Honouring Harley Daley

Join us as we honour the legacy of Harley James Daley with a special event to transport Mr Daley's WWII medals - held as part of the library's collection - from their current home at HJ Daley Library to the new library's new location at Downtown Plaza on Queen Street. 

Community members are invited to join a chain of participants to help pass the medals down Queen Street to the new location alongside the Daley family. 

Following the event, everyone is invited to join us at Mawson Park for refreshments.

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About Harley Daley

Harley James Daley was appointed Town Clerk (now known as the CEO) in 1931. As Town Clerk for 41 years, Mr Daley watched over Campbelltown as it grew from 8000 people into a city of more than 130,000.

The only break in his term came with World War II when he joined the ill-fated 8th Division, was captured by the Japanese, and spent three and a half years in Changi Prison where he kept a private diary detailing the harrowing experiences of the infamous prison.

The Campbelltown Agricultural Society, Lions Club, Golf Club, RSL, Masonic Lodge, regional hospitals and countless sporting groups can all speak to his involvement, and in 1961 he was awarded the MBE for his services.

Harley admitted to being “the proudest man in Campbelltown” upon his retirement in 1971 when the Council named the new city library in his honour. He died in 1987.

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HJ Daley Library, 1 Hurley Street, Campbelltown, 2560, View Map