Primary contact
National Trust Centre, Upper Fort Street, Millers Point
Postal address: GPO Box 518, Sydney 2001
Sydney, New South Wales 2000
Identity area
Identifier
daa/470
Authorized form of name
National Trust of Australia (New South Wales), Sydney
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
Type
- Community
Contact area
Archives and Library Manager
Type
Address
Street address
National Trust Centre, Upper Fort Street, Millers Point
Postal address: GPO Box 518, Sydney 2001
Locality
Sydney
Region
New South Wales
Country name
Postal code
2000
Telephone
02 9258 0128
Fax
jbosanquet@nationaltrust.com.au
Note
Description area
History
The Trust Archive is the repository for the records of the National Trust of Australia (NSW). Established in 1945 and the first National Trust in Australia, it has been a leading organisation in the conservation movement in New South Wales. Archive records reveal a history of the community movement to preserve significant places for all Australians. Battles fought and work undertaken to save individual buildings, landscapes, cemeteries, and industrial and move-able heritage items in New South Wales can be seen in records, images and Trust publications.
Archive records of Trust managed properties contain comprehensive histories of each of these significant properties as well as the conservation, interpretation and collection management of them by The Trust.
Geographical and cultural context
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
Officer in charge: Archivist
Records management and collecting policies
The focus is on collecting historical documentation relating to historic buildings, parks and gardens, the natural and built environment, cemeteries, urban areas, industrial archaeology and National Trust (NSW) properties.
Buildings
Holdings
- Heritage sites and buildings records
- Administration records, including minutes, correspondences and reports, etc on Trust activities, including advice to governments; volunteers work; restoration appeals; and fundraising activities and events
- Trust publications
- Plans of Trust properties
- Property and museum records
- Special library collection
- Photographic prints and slides
- Moving film collection.
Finding aids, guides and publications
Access area
Opening times
Monday to Friday 9am-5pm by appointment only.
Access conditions and requirements
Wherever possible the National Trust of Australia (NSW) will deal with access requests informally. Informal requests should be addressed to jblyth@nationaltrust.com.au. However, if information can not be accessed through an informal request, a formal access application may be necessary.
Paper files of the Trust dating back to 1945 exist for all record groups. Earlier material is held off site. Extra fees will be charged for boxes to be recalled.
See the website for further information or contact the archivist.
Accessibility
Services area
Research services
Reproduction services
Photocopying available. Charges apply.
Public areas
Control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Thematic area)
- Agriculture (Thematic area)
- Arts and Culture (Thematic area)
- Built Environment (Thematic area)
- Environment (Thematic area)
- Family / Domestic Life (Thematic area)
- Local Studies (Thematic area)