Flinders University Archives (FUA), Adelaide

Flinders University Archives (FUA), Adelaide

• Formerly The Flinders University of South Australia, Archives

• Universitaire

Flinders University was established by an act of the South Australian Parliament in 1966 as The Flinders University of South Australia, on a campus in Bedford Park, Adelaide.

From the start, the university had close links with the Bedford Park Teachers' College, which was located on the Sturt side of the campus. After several name changes for that College (the last being the South Australian College of Advanced Education), and continuous collaboration with the University, it was absorbed into Flinders University proper in 1991.

Flinders University was also instrumental in the building and management of the Flinders Medical Centre, which was opened in 1976 as the first Australian integrated University medical school and hospital.

Currently, Flinders University has a second campus at the Tonsley Science Park, a presence at Victoria Square in the Adelaide central business district, and various teaching and research locations in rural South Australia and the Northern Territory.

Flinders University Act 1966 (SA)
State Records Act 1997 (SA).

The Archives are staffed by two part-time archivists who form part of the Records and Archives team in the Division of Information and Digital Services (IDS). IDS is led by the University's Chief Information Officer, whilst day-to-day management of the Archives and archival policy is undertaken by the Senior Records Management Officer.

University Records Management Policy, see http://www.flinders.edu.au/ppmanual/records-management/records-management.cfm

• Flinders University Council: Minutes, 1966- present
• Flinders University Academic Senate: Minutes, 1966- present
• University Correspondence files, 1958-1990, 1990-2011
• University Architect and landscape consultants: Contracts, specifications, plans, subject files, 1964-1989
• Public Relations and Information Office: Photographs, c1960-1990 (4m)
• Student Records Office: Enrolment and student result cards, 1966-1981
• Convocation: Oral archive project, 1984-1989.
  Part of the holdings have been transferred to the State Records of South Australia under the State Records Act 1997 (SA).

An Inventory of the transferred series can be found through the website and online catalogue of the State Records of South Australia. The University's State Records Agency Identifier, which is needed to locate the series, is GA1741.

Open daily 10am-2pm, by appointment.
Closed public holidays.

Reference assistance available in person. Referral to paid researchers is available.

Limited copying and scanning services available for books, journals, original records to A3 size and photographs.

Shared reading room with the University's Research Repository of South Australian Universities (URRSA).

Revised 28 April 2018

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