Ipswich in Spring - 2026

Like the children whose minds it expands with the power of literacy, Australia’s first standalone public library dedicated to children – Ipswich Children’s Library – has been growing at a rapid rate in its first five years. The library celebrated its fifth birthday in the middle of the year. This award-winning institution is loved by Ipswich children and their families, as well as visitors from outside the city. The library opened in 2021 with a 35,000-item collection. That has surged by almost a third to 44,537 items. In its first five years there has been more than 778,600 loans from its collection, an average annual attendance of 162,000 and many fantastic programs CHILDREN’S LIBRARY CELEBRATES MILESTONE

Ipswich’s hub for blossoming minds turns five

drawing about 20,000 attendees each year.

The library’s built-in features such as reading nooks, reading tree, pneumatic pipe, Magic Mirror, interactive touch table and animated colouring-in feature complement the library’s wider offerings of books, comics, magazines and DVDs. Whether it’s hungry caterpillars, pugs behaving badly or underpants-clad superheroes, the wonderful world of literature is brought to life at Ipswich Children’s Library. For more information about Ipswich Libraries, visit IpswichLibraries.com.au

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