THE FRIENDS OF PROSPECT LIBRARY - ADELAIDE INC.

Former Library - Nailsworth campus

New Library - Adjacent Town Hall - April 2020

 
 Our Story

The Friends of Prospect Library Inc  was formed around 1990 to support the public library run by the City of Prospect in South Australia. Over the years our activities have changed but have included fundraising, author talks, public events, supporting children's writing competitions, volunteering in the library and community consultation.
 
The Education Department lease on the library building at Nailsworth expired in 2019, passed back to Nailsworth Primary School and Prospect Council built a new Library and Civic Centre known as Payinthi at 128 Prospect Rd, Prospect. Friends of Prospect Library was involved in the community consultation. ​At our 2018 AGM, we decided to have a quiet reflective year  during 2019 while the new Library was under construction  to assess our future role in the new building. 
 
Friends of Prospect Library contributed $10.000 towards the Emu Feathers mural by artist, Elizabeth Close, in the Library children's area called Kardi Wardli or Emu House in the Kaurna language. 

​In 2020, we got hit for six by the coronavirus crisis! The Library was closed for several months, so no activities for us. It re-opened so we were able to have our 2020 Annual General Meeting held over to 11 February 2021 and run Book Sales during 2021 recycling the Library's old book stock. We donated $250  towards the cost of prizes for the  Prospect Library 2021 Children Writing Competition.

Check out our 2021 Annual General Meeting and next Book Sale  under Events and our free Membership!

The Children's Section in the Payinthi Library showing the Emu Feathers mural