Australian Jewish Historical Society (NSW) Archives
Contact
- Street address
- 385 Abercrombie Street, Darlington 2008
- Postal address
- As above
- Phone
- (02) 9518-7596
- ajhsinc@bigpond.net.au
- Website
- www.ajhs.info/NSW/
About
- Officer in charge
- Honorary Archivist
- Hours & facilities
- Open Tues and Thurs 10:30am-4:30pm by appointment; closed public and Jewish holidays. Answering service available. General reference assistance available. Copying services available for books, journals, original records to A3, photographs, newspapers, maps and plans. Referral to paid researchers is available.
- Access
- One week's advance notice of visit required with details of research interest.
- Acquisition focus
- The Australian Jewish Historical Society Archives collects any material relating to history of Jewish settlement in Australia from 1788 to present day, and any material relevant to family history of present day descendants of Jewish settlers and convicts.
- Quantity
- 40m (2% in-house).
- Major holdings
- Great Synagogue: Birth, deaths and marriages registers 1826-1980s.
- Community records: Historical records 1840s- .
- Synagogues: Annual reports 1840s- .
Last updated: 9 October 2008