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. City orlocalityState ImageDategrantedAnderson, pp. 94–98.Miller, pp. 21–40.GrantamountThe amounts listed here were mostly granted in British pounds. In general the conversion rate used by the Carnegie Corporation was £1 = $5. Inflation adjusted amountLocation Notes 1 Hobart Tasmania $36,505 $ 16 Argyle Street Now the Maritime Museum of Tasmania. 2 Midland Junction Western Australia $7,300$ 3 Mildura Victoria $9,825$ 4 Northcote Victoria $14,610$ Total — — — — $68,240$ — —
Fiji There is a Carnegie library in Suva, Fiji's capital, funded by the philanthropist with a $7,300 grant ($ today) on 13 December 1907.
Malaysia There was a Carnegie library in Kota Bharu.
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:
TownRegion ImageDategrantedGrantamountLocation Notes 1 Alexandra Otago $3,880 Demolished in 1978 2 Balclutha Otago $4,870 23 John Street 3 Cambridge Waikato $4,870 4 Dannevirke Manawatū-Whanganui $9,690 Threatened by demolition as of May 2023 5 Dunedin Otago $48,700 Moray Place Dunedin Public Library moved to a new building in 1981. 6 Fairlie Canterbury $4,875 6 Allandale Road Library moved in mid 1990's to Mackenzie College 7 Gore Southland $9,750 14 Hokonui Drive Eastern Southland Gallery 8 Greymouth West Coast $10,967 Destroyed by arson in 1947 9 Hamilton Waikato $9,720 354 Victoria Street Opened 27 February 1908; demolished in 1960 10 Hastings Hawke's Bay $12,175 Opened in 1907; demolished in 1931 11 Hokitika West Coast $12,175 17 Hamilton Street Hokitika Museum 12 Levin Manawatū-Whanganui $7,290 Demolished in 1965 13 Marton Manawatū-Whanganui $6,075 14 New Plymouth Taranaki $12,150 Demolished in 1957 15 Onehunga Auckland $9,720 55 Princes Street Library moved to a new building in 1970; this building is now a pub 16 Thames Waikato $9,760 In 2014 the library was restored and extended to provide archive and genealogy facilities for the Thames Coromandel area 17 Timaru Canterbury $21,010 2 King George Place Built in 1908, now the facade for the Timaru City District Council offices, library relocated in 1979. 18 Westport West Coast $9,720 Lyndhurst Street The library moved to a new building in 2003 Total — — — — $207,397 — —
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