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Rockdale Library

Locality: Rockdale, New South Wales

Phone: 9562 1821

Address: 444-446 Princes Highway 2216 Rockdale, NSW, Australia

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12.05.2022 Like Bayside Libraries to stay updated on services and events at Rockdale and our other library locations.

30.04.2022 This week on Lunch & Learn Flashback Friday's virtual event, we will be looking at architecture in Rockdale. Follow Bayside Libraries for updates on this weekly event.

04.02.2022 We've added loads of new eMagazine titles to our collection: https://www.rbdigital.com/rockdale/service/zinio/landing

25.01.2022 With its unique sense of style and a keen pop culture sensibility, NYLON gives today's young woman a modern twist to fashion, beauty, music and more. NYLON is our #eMagazine of the week. NYLON can be found at: https://www.rbdigital.com/rockdale/service/zinio/landing Your library membership entitles you to unlimited (and free) downloads of eMagazines. If you read around 10 per month, you'll save yourself more than a thousand dollars over a year.

24.01.2022 Come #dragon hunting on Sat! #Dungeons & Dragons is on. Info @ www.rockdale.nsw.gov.au #DnD #Rockdale

24.01.2022 Stop missing out on all the awesome stuff happening at your library! Our Facebook page is now Bayside Library. Just click on through to our new home on Bayside Council Library's Facebook page. Once you're on the Bayside page just click on that handy like button to get all the latest from Bayside Council Library. ... https://www.facebook.com/baysidelibrary/

23.01.2022 Can you believe it has been 50 years since the release of this incredible recording of Herschel Bernardi Sings Fiddler on the Roof? Herschel put a lot of humour into his performance and although he didn't always hit the right key, it's a very enjoyable listen (more so than the other more recent cast recordings). Library members can now listen to the album (which features many popular songs including: "If I Were a Rich Man"; Matchmaker, Matchmaker"; "Sunrise, Sunset" & "Miracle of Miracles") online via Freegal. The album can be streamed in full or three songs can be downloaded per library card per week: http://rockdalenswau.freegalmusic.com//S/32521652/c29ueQ==

23.01.2022 Like what you see here? Want to keep up to date with your library? Click through to our new home on Bayside Council Library's Facebook page. Just click on that handy like button to get all the latest from Bayside Council Library. https://www.facebook.com/baysidelibrary/

23.01.2022 Attention all magazine lovers. Our Zinio eMagazines will be unavailable for a short time tonight for some system maintenance. The service will be unavailable from 8-9pm, Monday 12 September. Unfortunately this means you will be unable to checkout, read online or download any eMagazines during that period. But that doesn't mean you won't be able to read one of the many titles available through our eMagazine collection. Provided you checkout and download a title onto the Zinio... for Libraries app before 8pm you can keep on reading with no disruption. Just be sure to hit that download button. Need help getting eMagazines? Just check the Zinio page which gives step by step instructions on how to signup, checkout and download eMagazines, or contact the library and ask one of our friendly staff for assistance. https://www.rbdigital.com/rockdale/service/zinio/landing See more

20.01.2022 We've added loads of new eMagazine titles to our collection: https://www.rbdigital.com/rockdale/service/zinio/landing

20.01.2022 Don't have a Khan Rage! We've got plenty of Star Trek DVDs and books to cover you for #StarTrek50 Come in today or check our catalogue to reserve a book or DVD today. https://library.rockdale.nsw.gov.au Star Trek not your thing? Not to worry, we have plenty of SciFi materials to cover all your intergalactic needs. Just search the catalogue or visit any of our branches.

19.01.2022 We finish our look at vintage transportation with this week's #FlashbackFriday looking at Rockdale Railway Station. The station is still a bustling part of Rockdale, with many commuters moving along its tracks everyday. But what grabs your interest in this week's picture from the Local Studies Collection is less locomotive and more commercial. The advertising signs, as with our look at Neptune Service Station a couple of weeks back, grabs much of our nostalgic interest. Of pa...rticular note, mainly due to current legislation meaning our eyes are free of such signage, is for Dixson's Great Yankee Doodle Tobacco. However, as striking as that may be there is something actually on the railway tracks that would make modern eyes even more uneasy. Can you see it? Is it a bird? Is it a plain? No its a man...walking across the tracks, at what looks like a rather leisurely pace. That's right, in the bad old days of tobacco advertising people would also happily wonder across the tracks. Maybe the trains were less frequent back then, but it's still a bit of a hair-raising manoeuvre, especially if you look a little further along the tracks in the picture to what looks like it could in fact be an oncoming train. Eeeep!

