Local history collection - Oakey Library

The local history collection at the Oakey Library is an initiative of the Friends of the Oakey Library and is housed in a room in the Community Centre adjacent to the Library.

The collection focuses on the history of our shire and its neighbours and includes books, maps, photographs,personal letters, shopping dockets and other business records, pamphlets and clippings.

Collecting the records of the past for the benefit of future generations is a continuous project. The library has an active program of copying photographs and documents from private collections as well as documenting interviews with significant older members of the community.  Gifts to the collection are most welcome. The library staff are gradually cataloguing and indexing the collection to make it accessible via the library's catalogue.