Book returned to Australian library – 150 years overdue
‘We’ve never had anything that old come back’: Kiama library manager Michelle Hudson with the book Antiquities of Athens. Photograph: Jane Thompson/APView image in fullscreen‘We’ve never had anything that old come back’: Kiama library manager Michelle Hudson with the book Antiquities of Athens. That was calculated on the British three pence a week overdue fee that was printed on the inside cover of the book, along with a list of rules that applied when the library opened in 1872.View image in fullscreenThe book was marked as No 506 in the library’s original collection of about 1,000 books.
- ▪‘We’ve never had anything that old come back’: Kiama library manager Michelle Hudson with the book Antiquities of Athens.
- ▪Photograph: Jane Thompson/APView image in fullscreen‘We’ve never had anything that old come back’: Kiama library manager Michelle Hudson with the book Antiquities of Athens.
- ▪That was calculated on the British three pence a week overdue fee that was printed on the inside cover of the book, along with a list of rules that applied when the library opened in 1872.View image in fullscreenThe book was marked as No 50
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‘We’ve never had anything that old come back’: Kiama library manager Michelle Hudson with the book Antiquities of Athens. Photograph: Jane Thompson/APView image in fullscreen‘We’ve never had anything that old come back’: Kiama library manager Michelle Hudson with the book Antiquities of Athens. Photograph: Jane Thompson/APAustralia newsBook returned to Australian library – 150 years overdueThe book, Antiquities of Athens, was handed back to Kiama library by a man who found it bricked into a wallAssociated PressThu 30 Jul 2026 06.59 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleAn Australian public library has had a book returned an estimated 150 years late after being found behind a wall during a home renovation.The book, Antiquities of Athens, published in 1858, was returned to the library in the…
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