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Explore new reading ideas or lifelong learning opportunities. Learn about our community language collection and resources for kids and youth.


Kids resources

Learn how we support early literacy development through a range of educational and recreational programs and resources.

Youth resources

Find out what's on offer in our libraries for young adults including young adult books, graphic novels, events, and free computers and wifi.

Darebin Deadly Reads

Check out Darebin Deadly Reads, our celebration of the excellent and important work of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors and illustrators.

Climate change and action

Learn more about our current services, collections and programs supporting climate action.

Resources in community languages

We offer a range of community language materials at all of our library branches.

Lifelong learning

Find out about the lifelong learning opportunities available at our libraries and in the wider Darebin community.

Reading ideas

Check out some of the book lists prepared by our library team.

Northcote Leader archive

Access digital copies of the Northcote Leader from 1888 to 1955.

Darebin Heritage

Our local history website, Darebin Heritage, has over 1000 articles on Darebin's history, historic photographs, newspapers, oral histories, and more.

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Recommendations

  • Reading ideas
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  • Resources in community languages
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  • Northcote Leader archive

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  • Magazines, newspapers and journals
  • Kids digital resources
  • Learn English and other languages
  • Encyclopedias and reference

Darebin Libraries

1300 655 355

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266 Gower Street, Preston, VIC 3072
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