The Directory of Archives in Australia is published by the Australian Society of Archivists www.archivists.org.au or contact directory@archivists.org.au
The Australian Branch of the British Red Cross Society was formed in 1914 at the outbreak of First World War.
contexto cultural e geográfico
Mandatos/Fontes de autoridade
estrutura administrativa
Officer-in-charge: Archivist
Políticas de gestão e entrada de documentos
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.
Prédios
Acervos documentais
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.
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.
Condição de acesso e uso
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.
Acessibilidade
área de serviços
serviços de pesquisa
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.
serviços de reprodução
Áreas públicas
Zona do controlo
Identificador da descrição
Identificador da instituição
Regras ou convenções utilizadas
Estatuto
Nível de detalhe
Datas de criação, revisão ou eliminação
Revised 11 October 2021
Línguas e escritas
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Notas de manutenção
Pontos de acesso
Pontos de acesso
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)
Área de transferência
Contacto principal
23-47 Villiers Street, North Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria 3051