Established in 1991 as the Youth Literature Program, the Centre was originally based at the Victorian Writers' Centre. In 1992 it moved to St Martin's Youth Arts Centre where it remained until 1998. That year the Victorian government, through Arts Victoria, funded the Australian Centre for Youth Literature to undertake a strategic planning process which resulted in the recommendation to relocate to the State Library of Victoria, which occurred in 1999. The Centre for Youth Literature is now a fully integrated program and resource of the Library. In 2005, the name was abbreviated to the Centre for Youth Literature. (http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/youthlit/ sighted 13/12/2005.)
