State Library of New South Wales

The State Library of New South Wales, part of which is known as the Mitchell Library, is a large heritage-listed special collections, reference and research library open to the public and is one of the oldest libraries in .
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Thursday: 9:00 AM—8:00 PM
    Friday: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
    Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Library
  • Description: central library for the state of New South Wales, Australia
  • Also known as: “Mitchell Library”, “New South Wales State Library”, “NSW State Library”, “SLNSW”, and “State Library of NSW”
  • Address: Macquarie Street
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Darling Harbour and Australian Securities Exchange.

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is a leisure and entertainment precinct, in central . It extends to Pyrmont, Ultimo and the business district of Barangaroo, and contains The Star and Pyrmont Bay, including Harris St.

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Ltd is an Australian public company that operates Australia's primary securities exchange, the . is situated 270 metres southwest of State Library of New South Wales.

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, also known as the Eye, Westfield Tower and formerly albeit still commonly as Centrepoint Tower, is an observation and that is the tallest structure in , , , as well as the second-tallest observation tower in the Southern Hemisphere. is situated 540 metres southwest of State Library of New South Wales.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include City Centre and Sydney.

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The was where Governor Arthur Phillip first raised the British flag on Australian soil in January 1788, the earliest site of European settlement in Australia.

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is the Harbour City, and is the oldest and most cosmopolitan city in with an enviable reputation as one of the world's most beautiful and livable cities.

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is a harbourside, inner-city suburb of , New South Wales, Australia, 1.5 kilometres east of the , in the local government area of the .

State Library of New South Wales

Latitude
-33.86687° or 33° 52′ 1″ south
Longitude
151.21284° or 151° 12′ 46″ east
Levels
3
Operator
New South Wales State Government
Open location code
4RRH46M7+74
Open­Street­Map ID
way 16749946
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­civic
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q6133813
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“State Library of New South Wales” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca Estatal de Nova Gal·les del Sud”
  • Chinese: “新南威尔士州立图书馆”
  • Chinese: “新南威爾士州立圖書館”
  • Chinese: “新南威爾斯州立圖書館”
  • Dutch: “Staatsbibliotheek van Nieuw-Zuid-Wales”
  • Esperanto: “SLNSW”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝtata Biblioteko de Novsudkimrio”
  • German: “State Library of New South Wales”
  • Hebrew: “הספרייה הממלכתית של ניו סאות‘ ויילס”
  • Hebrew: “ספריית המדינה של ניו סאות‘ ויילס”
  • Hebrew: “ספריית מדינת ניו סאות‘ ויילס”
  • Hebrew: “ספריית ניו סאות‘ ויילס”
  • Japanese: “ニューサウスウェールズ州立図書館”
  • Korean: “뉴사우스웨일스 스테이트 라이브러리”
  • Korean: “뉴사우스웨일스 주립 도서관”
  • Korean: “시드니 딕슨 도서관”
  • Korean: “시드니 미첼 도서관”
  • Korean: “시드니 스테이트 라이브러리”
  • Korean: “시드니 주립 도서관”
  • Lithuanian: “Naujojo Pietų Velso valstijos biblioteka”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه ایالتی نیو ساوت ولز”
  • Russian: “Государственная библиотека Нового Южного Уэльса”
  • Slovenian: “Državna knjižnica Novega Južnega Walesa”
  • Slovenian: “Mitchell Library”
  • Slovenian: “Mitchellova knjižnica”
  • Slovenian: “SLNSW”
  • Slovenian: “State Library of New South Wales”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Estatal de Nueva Gales del Sur”
  • Turkish: “State Library of New South Wales”
  • Turkish: “Yeni Güney Galler Halk Kütüphanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Державна бібліотека Нового Південного Уельсу”
  • Urdu: “اسٹیٹ لائبریری آف نیو ساؤتھ ویلز”

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