This is a list of Carnegie libraries in Oceania. Although most of Carnegie's philanthropic efforts were aimed at North America and Europe, a handful of libraries are scattered in other English-speaking areas of the world. New Zealand, with 18 Carnegie libraries, received the fourth-most libraries of any country.
Carnegie financed four libraries in Australia.
| City or locality | State | Image | Date granted[1] [2] | Grant amount[3] | Inflation adjusted amount | Location | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | Hobart | Tasmania | $36,505 | $ | ||||||
| align=center | 2 | Midland Junction | Western Australia | $7,300 | $ | ||||||
| align=center | 3 | Mildura | Victoria | $9,825 | $ | ||||||
| align=center | 4 | Northcote | Victoria | $14,610 | $ | ||||||
| align=center | Total | — | — | — | — | align=right | $68,240 | $ | — | — |
There is a Carnegie library in Suva, Fiji's capital, funded by the philanthropist with a $7,300 grant ($ today) on 13 December 1907.[1]
There was a Carnegie library in Kota Bharu.[4] The library is now called Kelantan Public Library Corporation.
There is a Carnegie library in Curepipe.[4]
The money for Carnegie libraries in the Dominions (the contemporary term used for former colonies such as Australia, New Zealand and South Africa within the British Empire) was administered from New York. Twenty-five towns and boroughs applied for funding and eighteen libraries were provided in New Zealand. The country had the fourth-highest number of Carnegie libraries, behind the USA, the UK and Canada:[5]
| Town | Region | Image | Date granted | Grant amount | Location | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | Alexandra | Otago | $3,880 | Demolished in 1978 | |||||
| align=center | 2 | Balclutha | Otago | $4,870 | ||||||
| align=center | 3 | Cambridge | Waikato | $4,870 | ||||||
| align=center | 4 | Dannevirke | Manawatū-Whanganui | $9,690 | Threatened by demolition as of August 2020[6] | |||||
| align=center | 5 | Dunedin | Otago | $48,700 | Dunedin Public Library moved to a new building in 1981. | |||||
| align=center | 6 | Fairlie | Canterbury | $4,875 | ||||||
| align=center | 7 | Gore | Southland | $9,750 | 14 Hokonui Drive | Eastern Southland Gallery | ||||
| align=center | 8 | Greymouth | West Coast | $10,967 | Destroyed by arson in 1947[7] | |||||
| align=center | 9 | Hamilton | Waikato | $9,720 | 354 Victoria Street | Opened 27 February 1908; demolished in 1960 | ||||
| align=center | 10 | Hastings | Hawke's Bay | $12,175 | Opened in 1907; demolished in 1931 | |||||
| align=center | 11 | Hokitika | West Coast | $12,175 | Hokitika Museum | |||||
| align=center | 12 | Levin | Manawatū-Whanganui | $7,290 | Demolished in 1965 | |||||
| align=center | 13 | Marton | Manawatū-Whanganui | $6,075 | ||||||
| align=center | 14 | New Plymouth | Taranaki | $12,150 | Demolished in 1957 | |||||
| align=center | 15 | Onehunga | Auckland | $9,720 | ||||||
| align=center | 16 | Thames | Waikato | $9,760 | In 2014 the library was restored and extended to provide archive and genealogy facilities for the Thames Coromandel area[8] | |||||
| align=center | 17 | Timaru | Canterbury | $21,010 | ||||||
| align=center | 18 | Westport | West Coast | $9,720 | Lyndhurst Street | The library moved to a new building in 2003[9] | ||||
| align=center | Total | — | — | — | — | align=right | $207,397 | — | — |