New South Wales Archives and Libraries

Archives collect and preserve original documents from organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books and maps. This article describes the major national and New South Wales archives and libraries that hold genealogical and historical information.

Government Archives
National Archives of Australia National Archives New South Wales Office 120 Miller Road Chester Hill New South Wales, Australia Phone: 02 9782 4900 Postal address: Locked Bag 4, Chester Hill, NSW 2162, Australia Website Research Guides Family history -
 * Most of the State Archives Collection is in the form of original documents and can be viewed in our Reading Room at Kingswood.Some records of regional significance are held in our Regional Archives Centres.

New South Wales State Archives Head Office The Mint 10 Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia Phone: + 61 2 8239 2288 Email: info@mhnsw.au Website
 * The collection includes a diverse range of items and formats, such as letters, files, photographs, maps, posters, film, video and e-records. From local school records to royal commissions, divorce papers to shipping registers, criminal trials to adoption records, the collection tracks through time the myriad interconnections between public agencies and private lives. The collection is one of the most complete records of the process of colonisation, and includes a number of items inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.

New South Wales State Archives Western Sydney Records Centre 161 O'Connell Street Kingswood NSW 2747 Australia FAQ

Regional Archives Centres Information and addresses.

Libraries
'''State Library of New South Wales Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia Phone +61 2 9273 1414 Website Family History Service
 * We have a dedicated family history area in the Governor Marie Bashir Reading Room, where you will find family history records and resources, including electoral rolls, telephone books, newspapers and how-to handbooks. Librarians are available to help you get started with your research and to guide you through the Library’s collections.

University Archives

 * Australian National University Archives (including Noel Butlin Archives Centre and Pacific Research Archives)

Other Archives

 * Australian Trade Union Archives
 * State Archives and Records of New South Wales - online guide to goldmining industry

Another major source of archival material is Newspapers. Australian newspapers all have archives of important events in the past. The following WIKIPEDIA website provides a list of Australian newspapers:

Newspapers in Australia

General Guides to Archives
Printed guides may be helpful in locating family history material.


 * White, Olga, Anne-Marie Schwirtlich, and Jennifer Nash, comp. Our Heritage. O’Connor, Australian Capital Territory, Australia: Australian Society of Archivists, 1983. (FS Library book .)
 * Australian Archives. Relations in records: a Guide to Family History Sources in the Australian Archives. Canberra, Australia: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1988. (FS Library book .) The following book contains a listing of indexes that are available in Australian libraries:
 * Henty, Margaret, and Rachel Jakimow. Indexes in Australian libraries. Canberra, Australia: National Library of Australia, 1995. (FS Library book .)

FamilySearch Catalog
The FamilySearch Library has other guides. Call numbers for these can be found in the library's catalog by using the Place Search for:

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