A network of Regional Archives Centres, located in host institutions in Armidale, Broken Hill, Newcastle, Wagga Wagga, Wingecarribee and Wollongong provide access to State archives of regional significance and to copies of key State archives.
Why do we have a network?
The network gives physical context to regional State archives by keeping them within the communities where they were created and gives those communities ready access to their archives.
What is a Regional Archives Centre?
A Regional Archives Centre is a public office (to date, either a university or a local council), that houses and makes available the archives of its host institution plus other State archives of regional significance. This includes archives from a range of public offices such as Local Land Boards, Schools, Councils, Police and Local Courts. The Archives Centres also house copies of our Archives Resources Kit and private collections of regional records.
Background
The network began in 1963 when the then Archives Authority agreed to place selected public records in the custody of the University of New England at Armidale. More than forty years later the regionalisation of NSW State Archives archival collection has evolved into a network of partner organisations that between them house over 4,000 linear metres of State archives.
Armidale
University of New England Heritage Centre
C. B. Newling Campus, Cnr Dangar and Kentucky Streets, Armidale NSW 2351
Postal address: UNE Heritage Centre, University of New England NSW 2351
Tel: +61 2 6773 6555
Contact: Jo Willey | Email: heritage@une.edu.au
Broken Hill
Outback Archives Broken Hill City Library
Blende Street, Broken Hill, NSW 2880
Postal address: Broken Hill City Library, PO Box 448, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Tel: +61 8 8080 3460
Contact: Tracy Fraser | Email: Tracy.Fraser@brokenhill.nsw.gov.au
Newcastle
Laman Street, Newcastle, NSW 2300
Postal address: Newcastle Region Library, PO Box 489, Newcastle NSW 2300
Tel: +61 2 4974 5330
Contact: Sue Ryan | Email: sfryan@ncc.nsw.gov.au
2. Cultural Collections (University of Newcastle)
Level 2 Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan NSW 2308
Postal address: Cultural Collections, University Drive, Callaghan NSW 2308
Tel: +61 2 4921 5354
Contact: Gionni DiGravio | Email: archives@newcastle.edu.au
Wagga Wagga
Charles Sturt University Regional Archives
Blakemore Building, Hely Avenue, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650
Postal address: CSU Regional Archives, Locked Bag 588, Wagga Wagga NSW 2678
Tel: +61 2 6933 4590
Contact: Wayne Doubleday / Jillian Kohlhagen / Paul O'Donnell
Email: archive@csu.edu.au
Wingecarribee
Bendooley St, Bowral NSW 2576
Postal address: Wingecarribee Shire Council, PO Box 141, Moss Vale NSW 2577
Tel: 1300 266 235
Contact: Billie Arnull | Email: libweb@wsc.nsw.gov.au
Wollongong
University of Wollongong Library
Northfields Avenue WOLLONGONG NSW 2522
Postal address: University Archives, University of Wollongong Library, Northfields Avenue, NSW 2522
Tel: +61 2 4221 3543
Contact: | Email: uow-archives@uow.edu.au