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The MCC Library provides a collection of library materials for a range of users.
Clients include MCC members, staff, academics, journalists, historians, students, tour groups and members of the MCG community. As a reference library, it does not loan its holdings.The strengths of the collection are in cricket, Australian football, Olympic Games, tennis, golf, and 19th and early 20th century Melbourne newspapers – specifically the Australasian, Melbourne Punch and Melbourne Leader.
There are substantial holdings in a number of other sports ranging from archery and athletics through to wrestling and yachting.
The cricket collection consists mainly of biographies, histories of clubs and competitions, and statistical material.
There is a large collection of rare books, some dating from the 1600s, some in mint condition, others watermarked and annotated by previous owners.
Image resources
News Photos (Herald and Weekly Times)http://www.newsphotos.com.au
Getty Images Australia
http://www.gettyimages.com
Email: info.asiapac@gettyimages.com
Sport the Library
http://www.sportlibrary.com.au
Email: library@sportlibrary.com.au
National Film and Sound Archive
http://www.screensound.gov.au
Email: melbourne.nfsa@afc.gov.au
State Library of Victoria
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au
Email: pics@slv.vic.gov.au
National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au/pict/
The National Archives of Australia
http://www.aa.gov.au/publications/fact_sheets
Public Record Office Victoria
http://www.prov.vic.gov.au
Tel: (03) 9348 5600
Email: ask.prov@dvc.vic.gov.au
Research services and information
Professional Historians Association (Vic) Inc.http://www.phavic.org.au/contacts.htm
Email: mail@phavic.org.au
Museum & Gallery Services Queensland Consultants and suppliers register
http://www.magsq.com.au
Email: information@mgsq.come.au
National Sport Information Centre
http://www.ausport.gov.au/nsic/
Australian Society for Sports History
http://www.sporthistory.org
Email (Secretary): ian.warren@vu.edu.au
Royal Historical Society of Victoria
http://www.historyvictoria.org.au/
Email: office@historyvictoria.org.au
Cricket statistics
Cricket archivehttp://www.cricketarchive.com
Email: feedback@cricketarchive.com
Cricinfo
http://www.cricinfo.com
Commonwealth Games
Australian Commonwealth Games Associationhttp://www.commonwealthgames.org.au
Email: acga@ausport.gov.au
Olympic Games
Official website of the Olympic Movementhttp://www.olympic.org