50 Years at State Records – a video

In 2011, State Records NSW is celebrating its 50th anniversary. This is a video montage featuring images of our facilities and operations (both public and ‘behind the scenes’), agencies which created the State archives, and selected items from the collection.

Images used in the slideshow

Record creators

Records Storage – Shea’s Creek 1955-83 Kingswood 1974-79

  • Shea’s Creek Repository 1977
  • NW Interior – Shea’s Creek Repository  1957
  • Les Johnson inside Shea’s Creek 1967
  • Kingswood 1979
  • Internal view Kingswood storage 1974

Archives at the Library : to 1978

Archives at the Rocks 1979-

  • Rocks Building From Nurses Walk 1979
  • Rocks Building 1979 Reading Room Andrew Wilson (Archivist) Richard Raxworthy (Reader)
  • Rocks Building 1979 Processing Area Christine Shergold
  • Microfilming camera in Rocks Building c. 1983
  • Rocks Building from Globe Street
  • Rocks Building Exhibition Area
  • Col Sec furniture – cabinet and chair

Western Sydney Records Centre, Kingswood

  • WSRC Kingswood _aerial_view
  • Kingswood  Stage 6 external
  • Kingswood Stage 6 shelving
  • Kingswood Services Building
  • Kingswood Reading Room
  • Kingswood Conservation from cutting bench
  • Conservation close-up

Regional Repositories Armidale and Wagga Wagga

  • Regional Repository Armidale
  • Regional Repository –  Wagga Wagga
  • Regional Repository Wagga Wagga –  arrangement and description

From the State Archives Collection

(All in 50th Exhibition, except charter of Justice)