Primary contact
59 Buckingham Street, Surry HillsSydney, New South Wales 2010
Identity area
Identifier
daa/575
Authorized form of name
Australian Mutuals History, Sydney
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
- Formerly Australian Credit Union Archives
Type
- Business
Contact area
Amanda Barber
Type
Address
Street address
59 Buckingham Street, Surry Hills
Locality
Sydney
Region
New South Wales
Country name
Postal code
2010
Telephone
0428 785 392
Fax
(02) 9319 2849
Note
Description area
History
The Australian Credit Union Historical Co-Operative Limited was established in 1985 in order to collect the records of the credit union movement and to preserve its history.
In 1996 the Australian Credit Union Archives Trust was established. The Trustees were responsible for the control and management, collection, storage and access to the archives. The Trustees employed an archivist to carry out the various collections management tasks and to manage access to the archives.
In 2004 the Australian Credit Union Historical Co-Operative Ltd was dissolved and its assets and responsibilities were transferred to the Australian Credit Union Archives Trust.
In 2017 the Australian Credit Union Archives changed its name to Australian Mutuals History. This was to better reflect the broader collecting remit of the entire financial mutuals sector.
Geographical and cultural context
Mandates/Sources of authority
Australian Mutuals History is supported and funded by individual credit unions, building societies and customer owned banks and also the Customer Owned Banking Association (COBA).
Administrative structure
Australian Credit Union Archives Trust
Manager - John Cottee
Senior Archivist - Amanda Barber
Assistant Archivist - Ben Woods.
Manager - John Cottee
Senior Archivist - Amanda Barber
Assistant Archivist - Ben Woods.
Records management and collecting policies
The Australian Mutuals History (formerly known as the Australian Credit Union Archives) appraises, collects, documents, and preserves records and other heritage material created by, or relating to, the Australian credit union and building society movements and the customer owned banking sector.
Buildings
Holdings
The collection contains the administrative records of organisations within the financial mutuals sector. It includes:
archival records of individual credit unions, building societies and customer owned banks;
archival records of relevant industry bodies; and
personal papers of some prominent individuals in the credit union movement.
Any or all of the following records may be held for any credit union, building society, customer owned bank or other associated organisation - Board and Committee minutes and papers; correspondence and reports; newsletters; annual reports; publications; histories; photographs of events and personalities.
Finding aids, guides and publications
Collection database available in-house. Register of credit unions available online (as a finding aid and a resource).
Access area
Opening times
Open Wednesday and Thursday 10am-4pm.
Access conditions and requirements
Readers are requested to make an appointment.
Accessibility
The office/research area is located on the ground floor (up two steps). Wheelchair access is available through a roller door side entrance.
Services area
Research services
Archives staff are able to do basic research, but are not able to undertake detailed research on behalf of clients. Service fees apply for research services.
Reproduction services
Photocopying, scanning, researcher photography available for appropriate records. Fees apply for copying/scanning services.
Public areas
No dedicated research/public area. Researcher space is available in the office area and there are facilities for using laptop computers.
Control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised 21 March 2018
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Industry, Manufacturing and Commerce (Thematic area)