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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Kelly Burke

Sydney’s Yellamundie library among the world’s most beautiful as finalists for annual award revealed

Yellamundie library at Liverpool in Sydney’s south-west
Yellamundie library in Sydney is one of four finalists in an international competition to name the best new library in the world. Photograph: Brett Boardman/FJC Studio/Liverpool city council

A public building in the heart of Sydney’s south-west is one of the most beautiful new libraries in the world, according to the international arbiters of temples to literature.

Liverpool council’s new library, which opened in December last year as part of the Yellamundie Civic Place Library and Art Gallery, is one of four finalists in the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions annual Public Library of the Year award.

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