Local history

Darebin Libraries offers a number of resources at our library branches and online to assist with your local history research.

Our online resources include:

Darebin Heritage - our local history website where 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.
Discover Historical Darebin - You can search through over 3,000 historical items in this extensive online catalogue. 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: