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List of Carnegie libraries in Oceania

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Australia
Fiji
New Zealand
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References

This is a list of Carnegie libraries in Oceania. Although most of Carnegie's philanthropic efforts were aimed at North America and Europe, a handful of libraries are scattered in other English-speaking areas of the world.

Australia

	City or locality	State	Image	Date granted^[1]^[2]	Grant amount^[1]^[3]	Inflation adjusted amount	Location	Notes
1	Hobart	Tasmania		1902\|Oct\|6}}	$36,505	US\|36505\|1902}}}}
2	Midland Junction	Western Australia		1909\|Dec\|2}}	$7,300	US\|7300\|1909}}}}
3	Mildura	Victoria		1906\|Jun\|23}}	$9,825	US\|9825\|1906}}}}
4	Northcote	Victoria		1909\|Mar\|13}}	$14,610	US\|14610\|1908}}}}
Total	—	—	—	—	$68,240	${{formatnum:{{Inflation>US\|68240\|1909}}}}	—	—

Fiji

There is a single Carnegie library in Suva, Fiji's capital, funded by the philanthropist with a $7,300 grant (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|7300|1907}}}} today) on December 13, 1907.^[1]

New Zealand

The money for Carnegie libraries in the Dominions (the contemporary term used for former colonies such as Australia, New Zealand and South Africa within the British Empire) was administered from New York. Eighteen libraries were provided in New Zealand. The table below details the libraries.^[4]

	Town	Region	Image	Date granted^[1]^[2]	Grant amount^[1]^[3]	Location	Notes
1	Alexandra	Otago		1909\|Dec\|2}}	$3,880
2	Balclutha	Otago		1913\|Apr\|2}}	$4,870
3	Cambridge	Waikato		1908\|Dec\|14}}	$4,870
4	Dannevirke	Manawatu-Wanganui		1906\|Apr\|10}}	$9,690
5	Dunedin	Otago	1902\|Sep\|19}}	$48,700	Moray Place	Dunedin Public Library moved to a new building in 1981.
6	Fairlie	Canterbury	1913\|Jan\|31}}	$4,875
7	Gore	Southland		1907\|Jul\|10}}	$9,750
8	Greymouth	West Coast	1904\|Oct\|5}}	$10,967
9	Hamilton	Waikato		1906\|Apr\|23}}	$9,720
10	Hastings	Hawke's Bay		1905\|May\|29}}	$12,175
11	Hokitika	West Coast	1905\|Jun\|20}}	$12,175
12	Levin	Manawatu-Wanganui		1909\|Sep\|28}}	$7,290
13	Marton	Manawatu-Wanganui		1914\|Jul\|23}}	$6,075
14	New Plymouth	Taranaki		1906\|Feb\|13}}	$12,150
15	Onehunga	Auckland		1909\|Jul\|15}}	$9,720
16	Thames	Waikato	1904\|Jan\|7}}	$9,760
17	Timaru	Canterbury	1906\|Jun\|14}}	$21,010
18	Westport	West Coast	1903\|Sep\|10}}	$9,720
Total	—	—	—	—	$207,397	—	—

Notes

1. ^¹²³⁴Anderson, pp. 94–98.
2. ^¹Miller, pp. 21–40.
3. ^¹The amounts listed here were mostly granted in British pounds. In general the conversion rate used by the Carnegie Corporation was £1 = $5.
4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/carnegie-libraries/|title=Carnegie libraries|website=New Zealand Geographic|language=en-NZ|access-date=2019-02-18}}

References

{{cite book|last=Anderson|first=Florence|title=Carnegie Corporation Library Program, 1911–1961|publisher=Carnegie Corporation|location=New York|year=1963|oclc=525904|ref=Anderson}}
{{cite book|last=Miller|first=Durand R.|title=Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890–1917|publisher=Carnegie Corporation of New York|location=New York|year=1943|oclc=2603611|ref=Miller}}

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