Albany Public Library

Situated across the Town Square from the Town Hall, Albany Public Library is a thriving community hub in the middle of Albany’s CBD.

For more information visit

Albany Library Website

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HISTORY GREAT SOUTHERN - kAARTDIJIN BIDDI ALBANY 

The Albany History Collection (AHC) was established in the 1980s to collect historical information on Albany and the surrounding regions and has since become one of Western Australia's leading local history collections.

In 2024, the collection was renamed to History Great Southern – Kaartdijin Biddi Albany. This change acknowledges the cultural significance of Albany’s First Nations people, complements the City’s Restoring Menang Noongar Place Names Project, and more accurately reflects the broad scope of the Collection. Kaartdijin Biddi translates to ‘pathway to knowledge or learning’.

History Great Southern – Kaartdijin Biddi Albany contains all types of documentary information - books, pamphlets, journals, newspapers, maps, photographs, private archives, oral histories, films and birth, death and marriage registers. These are stored in a variety of formats, including microfilm and CD-ROM.

There is a Reading Room for public access to the collection and some of the information is available online.

For more information, please visit the Library website.