First known development on this site was the establishment of the Government Camp from the early 1850s. It was established to accommodate officials, troopers and police who were needed to administer the goldfields. Some permanent buildings were constructed. Lack of materials and bad weather prolonged the building of more permanent buildings and most men were still living in tents. Area was known as Camp Reserve. In 1864 a subdivision map shows the reserve be used for Public Buildings. Library applied for land on corner of Sturt and Camp Streets in 1878. 1880s plans show section of the reserve be used for a Free Library and Reading Room. Lease was granted and the old mining boardroom was initially used. Land for additional building to house a Museum and Art Gallery sought and agreement reached in 1882-3. Compensation paid to owners and library granted the land. Plans for a new library building with tower and lantern roof abandoned due to lack of funds. It wasn't until 1895 that a solution to funding was found and the library was able to begin constructing the complex of buildings on the Free Library Reserve. A number of changes have occurred since 1910s - the Classical Revival facade replaced with an angled facade in a stripped Classical style with Art Deco features and high parapet. Building is now part of Federation UniversityPhotograph of former library. Shows a two-storey rendered brick building in a Classical style. Some Art Deco features. Central pair of double windows with single window either side. High parapet above.government camp, goldfields, camp reserve, free library, reading room, sturt street, camp street, museum, art gallery, troopers, police, barracks, camp street

Booklet with four photographs of Barkly Street buildings. Contents include Ballaarat and Ballarat East, Henry Barkly, Ballarat East Library, Ballarat East Gardens, Ballarat Museum (Ballarat Historical Society), Ballarat Girls' School, Barkly Street buildings. ballaarat, ballarat east, henry barkly, ballarat east library, ballarat east gardens, ballarat museum, ballarat historical society, ballarat girls' school, barkly street buildings, doug bradby, denis noone, lorenz, ohlgsen-bagge, speciman vale creek, domestic arts school, audrey colbert, emma blomeley, edward pearce, ballarat east library reading room, bree cartledge, lorraine pearce, duke of york, king george v, j.s. edwards, jaclyn molloy

Henry Sutton is a talented world-wide accepted inventor with inventions relating to the telephone, photography, wireless, cars, motorcycles, and bicycles as well as many more inventions. Henry was also one of four brothers that ran the Sutton's Music Store after the death of their Father Richard Sutton. Henry Sutton taught Applied Electricity at the Ballarat School of Mines in 1883 to 1886. Several folders of newspaper articles relating to Henry Sutton. henry sutton, mining companies, hugo brunn, main road, ballarat east, sutton music seller, plank road, richard sutton, flutina, halophone, inventions, instruments, all saints mining company, phillipson jeweller, ballaarat mechanics' institute, w.g. shepperd, cooper's reading room, plate glass, concertina, r.h. sutton music warehouse, organ harmonium, ballarat temperance hall, fire, accordian, musical instruments, st paul's anglican church, bakery hill, military side-drums, ballarat volunteer rangers fife band, shops, street broadcasting, complete music store, concord piano, alfred sutton, walter sutton, fred sutton, e. gordon.jones, astor radio, centenary dinner, jeffrey sutton, music stool, orguinette, harp, chilver wilson benefit, collard and collard, w.h. figgis, hydraulic lift, sturt street, mary sutton, advertisements, sutton's cycle agency, a. leslie sutton, gramophone

The E.J. Barker Library on the University of Ballarat (now federation University) campus was refurbished in 2009. Six A3 plans by Demaine of the Reading room and storage facility of the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre.university of ballarat, geoffrey blainey research centre, demaine, refurbishment, library, mt helen library, e.j. barker library, library plan, mt helen library plan, gbrc

191p.; dark blue cover with author and title embossed in gold on spine; green sticker on front cover 'The Melbourne Athenaeum Library and Reading Room'fictionThe story follows a private investigator who gets pulled into a web of violence and murder while attempting to uncover the killer of his colleague.fiction, mystery, crime, a museum street thriller, robert p. hansen

288 p.n: plain green cover, title and author's name in gold on spinefictionNovel based on the life of nineteenth century Apache leader Mangos Colorado.fiction, apaches, will levington comfort, biographical fiction

189 p. : plain brown cover, title and author's name printed in black on spine.fictionRomance fictionfiction, romance, nan asquith

Hardcover book, 192 pages. Book has a blue cover.fictionRomance novel.vivian stuart, romance, fiction

Hardcover book, 160 pages. Book has a dark green cover.fictionRomance novel.hebe elsna, romance, fiction