High Court of Australia - Library

About the Library

Contact Details

Mailing Address: PO Box 6309, KINGSTON, Australian Capital Territory, 2604
Street Address: Parkes Place, PARKES, Australian Capital Territory, 2600

Fax: 02-6273 2110

Petal Kinder
Court Librarian
02 6270 6922,

Rosemary Nicholson
Deputy Court Librarian
02 6270 6921,

Margaret Hutchison
Manager, Collection Development and Management
02 6270 6911,

Renata Dyer
Manager, Systems and Electronic Services
02 6270 6916,

Hannah Germantse
Interlibrary Loans
02 6270 6912,

The Collection

The Library is on three floors and contains 140,000 volumes. The main strengths of the collection are law reports, including some 19th century US state reports, and historical texts including a set of Nineteenth-Century Legal Treatises on microfiche.

There are also library collections in the Court's Registries in Sydney and Melbourne, and in Brisbane Chambers.

Access

The Library is maintained for the Justices of the High Court and is not open to the public. The Bar Library collection is open to the legal profession if they are appearing in a case before the High Court of Australia.

Library Tours

The Library conducts tours by appointment for groups of librarianship students. Please contact the Deputy Court Librarian for further information.

Last updated 12 February 2010