Periodicals

The list of all periodicals received in the RGS library, with the date ranges, can be seen by selecting  this link: Periodicals. 

Periodicals have been received since the formation of the society and an extensive range of geographical and historical information has been accumulated. 

For over a century your Society has been exchanging Journals and subscribing to local and overseas periodicals. For many years a large portion of this ever-growing Periodicals collection has been stored in the basement of the State Library, but from 31 March this year this storage facility will no longer be available.  Unfortunately there is nowhere else within the Society’s Library to house all of this large collection and we are making a final check with members to see if anyone is interested in the material.

If any member wishes to take a small number of volumes, defined in this case as less than 0.5 lineal metres, the Society’s librarians will arrange this on behalf of the member by making them available for collection in the Society’s library. If postage or courier is required costs will be passed on to the member. Where greater than 0.5 lineal metres of material is requested the volumes must be packed and removed at the member’s own cost using professional removalists approved by the State Library.


Expressions of interest have now closed.

Reducing the Stock of Periodicals