19.01.2022 We continue our transportational nostalgia with today's #FlashbackFriday by bringing together the public (like the trams of last week) and the internal (combustion that is, like we were featuring several weeks back) by way of the trolleybus. Actually, the link with the automotive is only illusory. It may look like a bus, but it certainly didn't sound or smell like a bus (well the fumes didn't--we can't vouch for the state of inside). Why no sound or smell? Because trolleybuse...s, as featured in today's image from the Local Studies Collection at Rockdale Library, were powered, like the trams of last week, by electricity from the cables that can be seen overhead. Pictured is a trolleybus near Dillon Street that was part of the service that ran from Rockdale station to Sans Souci via Kogarah station, Rocky Point Road and Dolls Point. The service ran from 1937 to 1959. It was one of only two trolleybus services to run in Sydney, the other unconnected service being from Potts Point to Town Hall station via Kings Cross and William Street, which only ran from 1934 to 1948. See more

18.01.2022 There's bad news and good news! Bad news is that Practical Parenting Australia (one of our most popular magazines) has ceased publication. Good news is there's still a digital edition being published and the library subscribes to it!... Practical Parenting Australia is our #eMagazine of the week. It can be found at: http://www.rbdigital.com/rockdale/service/zinio/landing Your library membership entitles you to unlimited (and free) downloads of eMagazines. There are 24 issues of Practical Parenting Australia available and they feature a wealth of advice and support on pregnancy, newborns, toddlers and pre-schoolers.

17.01.2022 Haven't had a chance to pop into check out the new Rockdale Library yet? Well take a video tour! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNN6p_j7A1Q #videotour #library

17.01.2022 Mental Heath and Wellbeing Expo about to start at Rickdale Library #loveyourmind

16.01.2022 This week's #eMagazine of the week is The Complete Guide to Pokémon Go. Whether you've already succumbed to Pokémania or you're just starting to exhibited the symptoms, this eMagazine will give you all the know-how to get you locating, capturing, battling, and training all the Pokémon that are already around you. Just grab a copy to get started: https://www.rbdigital.com/rockdale/service/zinio/landing

16.01.2022 Mad Scientist School holiday activities for primary school-aged children. Activities are free but online bookings at www.rockdale.nsw.gov.au/LibraryEvents are essential. Art & craft activities can be messy, so please wear appropriate clothing. Parental supervision is required. Bookings open now!

16.01.2022 Need your #FlashbackFriday fix? Check out the new Bayside Library Facebook page to get all the latest from your library. Like us on the Bayside Library page to never miss out on any of our events and activities. ... https://www.facebook.com/baysidelibrary/

15.01.2022 Only a couple of days until our special Fathers' Day story time!

14.01.2022 Meet your Library Staff: This is Natalie Funston, the Information Literacy and Knowledge Specialist. Natalie is currently reading Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty for September's Rockdale Readers Friday Book Club. ... When not reading or being an informationally literate and knowledgeable powerhouse, Natalie likes to watch the Swans play. When not making poor football team decisions she is also known to make her husband go on bizarre bush walks.

13.01.2022 Book Week Winners Every year the library celebrates Children's Book Week with an activity program and an art competition which are open to all pre-schools, childcare centres and primary school. This year, the art competition attracted 2,795 entries. On Thursday, 8 September, former Mayor Bill Saravinovski congratulated the winners of the competition on their achievement. ... Some of the talented young artists are pictured here with former Mayor Bill Saravinovski and Coordinator Library Services Paula Pfoeffer. Congratulations to all entrants on your magnificent efforts.

