Primary contact
'Land of the Beardies' History House Museum, West Avenue and Ferguson Street, Glen Innes Postal address: PO Box 371, Glen Innes NSW 2370Glen Innes, New South Wales 2370
Identity area
Identifier
daa/75
Authorized form of name
Glen Innes and District Historical Society Inc, New South Wales
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
- Land of the Beardies History House Museum and Research Centre, Glen Innes, New South Wales
Type
- Community
Contact area
Archivist
Type
Address
Street address
'Land of the Beardies' History House Museum, West Avenue and Ferguson Street, Glen Innes
Postal address: PO Box 371, Glen Innes NSW 2370
Postal address: PO Box 371, Glen Innes NSW 2370
Locality
Glen Innes
Region
New South Wales
Country name
Postal code
2370
Telephone
02 6732 1035
Fax
02 6732 1035
Note
Description area
History
In 1968, a public meeting convened jointly by the then Municipal Council and the Severn Shire, and at the request of the Adult Education Association, formed a committee to be known as the Glen Innes and District Historical Society Inc.
A committee arranged a lease agreement for the old Hospital on behalf on the Historical Society. The Society became the Trustee of what was named the Land of the Beardies History House Museum and Research Centre.
The Research Centre is a valuable resource for those people compiling family and local histories.
Geographical and cultural context
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
Officer in charge: Archivist
Records management and collecting policies
Any material pertaining to the former Glen Innes Municipal and Severn Shire Districts (now Glen Innes Severn Council area) of an historic nature.
Buildings
Holdings
The collection includes:
- over 63,000 photographs
- maps
- books and gazettes
- Glen Innes Examiner, hard copies to 2000
- over 300,000 index cards to Glen Innes Examiner newspaper articles, Government Gazettes etc.
Finding aids, guides and publications
The Historical Society publishes an annual Bulletin of local history and a quarterly Society Newsletter.
For publications, see https://www.beardieshistoryhouse.info/publications/
For publications, see https://www.beardieshistoryhouse.info/publications/
Access area
Opening times
Research Centre: Open Monday to Friday, 9am-12 noon, 1-4pm. Other times by appointment. Please contact the centre before your research visit to ensure that someone is available to assist you.
Access conditions and requirements
Access only when accompanied by research assistant; phone, write or email for an appointment.
Fees apply, see https://www.beardieshistoryhouse.info/research/
Fees apply, see https://www.beardieshistoryhouse.info/research/
Accessibility
Services area
Research services
To access archived resources, it is preferred that people can come to the Museum and help with the research. For this, an appointment is required.
For details, see https://www.beardieshistoryhouse.info/research/
For details, see https://www.beardieshistoryhouse.info/research/
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 12 August 2022
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Family / Domestic Life (Thematic area)
- Genealogical (Thematic area)
- local history (Thematic area)
- Local Studies (Thematic area)