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\u201cWe\u2019ve still got a lot of second-hand bricks leftover, so we might use them to make some paths.\u201d<\/p>\n
The next phase of the Linton Library works include repairs to the weather boards, and the repainting of the building with funding coming from the State Government\u2019s Living Local grant program.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will take another couple of years to finish the job,\u201d Ms Wheeler said.<\/p>\n
Many librarians, mostly women, lived in the two back rooms on site, and the historical society\u2019s members have the goal to recreate these kitchen-living and bedroom areas. There was no bathroom inside.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was job for women, and in a way, a secure place to live. At one point, a librarian\u2019s adult children slept on the veranda, which was somehow enclosed,\u201d Ms Wheeler said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a sleep out built later on in the 1950s which accommodated the two or three boys, and then a wash house out the back. They somehow managed with no running water.\u201d<\/p>\n
Like \u201cfollowing a recipe,\u201d the works are being done according to the 2014 Linton Library conservation management plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE historic Linton Library is another step closer to returning to its best. Works to rebuild and restore the heritage chimney, and an internal fireplace, are now complete and paid for with funds from the Federal Government and the Golden Plains Shire. Linton and District Historical Society president Jill Wheeler said the group\u2019s aim is […]<\/p>\n