Primary contact
23-47 Villiers Street, North Melbourne
Melbourne, Victoria 3051
Identity area
Identifier
daa/532
Authorized form of name
Australian Red Cross National Archives, Melbourne
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
- Australian Red Cross Heritage Archives
Type
- Community
Contact area
Archivist
Type
Address
Street address
23-47 Villiers Street, North Melbourne
Locality
Melbourne
Region
Victoria
Country name
Postal code
3051
Telephone
03 8327 7811
Fax
heritage@redcross.org.au
Note
Description area
History
The Australian Branch of the British Red Cross Society was formed in 1914 at the outbreak of First World War.
Geographical and cultural context
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
Officer-in-charge: Archivist
Records management and collecting policies
The focus of the Australian Red Cross Archives is on the records of the organisation from its foundation in 1914 to the present.
Red Cross National and Victorian office records up to the year 2000 (approximately 400 shelf metres) have been transferred to the University of Melbourne Archives.
Buildings
Holdings
The collection includes annual reports, minutes, World War II Prisoner of War index cards and a range of Australian Red Cross publications and correspondence files, uniforms, quilts, flags, photographs, posters, and memorabilia.
Finding aids, guides and publications
Records at the University of Melbourne Archives are described at item level and finding aids are available through the online catalogue https://archives.unimelb.edu.au/explore/collections/Australian-Red-Cross
Access area
Opening times
Records transferred to the University of Melbourne Archives can be accessed through the Reading Room, Baillieu Library at the University's Parkville campus. Please visit the Reading Room website for information on ordering and accessing material.
For records not yet transferred, researchers are welcome to contact the Red Cross Archivist to arrange a visit to conduct their own research.
Access conditions and requirements
For National and Victorian offices records transferred to the University of Melbourne Archives, see that Archives.
In South Australia records are held at the State Library of South Australia, and in New South Wales at the State Library of New South Wales. In other states similar transfers are being arranged with appropriate repositories.
For Australian Red Cross files relating the World War I transferred to the Australian War Memorial (general correspondence and administration files; records of the Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau and of the Australian Red Cross Prisoner of War Department, 1DRL/0428 - 116.8 shelf metres), see the Memorial.
Accessibility
Services area
Research services
For those unable to attend for their own research, Australian Red Cross Archives staff may be able to complete a basic service in reply to queries.
Reproduction services
Public areas
Control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised 11 October 2021
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Defence (Thematic area)
- Genealogical (Thematic area)
- Labour (Thematic area)
- Law and Justice (Thematic area)
- Local Studies (Thematic area)
- Medicine and Health (Thematic area)
- Out of Home Care (Thematic area)
- Populations (Thematic area)
- Social Organisations and Activities (Thematic area)
- Transportation (Thematic area)