12.01.2022 Love knitting or crocheting or always wanted to start? Come into Rock and Wool knitting and crochet group at Rockdale Library. All skill levels are welcome. Needles, hooks & wool provided. BYO pattern or create fabulous blanket squares for charity. Learn a new skill and laugh with new friends.... Free, refreshments provided. See more

12.01.2022 Congratulations! Lots of families participated in Rockdale City Library's Fathers' Day Storytime on Saturday 3 September. All participants had a chance to win one of three artworks by internationally renowned artist Stephen Michael King. Stephen created the artworks at the Rockdale Library Grand Opening in July. Congratulations to our winners Maya (pictured with Kohana and Library Manager Paula Pfoeffer), Glenn and Rob.

11.01.2022 Bayside Council was proclaimed on Friday 9 September 2016. It brings together the City of Botany Bay and Rockdale City Councils. The City covers approximately 55 square kilometres and has an estimated population of 156,500.

09.01.2022 The Library is looking for artists! Are you a visual artist and have work you'd like to exhibit or a musician/busker who loves to perform? Rockdale Library will be hosting an event on Saturday 5 November and would love for you to join us with your artistic works on display and your musical talents filling the air.... We are currently seeking expressions of interest, so please send to [email protected]

09.01.2022 With the weather taking a turn for the beautiful over the last few weeks all our thoughts are moving toward spending the days lounging in some sand, sun and surf. But what's a day at the beach without some great food? Well this week's #FlashbackFriday has your gastronomic needs covered. Welcome to Sol's Fish Inn at Doll's Point, brought to you by the Local Studies Collection. To early for lunch? Well they cover you for morning and afternoon tea. Looking for a satisfying fish...y lunch? Then grab one of their fish meals and light refreshments. Or maybe you'd prefer some oysters, local of course, served on a plate shell. And then soak in that mid-afternoon heat while lounging around with your "double bunger" super frozen treat or Peters Ice Cream. Getting to late in the day and want to head home? Not a problem, because you can take home some freshly cooked fish and potato scallops. Why do I feel so hungry?

09.01.2022 Missing your #FlashbackFriday? Been a while since you explored our #eMagazine of the week? Or maybe you just want to find out the latest of what's happening at your library? Then jump over to Bayside Library for all the latest updates of what's happening in your library. https://www.facebook.com/baysidelibrary/

08.01.2022 We have two conversation groups for people wanting to improve their spoken English.

07.01.2022 Standing room only at the Poetry Slam heats today at Rockdale Library. Amazing talent in the room

07.01.2022 Attention all Rockdale Library likers! We are now part of Bayside Council which brought together Botany Bay Council and Rockdale City Council. To commemorate this exciting new phase of library service in the new Bayside Council we have new Facebook page. ... To show your support and stay informed with all library activities and news just click through to the new Bayside NSW Library page and like us all over again by pressing that little like button. https://www.facebook.com/baysidelibrary/

07.01.2022 Want to keep up to date with your library? Click through to Bayside Council Library's Facebook page, click on that handy like button, and get all the latest from Bayside Council Library. https://www.facebook.com/baysidelibrary/

06.01.2022 More information about the draft Bayside LEP is at https://haveyoursay.bayside.nsw.gov.au/lep-2020

04.01.2022 Mental Heath and Wellbeing Expo about to start at Rickdale Library #loveyourmind

03.01.2022 Spring is here and what better way to commemorate than celebrating creativity during Readers and Writers Month. Join in with a Book Group, or listen to some fascinating author talks, or even turn your hand at writing your own story. Check out the full list of activities during this creative month: https://rockdalelibrarynews.wordpress.com//readers-and-wr/

03.01.2022 Like what you see here? Wanna see more? Then come over to the new Bayside Library Facebook page. That's right, we have a new page where you can find out everything that's happening at your Library. Just click on the link below, like us on our new page, and stay up to date with all the latest library info. ... https://www.facebook.com/baysidelibrary/

02.01.2022 Coming into the library to borrow, pick up a reserve or return some of our many books, CDs, DVDs, and magazines but not sure how to do it? Watch this handy video tutorial and borrow with confidence! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGGjmiq1NyU... #videotutorial #library #borrowing #reserves #returns See more