Primary contact
120 Miller Road, Chester Hill Postal address: Locked Bag 4, Chester Hill NSW 2162Sydney, New South Wales 2162
The oldest document in the National Archives’ collection held in Sydney is a Deed of Title signed on 1 May 1804 by Governor Philip Gidley King. The deed allows the allotment of land in Pitts Row (now Pitt Street) to be transferred to Matthew Kearns for 14 years. This site later became the ‘Pitt Street Extension’ of the Sydney General Post Office.
Other highlights of the collection include:
Also included are:
The Sydney Office holds over 25 shelf kilometres of audiovisual material including material from the Australian Broadcasting Commission/ Corporation, Screen Australia, the Australian Film Television and Radio School, the Department of Defence and significant Commonwealth Persons including Prime Ministers.