State Rail Authority of New South Wales
Contact
- Street address
- c/- State Records New South Wales, Western Sydney Records Centre, 143 O'Connell Street, Kingswood NSW 2747
- Postal address
- As above
- Phone
- (02) 9673-1788
- Fax
- (02) 9833-4518
About
- Quantity
- 2,000m
- Major holdings
- State Rail Authority and predecessor agencies: Annual reports 1850-(2.8m); Plans and drawings 1855- (200m); Photographs 1870s- (55m); Personal history cards 1910-1991 (322m); Timetables 1874- (10m); Staff journals 1892- (2.1m); Rolling stock cards 1926-1991 (20m).
- Sydney Railway Company: Correspondence out 1848-1855 (0.2m).
- Railways of New South Wales: Correspondence out 1855-1867 (0.3m); Commissioners' minute books 1855-1924 (0.3m); Proclaimed plans 1849-1928 (14m).
- Guides
- State Rail Authority of New South Wales Archives Section: Brief Guide to Holdings July 1980.
- References
- Best, Thomas, 'Working on the Railways' Archives and Manuscripts 15/1 (May 1987):48-55
- Creevey, Coralie 'Keeping it' Directions in Government (October 1987): 60-62
- 'Archives get `Best' Treatment' State Wide (November 1988): 4
Last updated: 2010-10-11