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.

The University archive is responsible for:

• The identification and preservation of University records of historical value.
• The provision of appropriate storage for records which are no longer referenced for current business and have long retention periods.
• The retrieval of archived records as requested by depositors.
• Destruction of University records after the minimum retention period in accordance with disposal schedules.

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.

The University archives contain the business records of the University that are not active (ie the issues that they document are in the past) but are kept for their heritage or legal value.

• 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 Monday to Friday: 10.30am - 2pm or 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 5 November 2024

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