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Our Library, Bookshop and Resource
Centre
You'll find us at 58 Bellevue Avenue, GAYTHORNE,
a northside suburb of Brisbane. Please note that this is not a
lending library except for selected journals and publications that go on
circuit to our Queensland country members residing outside a 50 Km radius
from the Brisbane GPO. This is known as the Journal
Loan Scheme (JLS). Top of page
A small fee for
their printouts and photocopies, computer disks etc. You pay the duty library
assistant before you leave. Top of page
Financial Members…
Enjoy unrestricted access to all available resources including
use of all equipment and facilities free of cost. Top of page
Non-Brisbane residents who are financial members of a society
with whom we have a reciprocal arrangement -
QFHS financial members who do not reside locally in the
city of a society with whom we have a reciprocal arrangement -
Reciprocal visitors will be expected, on arrival, to produce to the duty library assistant -
- satisfactory evidence of residency and
- current membership of a participating society when registering
to use the library.
QFHS enjoys reciprocity with these societies -
*As of 1 July 2005 SAGHS members swipe a perpetual plastic membership card through a reader to access their library. The new card does not display an expiry date and therefore SAGHS members wishing to access the QFHS library under the reciprocal arrangements between the two societies will need to obtain a letter of introduction on SAGHS letterhead prior to their visit at
Gaythorne. Top of page
Financial members of an Associate Group having a current
membership with QFHS enjoy visiting rights and may use our library and resources
free of cost provided that -
- no more than two members per Associate Group use the
library at any one time unless by prior arrangement,
and
- bookings for the use of microfilm machines and/or computers
are made no less than one week in advance of the visit.
Bookings may be made -
No bookings - no guarantees!
Associate Group visitors will be expected, on arrival, to
produce to the duty library assistant -
QFHS members do not enjoy reciprocal
visiting rights and will need to pay the appropriate non-member entrance
fee, if requested, by the Associate Group societies Top of page
Pay an entrance fee of (from 1 July 2006), $7.50 per hour (minimum) or $15 per session extending
beyond one hour (rates include GST). A rebate of the amount paid will apply
if, at the end of two weeks, an application is made for membership of our
Society.
Any friends or relatives accompanying a visitor to the library
with the intention of assisting with research, must -
produce satisfactory evidence of current membership
of either QFHS or a group with whom we have a Reciprocal or Associate
Group membership arrangement, or
pay the visitor's entrance fee. Top of page
Ample free car parking is available in Bellevue Avenue. Limited parking is reserved for duty Library Assistants and management committee members
behind the library. One reserved parking bay is available (maximum 4 hours) to holders of a Blue Disabled Parking Permit in Bellevue Avenue at the main entrance. Top of page
Within easy walking distance of the Gaythorne
railway station, Samford Road, Pickering Street and Brookside Shopping Centre.
A train or a Mitchelton bus (361) to Gaythorne Railway Station is recommended. Another option is the Everton Park bus (360) and alight at the Brookside
shopping centre. Also don't forget
the fabulous Great Circle Line (598 and 599) – alight at either Brookside Shopping Centre
(a short walk to Bellevue Avenue) or at Pickering West stop (216 Pickering Street) and walk the short distance westerly
along Pickering Street to Lade Street, then into
Bellevue Avenue to #58. Further details of rail and bus services available here and here
TRANSLink's integrated ticketing system offers easy inter
modal transfers using BT buses, BCC ferries, Hornibrook Bus Lines, Thompson
Bus Services, National Bus Co., Mt Gravatt Bus Service, Logan City Bus Service,
Caboolture Bus Lines, Kangaroo Bus Lines, Bribie Island Coaches, Park Ridge
Bus Lines, Westside Bus Co., Sunshine Coast Sunbus, Surfside Buslines and
QR Citytrain to Gaythorne (Zone 3) at no additional cost. TRANSInfo has
all the details you need to know to travel from as far north as Noosa,
south-west to Toogoolawah and Helidon and south to Tweed Heads.
Gaythorne railway station is on the Ferny Grove line. QR provides a regular service on weekdays; at weekends the service is less frequent. Top of page
The library is disability access friendly including unisex
toilet. One reserved parking bay is available (maximum 4 hours) to Blue Card holders in Bellevue Avenue at the main entrance. Top of page
(A polite request): Please take care when using equipment
in the Library. Sometimes equipment faults are caused by mishandling or carelessness.
For example:
a broken fan might be due to unnecessary pressure on
the controls, and
the photocopier might jam for the unsuspecting
operator if not cleared by a previous user.
Some donated equipment is often near impossible to
repair due to age and unavailability of replacement parts. In these
situations, there is no alternative but to dispose of unserviceable
items (to the detriment of members and users of the Library). Should
you become aware of faulty equipment please advise the duty Library
Assistant so it can be checked as quickly as possible. Top of page
A small charge applies for private use of the telephone for outward calls. See a Library Assistant. See other
details for the library telephone number. Top of page
Library Opening Hours (all Eastern Standard Time)
Sat |
Sun |
Mon |
Tue, Wed, Thur |
| 1pm - 4pm |
1st, 2nd, 3rd |
7pm - 9pm |
10am - 3pm |
| 10am - 4pm |
| 4th, 5th |
| 1pm - 4pm |
| Closed Fridays, all public holidays except Exhibition
Wednesday in August, and for one month over the Christmas/New Year holiday
period |
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58 Bellevue Avenue (off Lade Street)
between Pickering and Pendine Streets
See UBD map 138, grid reference N7 Top of page
The Society is continually upgrading and installing additional
computer equipment to provide members with free access to email and the Internet.
With the growth of computer-based genealogical data, this method
of researching your family history is proving a real boon to members.
Existing research resources have also been greatly expanded
with the purchase of a large number of CD-ROMs, giving the Society one of
the largest genealogical CD-ROM collections in Australia.
The library and resource centre also now provides desktop
publishing equipment for the benefit of members wishing to turn their manuscript
into an award winning, professionally printed version of your family's history.
Try it out soon.
Details of all library additions (print and microform) are
published in the Society’s quarterly journal, Queensland Family Historian. Top of page
