Ifould, Remington and Metcalfe: three mostly wise men behind the New South Wales Library Act 1939

Abstract

Abstract Three men were the driving force behind the passing of the New South Wales Library Act by the New South Wales Parliament in the early hours of 3 November 1939: John Metcalfe, Geoffrey Cochrane Remington and William Herbert Ifould. This paper explores the ways in which their differences and their similarities melded to make this happen.