Buninyong Information Centre

408 Warrenheip Street, Buninyong

Open: 11am - 2pm every day.

Phone/fax: 03 5341 8211

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Discover more about Buninyong's past and present by calling in to the Buninyong Information Centre

Based in the Reading Room of the Old Buninyong Library, the range of interesting material includes: tourist brochures and maps, information packs with special offers for new residents, historical books, objects and photos, family history resources and the complete records for the Buninyong Cemetery. Low-cost broadband internet access is also available.

Friendly volunteers are on hand to advise you about things to do in and around Buninyong and to assist you with genealogical or historical enquiries.

The Story of the Old Library

A rare survivor of early weatherboard buildings in Buninyong, the building has a fascinating history. It is architecturally interesting with its classical facade and is on the State Heritage Register but we are lucky it still exists.

Donated to the Buninyong community by Robert Allan in 1861, it operated as a Free Library for many years then gradually fell into disuse and disrepair and was threatened with demolition. Thankfully, it was saved from total dereliction by a major restoration effort in the 1990's and it is now well used and widely recognised as one of Buninyong's historical gems.

History of the Old Buninyong Library

Buninyong Joint Library Trust

The Old Library, which consists of the Reading Room and the adjoining shop, is managed by the Buninyong Joint Library Trust. The Trust is a community-based incorporated association which meets regularly in the Reading Room of the Old Library.

Buninyong Community Website

The Buninyong Joint Library Trust also manages the Buninyong Community Website from Old Library.

Take a bow, Buninyong!

The Buninyong Community Website won the Leonie Dunbar Memorial Award for Community Websites at a Gala Dinner held on Tuesday 30th August 2016 in the Plaza Ballroom in Melbourne for the 2016 Australian and New Zealand Internet Awards (ANZIAs).
The handsome trophy is now on permanent display in the Buninyong Information Centre. More info in About Us and the October 2016 Buninyong Newsletter