National Archives of Australia, Tasmania State Office, Hobart

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National Archives of Australia, Tasmania State Office, Hobart

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Archives Act 1983 (Cth)

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The Hobart office holds records similar to other offices – immigration case files, alien registration documentation, inwards and outwards passenger lists, lighthouse logbooks, army pay records, and large-format architectural drawings of Commonwealth buildings in Tasmania. There are collections special to Tasmania, notably records created by the Australian Antarctic Division and the Bureau of Meteorology.

Antarctic records of particular interest include:

• photographs
• hydrographic charts and maps
• the personal collection of Captain John King Davis, Second-in-Command of Douglas Mawson's 1911-1914 expedition
• Antarctic voyage and station reports and log books; and records about husky dogs employed on Antarctic expeditions.

The meteorological records include a series of tidal readings and meteorological data recorded between 1837-1977 at Port Arthur by Thomas Lampiere, the Deputy Assistant Commissary General at the Port Arthur penal settlement.

The National Archives’ collection database, RecordSearch, gives online access to the National Archives’ holdings Australia-wide. RecordSearch is available online at: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/BasicSearch.aspx
The following guide provides information about records held by the National Archives about Tasmania. Many of these records are held in the Tasmania State Office, but others are held in National Office or other National Archives State Offices:
Commonwealth Government Records about Tasmania, by Michael Piggott 2014, 230pp. (see: http://guides.naa.gov.au/records-about-tasmania/index.aspx)

For a full list of guides to the National Archives’ collection, see: http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/publications/guides/index.aspx

The Reading Room is open Wednesday to Friday 9.30am–5pm.
Closed on public holidays.

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Maps and information about parking, public transport and onsite wheelchair access to the reading room are available at http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/organisation/locations/hobart.aspx

The reading room is shared between the National Archives and the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office. Researchers can access both Commonwealth and state records from the one location.

See National Archives of Australia, National Office for information about National Archives research services.

Information about ordering copies of records and associated fees is available at http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/using/order/index.aspx

Revised 6 May 2018