State Library of New South Wales - State Librarians

State Librarians

The role of the State Librarian is prescribed in the New South Wales Library Act 1939, ss 7a. Brian H. Fletcher lists the individuals who held the position from 1827-2007.

  • 1827-1829 Peter Cooke
  • 1829-1829 Charles Henderson
  • 1831-1839 Thomas Connolly
  • 1839-1841 Hon. John Fairfax
  • 1841-1865 P.J. Elliott
  • 1865-1869 D.R. Hawley
  • 1869-1893 Robert Cooper Walker
  • 1893-1906 Henry Charles Lennox Anderson
  • 1907-1912 Frank Murcott Bladen
  • 1912-1942 William Herbert Ifould, OBE
  • 1942-1959 John Wallace Metcalfe
  • 1959-1973 Gordon Dalyell Richardson, OBE
  • 1973-1987 Russell Fletcher Doust
  • 1987-1995 Alison Laura Crook, AO
  • 1995-2006 Dagmar Schmidmaier, AM
  • 2006-2010 Regina Anne Sutton
  • 2011- Dr Alex Byrne

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