Fact sheet 1 – Addresses and hours of opening

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PO Box 7425
Canberra BC
ACT 2610
PO Box 7425
Canberra BC ACT 2610
Tel: 1300 886 881
Fax: (02) 6212 3499
Email: servicerecords@naa.gov.au
Email: copyright@naa.gov.au

Reading rooms

National Archives reading rooms are closed on public holidays.

CanberraHours of openingExtended hours / services

Queen Victoria Terrace
Parkes ACT 2600

Tel: (02) 6212 3900
Fax: (02) 6212 3999

PO Box 7425
Canberra BC
ACT 2610

Location map

Reading rooms:

9.00am – 5.00pm weekdays

9.00am – 5.00pm Saturdays*

Exhibition galleries:

9.00am – 5.00pm every day (except Christmas Day and Good Friday).

Open until 9.00pm each Tuesday.*

(Last delivery of newly requested items to the reading room at 5.00pm)

* Please send us an advance request to view records.

SydneyHours of openingExtended hours / services

120 Miller Road
Chester Hill
NSW 2162

Tel: (02) 9645 0110
Fax: (02) 9645 0108

Locked Bag 4
Chester Hill
NSW 2162

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9.00am – 4.30pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays

9.00am – 1.00pm on the following Saturdays between January and June 2008:

26 July
30 August
27 September
18 October
29 November
13 December

No new issues of items after 3.30pm.

There is no item delivery from the repository on Saturdays – please send us an advance request to view records.

 

MelbourneHours of openingExtended hours / services

Victorian Archives Centre

99 Shiel Street
North Melbourne
VIC 3051

Tel: (03) 9348 5600
Fax: (03) 9348 5628

PO Box 8005
Burwood Heights
VIC 3151

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9.00am – 4.30pm weekdays

9.00am – 4.30pm second and last Saturday of each month (but not on Saturdays of a long weekend).

Allow up to 48 hours for retrieval of items. There is no item delivery from the repository on Saturdays – please send us an advance request to view records.

The Victorian Archives Centre reading room is operated jointly by the National Archives and the Public Record Office of Victoria (PRO).

Material from both archives may be viewed in the Shiel Street reading room. Different access arrangements and charging regimes apply to PRO material. Information explaining the differences is available in the reading room or can be sent prior to a visit.

BrisbaneHours of openingExtended hours / services

Office:
16 Corporate Drive
Cannon Hill
QLD 4170

Tel: (07) 3249 4226
Fax: (07) 3399 6589

PO Box 552
Cannon Hill
QLD 4170

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9.00am – 4.30pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays

9.00am – 1.00pm on the following Saturdays in 2008:

19 January
16 February
15 March 
19 April 
17 May 
21 June 
19 July
16 August 
20 September 
18 October 
15 November 
20 December

There is no item delivery from the repository on Saturdays – please send us an advance request to view records.

 

PerthHours of openingExtended hours / services

384 Berwick Street
East Victoria Park
WA 6101

Tel: (08) 9470 7500
Fax: (08) 9470 2787

PO Box 1144
East Victoria Park
WA 6981

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9.00am – 4.30pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays

Not available

AdelaideHours of openingExtended hours / services

78 Angas Street 
Adelaide SA 5000

Tel: (08) 8409 8400
Fax: (08) 8409 8499

PO Box 6536
Halifax Street(Adelaide) SA 5000

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9.00am – 4.30pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays

9.00am – 1.00pm on the following Saturdays in 2008:

19 January
15 March
10 May
26 July 
6 September 
15 November

There is no item delivery from the repository on Saturdays – please send us an advance request to view records.

 

HobartHours of openingExtended hours / services

85 Macquarie Street
Hobart TAS 7000

Tel: (03) 6230 6111
Fax: (03) 6230 6134

GPO Box 309
Hobart TAS 7001

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9.00am – 4.30pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays

DarwinHours of openingExtended hours / services

Kelsey Crescent
Millner NT 0810

Tel: (08) 8985 0300
Fax: (08) 8985 0399

PO Box 24
Nightcliff NT 0814

Location map

9.00am – 4.30pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays

Other archival institutions in Australia

For address details of other major archival institutions in Australia see:

Comments or other feedback can be sent to archives@naa.gov.au

updated July 2008