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Photograph, 1996

  • Two men in a crowd hold signs for Friends of Port Phillip Libraries. The messages are: "Contract out? No!" and "Keep Our Libraries Public"

    Protest about contracting out Port Phillip Library Services 1996

Historical information

Protest by the Friends of Port Phillip Libraries (FOPPL) outside the State Library of Victoria about the contracting out of Port Phillip Library Services in 1996. According to the FOPPL, this was the only documented case of privatisation of a public library service in Australia. Archives of the campaign: St Kilda Historical Society.

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Colour photograph

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L to R Colin S Watson, Hans Lofgren, Kai Lofgren. Demonstration at State Library of Victoria by Friends of Port Phillip Libraries, 1996, opposing contracting out of the library service, City of Port Phillip. Only documented case of privatisation of a public library service in Australia. Archives of the campaign: St Kilda Historical Society.

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