The collection includes around 15,000 items dating back to the 1800s.
It was formerly part of the Aquinas Library; established in 1932 by the Christian Brothers’ Old Boys’ Literary and Debating Society.
Important Queensland Catholic literary figures donated items to the Aquinas Library. They include Martin Haley, Rev. T.P. Boland, Rev. O.K. Oxenham and John P. Kelly.
The collection is on permanent loan to our Brisbane Library from the Archdiocese of Brisbane. Registered Library members can borrow from this collection.