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.
Learn about the resources you can access online and in our libraries to assist with your local history research.
Darebin Libraries offer a number of resources online and in our libraries to assist with your local history research.
On our local history website Darebin Heritage, you can browse through over 1,000 articles on Darebin's history, along with photographs, historical newspapers, oral histories and even fun local history activities for children.
If you need help getting started, watch our Darebin Heritage how-to video guide.
You can search through over 3,000 historical items in our Darebin Archives catalogue, and it is continually growing. Copies of our photographs can be purchased from as little as $10. Find more information on our Fees and Charges page.
All four of our branches have a collection of printed local history books.
At Preston Library we also hold a number of other resources accessible on our Family History PCs, including: