ContributorCommunity HistoryDescriptionCecil Florey was the first Shire City Librarian. Cecil was instrumental in promoting the need for libraries and the establishment of the City of Stirling library service.
The Karrinyup library opened with 40,000 books (comprised of 25,000 Stirling stock and 15,000 Library Board stock). This stock count was unheard of as the Library Board provided only up to 20,000 books to a new library.
Karrinyup library was the first library in Australia to install a computer system for circulation control only. The Automated Library Systems (ALS).
Cecil Florey championed new technology, encouraged the use of computers and had progressive views in Library management.Creator organisationCity of StirlingDate created1974
Front desk Karrinyup library. City of Stirling Art and History Collection, accessed 18/03/2026, https://collections.stirling.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/12911
