Australian Society of Archivists

Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and Sat 10am-4pm; closed Sundays and public holidays. Reference assistance available . Copying services for original records to A3, microfilms, photographs, maps and plans. Introductory brochure available.

Minimum age 18 years. Minimum age 18 years. Application for access approved on the spot only for original records in the open access period. 2 forms of identity with signatures required. Closed period of 30 years applies to most records. Access to records not normally available for research can be gained by letter of authority from creating agency.

To preserve records which:document government policy, determination and action; embody citizens' legal rights; and document information about their existence and identity. Records which are valuable for research on all aspects of the history and development of the State, communities, individuals, public administration.

• Major holdings are available from the Western Sydney Records Centre and may be pre-ordered. Uncopied records are stored at the Western Sydney Records Centre.

• Gore, Richard 'Archives Authority of New South Wales: The First 25 years, 1961-1986' Descent 16/3 (September 1986).
• Allen, Michael 'Administration of public archives to 1988' APILS (March 1988).

• State Records New South Wales - Western Sydney Records Centre
• State Records New South Wales - Armidale Repository
• State Records New South Wales - Broken Hill Repository
• State Records New South Wales - Newcastle Repository (1)
• State Records New South Wales - Newcastle Repository (2)
• State Records New South Wales - Wagga Wagga Repository
• State Records New South Wales - Wollongong Repository