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South Perth Young Writers Award 2023

The South Perth Young Writers Award encourages excellence in creative writing and is open to all students from Year one through to Year 12 who live in or attend school within the City of South Perth.

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Time for...

Time for rhymes, movement, stories, play and more! These regular events are for children under 5.

Discover South Perth

If you thought you knew all there was to know about South Perth, take a closer look with our new, interactive Discover South Perth mobile friendly site.

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Click: Be Connected

The City's libraries are offering free digital literacy training for seniors at both Manning and South Perth libraries.

Latest News

Temporary change to Old Mill opening hours

Library 2 June 2023

The Old Mill will close at 1pm, Friday 2 June and opening hours will differ until Friday 9 June 2023.

Manning Men's Shed and Moorditj Keila bring Little Library to Manning

Library 31 May 2023

The Manning Men's Shed and artists from Moorditj Keila have collaborated to create a charming Little Library at the Manning Community Centre's Laneway.

Libby Book Club for WA - June 2023

Event 24 May 2023

The Libby Book Club for WA is a monthly digital book club available exclusively to Western Australian library members hosted by local author David Allan-Petale.

Young people learn coding at Manning Library

Library 9 May 2023

CoderDojo is a worldwide initiative that helps young people between 7 and 17 learn to code.

Libby Book Club for WA - May 2023

Event 24 April 2023

The Libby Book Club for WA is a monthly digital book club available exclusively to Western Australian library members hosted by local author David Allan-Petale.

Language development and your child: a speech therapist talk for parents

17 April 2023

Come along to this FREE event on 2 June, to hear experienced local speech therapist Jenny Edgar talk about children's language development.

Get Job Ready - Manning Library

Event 17 April 2023

Manning library is hosting a series of Get Job Ready sessions to prepare individuals for employment and increase their digital literacy skills.

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South Perth Library

  • Phone 9474 0800
  • Opening Hours Monday 9.30am-5.30pm
    Tuesday 9.30am-7pm
    Wednesday 9.30am-7pm
    Thursday 9.30am-7pm
    Friday 9.30am-5.30pm
    Saturday 10am-4pm
    Sunday CLOSED
  • Address Cnr South Tce & Sandgate St, South Perth

Manning Library

  • Phone 9474 0822
  • Opening Hours Monday 9.30am-5.30pm
    Tuesday 9.30am-5.30pm
    Wednesday 9.30am-7pm
    Thursday 9.30am-5.30pm
    Friday 9.30am-5.30pm
    Saturday 10am-4pm
    Sunday CLOSED
  • Address 2 Conochie Cres, Manning