Books are on loan from State Library of Queensland and rotated regularly. Please contact library staff with requests for any languages which are not provided. We also offer a wide array of materials which are for use in the library only. These items are not available for loan. Newspapers - local and national daily and weekly newspapers including Townsville Bulletin, Courier Mail, The Australian, Australian Financial Review, Townsville and Thuringowa Sun, Queensland Country Life.
Newspapers are available to be read in the library, and are kept for three months.
Thuringowa Local History Collection - includes books, photographs, maps, oral histories and ephemera relating to the history of Thuringowa. An historian is available for consultation. Please contact Gai Copeman for an appointment on 4773 8505. Some resources have restrictions which allow them only to be used by certain groups within the community. For further information about these titles, please see the Community Services Officer.