Primary contact
Level 4, 69 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Identity area
Identifier
daa/512
Authorized form of name
The Salvation Army - Australia Southern Territory Heritage Centre, Melbourne
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
Type
- Religious
Contact area
Lindsay Cox, The Territorial Archivist
Type
Address
Street address
Level 4, 69 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Locality
Melbourne
Region
Victoria
Country name
Postal code
3000
Telephone
03 9653 3270
Fax
lindsay.cox@aus.salvationarmy.org
Note
Description area
History
Geographical and cultural context
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
Records management and collecting policies
Records of the Salvation Army in Australia, being:
- The Australasian Territory, 1880-1907
- The Australian Territory, 1907-1921 and
- The Australia Southern Territory, 1921 to present.
(See also Directory entry for The Salvation Army - Australia Eastern Territory, Sydney.)
Buildings
Holdings
- Australian Salvation Army publications since 1883.
- Photographic images: includes more than 70,000 photographs and 6,000 glass 'magic lantern' slides.
- Limelight Department: history of Australian film pioneered by The Salvation Army.
- Red Shield War Services: 120 years of welfare to Australian troops during conflict.
- Social Services: The Salvation Army's international social work first began in Melbourne.
Quantity: 570 shelf metres.
Finding aids, guides and publications
Access area
Opening times
Open Monday to Friday 9.30am–3.30pm.
Closed on public holidays.
Museum and Limelight Studio open to the public.
Access conditions and requirements
Open to the Public. Some access restrictions apply.
Accessibility
Wheelchair access via the lift. No onsite car parking.
Services area
Research services
Research phone and email enquiries Monday to Friday. Research visitors by appointment on Wednesdays.
Please make an appointment by phone or email to apply for access to records.
Reproduction services
Photocopying, printing and scanning services available.
Public areas
Control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised 11 April 2018
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Communication (Thematic area)
- Education (Thematic area)
- Genealogical (Thematic area)
- Immigration (Thematic area)
- Media (Thematic area)
- Religion (Thematic area)
- Social Organisations and Activities (Thematic area)