Local history resources

Local histories

Mosman Faces

‘Mosman Faces’ is a visual history of Mosman through filmed interviews and related materials from personal collections and the Mosman Local Studies Collection.

‘Mosman Voices’ features extracts from oral history interviews held in the Library’s archives Excerpts are defined by a subject – such as the Second World War, Shops & Shopping, Mosman Musical Society – and can be heard online.

Image Collection -Trace

The Mosman Library Service Digital Archive comprises photographs, documents, maps, oral histories and council records.

Local history collections & organisations

Local Studies Collection at the Barry O’Keefe Library

The Local Studies Collection is housed in the Mosman Room and is available for use during Library open hours. The collection holds current and retrospective material on Mosman, the people, places and events. Resources include books, serials, maps and plans, pictorial works, audio-visual, ephemera and CD-ROM resources.

Mosman Historical Society

A community-based Society that aims to promote the history and heritage of Mosman as well as Australian history in general.