List of Carnegie libraries in Oceania

This is a list of Carnegie libraries in Oceania. Although most of Carnegie's philanthropic efforts were aimed at North America and Europe, a handful of libraries are scattered in other English-speaking areas of the world. New Zealand, with 18 Carnegie libraries, received the fourth-most libraries of any country.

Australia

Carnegie financed four libraries in Australia.

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| Hobart

| Tasmania

| {{dts|1902|Oct|6|format=dmy}}

| align=right| $36,505

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|align=center | 2

| Midland Junction

| Western Australia

| {{dts|1909|Dec|2|format=dmy}}

| align=right| $7,300

|${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|7300|1909}}}}

|align=center | 3

| Mildura

| Victoria

| {{dts|1906|Jun|23|format=dmy}}

| align=right| $9,825

|${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|9825|1906}}}}

|align=center | 4

| Northcote

| Victoria

| {{dts|1909|Mar|13|format=dmy}}

| align=right| $14,610

|${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|14610|1908}}}}

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| align=right | $68,240

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Fiji

There is a Carnegie library in Suva, Fiji's capital, funded by the philanthropist with a $7,300 grant (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|7300|1907}}}} today) on 13 December 1907.

Malaysia

There was a Carnegie library in Kota Bharu.{{cite news |last1=Wee |first1=S.C. |title=Rare Carnegie Library in Malaysia to be demolished |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/03/18/Rare-Carnegie-Library-in-Malaysia-to-be-demolished/9717385275600 |work=UPI |date=1982-03-18}} The library is now called Kelantan Public Library Corporation.

Mauritius

There is a Carnegie library in Curepipe.

New Zealand

The money for Carnegie libraries in the Dominions (the contemporary term used for former colonies such as Australia, New Zealand and South Africa within the British Empire) was administered from New York. Twenty-five towns and boroughs applied for funding and eighteen libraries were provided in New Zealand. The country had the fourth-highest number of Carnegie libraries, behind the USA, the UK and Canada:{{Cite magazine |url= https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/carnegie-libraries/ |title=Carnegie libraries |magazine=New Zealand Geographic |language=en-NZ |access-date=18 February 2019 |first=Kerry |last=Rodgers}}

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| Alexandra

| Otago

| {{dts|1909|Dec|2|format=dmy}}

| align=right| $3,880

| Demolished in 1978

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| Balclutha

| Otago

| {{dts|1913|Apr|2|format=dmy}}

| align=right| $4,870

| 23 John Street

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| Cambridge

| Waikato

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| {{dts|1908|Dec|14|format=dmy}}

| align=right| $4,870

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| Dannevirke

| Manawatū-Whanganui

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| {{dts|1906|Apr|10|format=dmy}}

| align=right| $9,690

| Threatened by demolition as of August 2020{{cite web |title=Former Carnegie Library's future bleak |url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/news-and-events/blog/former-carnegie-librarys-future-bleak |publisher=Heritage New Zealand |accessdate=5 September 2020 |date=August 2020}}

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| Dunedin

| Otago

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| {{dts|1902|Sep|19|format=dmy}}

| align=right| $48,700

| Moray Place

| Dunedin Public Library moved to a new building in 1981.

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| Fairlie

| Canterbury

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| {{dts|1913|Jan|31|format=dmy}}

| align=right| $4,875

| 6 Allandale Road

| Library moved in mid 1990's to Mackenzie College {{Cite web|title= National Library of New Zealand |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22534663# |accessdate= 22 March 2025}}

|align=center | 7

| Gore

| Southland

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| {{dts|1907|Jul|10|format=dmy}}

| align=right| $9,750

| 14 Hokonui Drive

| Eastern Southland Gallery

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| Greymouth

| West Coast

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| {{dts|1904|Oct|5|format=dmy}}

| align=right| $10,967

| Destroyed by arson in 1947{{cite web |title=Carnegie libraries slideshow |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/interactive/carnegie-libraries |publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage |accessdate=5 September 2020 |date=14 October 2014}}

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| Hamilton

| Waikato

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| {{dts|1906|Apr|23|format=dmy}}

| align=right| $9,720

| 354 Victoria Street

| Opened 27 February 1908; demolished in 1960

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| Hastings

| Hawke's Bay

| {{dts|1905|May|29|format=dmy}}

| align=right| $12,175

| Opened in 1907; demolished in 1931

|align=center | 11

| Hokitika

| West Coast

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| {{dts|1905|Jun|20|format=dmy}}

| align=right| $12,175

| 17 Hamilton Street

| Hokitika Museum

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| Levin

| Manawatū-Whanganui

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| {{dts|1909|Sep|28|format=dmy}}

| align=right| $7,290

| Demolished in 1965

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| Marton

| Manawatū-Whanganui

| {{dts|1914|Jul|23|format=dmy}}

| align=right| $6,075

|align=center | 14

| New Plymouth

| Taranaki

| {{dts|1906|Feb|13|format=dmy}}

| align=right| $12,150

| Demolished in 1957

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| Onehunga

| Auckland

| {{dts|1909|Jul|15|format=dmy}}

| align=right| $9,720

|align=center | 16

| Thames

| Waikato

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| {{dts|1904|Jan|7|format=dmy}}

| align=right| $9,760

| In 2014 the library was restored and extended to provide archive and genealogy facilities for the Thames Coromandel area{{Cite web|title=The Treasury Research Centre & Archive|url=https://architectus.co.nz/work/the-treasury-research-centre-archive/|access-date=2022-02-17|website=Architectus New Zealand|language=en}}

|align=center | 17

| Timaru

| Canterbury

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| {{dts|1906|Jun|14|format=dmy}}

| align=right| $21,010

| 2 King George Place

| Built in 1908, now the facade for the Timaru City District Council offices, library relocated in 1979.{{Cite web| title= Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga| url= https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/2075/Timaru%20Council%20Offices%20and%20Former%20Public%20Library%20(Façade)| access-date= 22 March 2025}}

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| Westport

| West Coast

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| {{dts|1903|Sep|10|format=dmy}}

| align=right| $9,720

| Lyndhurst Street

| The library moved to a new building in 2003{{Cite web|last=jshaffner|date=2013-03-11|title=Winning Westport|url=https://jshaffner.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/winning-westport/|access-date=2020-10-13|website=The Librarian is IN|language=en}}

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| align=center | Total

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| align=right | $207,397

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Notes

References

{{cite book|last=Anderson|first=Florence|title=Carnegie Corporation Library Program, 1911–1961|publisher=Carnegie Corporation|location=New York|year=1963|oclc=525904|ref=Anderson}}
{{cite book|last=Miller|first=Durand R.|title=Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890–1917|publisher=Carnegie Corporation of New York|location=New York|year=1943|oclc=2603611|ref=Miller}}

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