Enter from the public forecourt near Leake Street and Stirling Highway in Peppermint Grove. The library is across the highway from Cottesloe Village.
The Grove’s Community History Library is a great place to dig into the Cott that came before. Its collection covers Cottesloe, Mosman Park and Peppermint Grove, with more than 3,500 historic photographs, oral histories, newspapers, reports and records of local people, properties and events. Many of the photographs can also be explored online.
The wider library is a useful stop in its own right, with books and magazines, free Wi-Fi, computers, study and meeting spaces, children’s Story Time and Rhyme Time, author talks, exhibitions, concerts and other community events. Membership is free for WA residents.
The Grove is at 1 Leake Street, Peppermint Grove, just east of Stirling Highway from Cottesloe Village. Use the pedestrian crossings to get there safely, and check the current opening hours and events before visiting. If you find a historic photograph you’d like to reuse, ask the Community History Library about permissions rather than assuming an online image is free to reproduce.