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705 Northern Territory Library/State Reference Library/State Library of the Northern Territory

Date Range:1980 - 2019

Description

The Northern Territory Library collects, preserves and shares Territory history, culture and stories, and leads, develops and represents the Northern Territory library sector.
The Northern Territory Library had its origins in the Darwin library service; formally reopened on July 11 1951 with a grant of 1000 pounds and a stock of 4000 books as part of the European, Social and Welfare Services Branch of the Northern Territory Administration. Erica Wiltshire was the first trained librarian and she was appointed under the National Library Liaison Office together with an assistant. They travelled to Darwin in 1952 where they physically re-established the library for reference and lending. The National Library Extension Service then continued to oversight the Northern Territory Public Lending Services for the Northern Territory Administration until 31 December 1976. The service was transferred to Northern Territory administration within the Department of Community Services as part of the transfer of functions from the Commonwealth Public Service.
The institution, which is today known as the Northern Territory Library, opened in 1980 as the State Reference Library led by Ron Davis. The collection of 15,000 volumes was housed on one floor of a government building in Cavenagh Street. By 1986 the library had extended its footprint over all three floor of that building.
A name change in 1991 to State Library of the Northern Territory recognised its position among Australia's state libraries. Its role now fully reflected its functions in collecting, preserving and presenting the historical and cultural treasures of the Northern Territory.
A relocation in 1995 to the newly built Parliament House coincided with a Parliamentary Libray merger and a further renaming in 1997 to the title it holds today.
A 2020 merger of the Northern Territory Library and the Northern Territory Archives Service within the Department of Families, Housing and Communities to form Library & Archives NT (LANT), led to the services being provided from three physical sites: LANT Parliament House; LANT Millner; and the Alice Springs reading room. and through a range of on-line channels.

Creation

Gazette S54 31 December 1976

Portfolio Controlling

Gazette 54 31/12/1976 Executive Member fir Community Service
1/1/1977 - 30/06/1978 Executive Member for Community and Social Development (Gazette 37B)
1/07/1978 - 28/04/1986 Northern Territory Minister for Community Development (Gazette 26C)
29/04/1986 - 3/09/1989 Minister for Education (Gazette S19)
4/09/1989 - 12/11/1992 Minister for Education, The Arts and Cultural Affairs (Gazette S51)
13/11/1992 - 29/06/1995 Minister for Sport, Recreation, Ethnic Affairs and Local Government (Gazette S62)
30/06/1995 - 7/12/1998 Minister for Local Government (Gazette S25)
8/12/1998 - 12/11/2001 Minister for Corporate and Information Services (Gazette S40)
13/11/2001 - 15/08/2008 Minister for Local Government (Gazette S46)
16/08/2008 - 3/02/2009 Minister for Natural Resources, Environment and Heritage (Gazette S40)
4/02/2009 - 11/09/2016 Minister for Arts and Museums (Gazette S3)
12/09/2016 - 7/09/2020 Minister for Tourism and Culture (Gazette S100)
8/09/2020 + Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage (Gazette S44)

Function/Interest

Library services

Abolition

Internal administrative reorganisation

Legislation

Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004

Information Act 2002

Organisations

Period	Title	Group Id
1980 - 2019	Northern Territory of Australia	2

Inventory of Series

Series Id	Series Title	Series Date Range	Number of Units	Public Access	Location
NTRS 2931	Reference copies of oral history interviews with Centralians on analog cassette tape	c 1964 - c 1964	1	Open	Darwin (NTAC)
NTRS 222	Correspondence files	1968 - 1982	0	Agreement Pending	Darwin (NTAC)