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Wikipedia: The State Library of Victoria is the central library of the state of Victoria, Australia, located in Melbourne. It is on the block bounded by Swanston, La Trobe, Russell, and Little Lonsdale Streets, in the northern centre of the central business district. The library holds over 1.5 million books and 16,000 serials, including the diaries of the city's founders, John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner, and the folios of Captain James Cook.
![[State Library of Victoria (Cowen Gallery - McArthur Room)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/State_Library_of_Victoria_28McArthur_Gallary_29_s.jpg "State Library of Victoria (Cowen Gallery - McArthur Room)")
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![[State Library of Victoria (Cowen Gallery)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/State_Library_of_Victoria_28Gallary_29_s.jpg "State Library of Victoria (Cowen Gallery)")
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![[State Library of Victoria (Cowen Gallery - Stawell Room)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/State_Library_of_Victoria_28Stawell_Gallary_29_s.jpg "State Library of Victoria (Cowen Gallery - Stawell Room)")
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![[Panoramic view of the La Trobe Reading Room]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Vic_State_Library_Reading_Room_Pano_2C_19_07_06_s.jpg "Panoramic view of the La Trobe Reading Room")
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![[A panoramic view of the library facade, forecourt and lawns from Swanston Street]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Vic_State_Library_Facade_Pano_2C19_07_06_edit1_s.jpg "A panoramic view of the library facade, forecourt and lawns from Swanston Street")
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![[The library from Melbourne Central, showing the whole roof, including the renowned dome, and the left]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/State_Library_from_Melbourne_Central_2C_19_07_06_s.jpg "The library from Melbourne Central, showing the whole roof, including the renowned dome, and the left")
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![[Lithograph depicting the original vision for the State Library complex, including the original Victorian reading...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/State_Library_of_Victoria_Lithograph_1860_s.jpg "Lithograph depicting the original vision for the State Library complex, including the original Victorian reading...")
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![[State Library of Victoria]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/State_Library_of_Victoria_28Stained_Glass_of_William_Shakespere_29_s.jpg "State Library of Victoria")
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