Primary contact
via Avondale College Library, 582 Freemans Drive, Cooranbong Postal address: PO Box 19, Cooranbong 2265Cooranbong, New South Wales 2265
Identity area
Identifier
daa/157
Authorized form of name
Adventist Heritage Centre, Cooranbong, New South Wales
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
- Formerly Avondale College Heritage Room
Type
- Religious
Contact area
Ms R Power
Type
Address
Street address
via Avondale College Library, 582 Freemans Drive, Cooranbong
Postal address: PO Box 19, Cooranbong 2265
Postal address: PO Box 19, Cooranbong 2265
Locality
Cooranbong
Region
New South Wales
Country name
Postal code
2265
Telephone
02 4980 2313
Fax
Note
Description area
History
The Heritage Collection was begun in 1974 with the intention of collecting material which records the origins, progress and activities of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.
It is located in the Avondale College of Higher Education, Lake Macquarie Campus.
Geographical and cultural context
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
Officer in charge: Ms R Power
Records management and collecting policies
We aim to collect, preserve, research and exhibit the heritage and development of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and its subsidiaries within Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Extensive photographic collection, particularly Pacific Islands missions.
Buildings
Holdings
- Documents: church records/bulletins, letters, reports, minutes, biographies, stories, paper clippings, sermon notes/research, etc.
- Films: home movies, evangelistic and mission, short features, etc.
- Photographs: buildings, events, places, people, etc.
- Charts: evangelistic, Bible, MV, Pathfinders etc.
- Manuscripts: books, pamphlets and serials which are listed in the Avondale College Library Catalogue.
- Models and artefacts: clothing, gowns, buildings, projectors, nails, tiles etc.
- Videos: college and division productions.
Finding aids, guides and publications
Access area
Opening times
Monday to Thursday 1-4pm or by appointment.
Access conditions and requirements
Advance notice of each visit is required.
Closed period applying to records varies with categories. Access to records not normally available for research can be granted to approved applications.
Accessibility
Services area
Research services
Reference assistance available in person or by mail.
Reproduction services
Copying services available for most material.
Public areas
Control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised 16 May 2018
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Religion (Thematic area)