoursbeing from i to 4 and from6 to 10 Cooke was succeeded in February,
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