Darebin Libraries Christmas closure

Our library branches will close at 1pm on Tues 24 December for Christmas. Branches will be closed on Wed 25 December (Christmas Day) and Thurs 26 December (Boxing Day). During this time you can renew online, return books via our chutes and access our digital content.
Branches will reopen on Fri 27 December at 10am.

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Robert Macedon O'Brien

(1884 - 1962)

Robert O’Brien was born in New Zealand and arrived in Australia with his parents in 1888. After a teaching career in Brighton and Rutherglen he became the first headmaster of the Bell Street Primary School. O’Brien was to maintain an excellent success rate whilst headmaster at school, having a 100% success rate for matriculation for twelve consecutive years. As well as teaching, O’Brien was a strong advocate for the establishment of a children’s library in Preston as well as promoting the arts. Several works commissioned by O’Brien were hung in the Christian Brothers’ College in Bundoora.

Preston Historical Society (1968). Brief biographies of prominent Preston People. Preston, Vic: Author.

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