Primary contact
54 Serrell Street, Malvern East
Melbourne, Victoria 3145
Identity area
Identifier
daa/389
Authorized form of name
Uniting Church in Australia, Victorian Synod Archives, Melbourne
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
Type
- Religious
Contact area
Archivist
Type
Address
Street address
54 Serrell Street, Malvern East
Locality
Melbourne
Region
Victoria
Country name
Postal code
3145
Telephone
03 9571 5476
Fax
archives@victas.uca.org.au
Note
Description area
History
Geographical and cultural context
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
Records management and collecting policies
Synod Archives Victoria is the repository for records of the Uniting Church in Australia, Victorian Synod, and its antecedent denominations:
the Congregational Union of Australia,
the Methodist Church of Australasia and
some parts of the Presbyterian Church of Australia.
The collection is based around Wesleyan-Methodist/Methodist records, with additions since 1977 of Congregational and Presbyterian material, and a continuing collection of Uniting Church material.
Buildings
Holdings
The collection includes baptismal registers, parish histories, biographies and personal memorabilia, artefacts and liturgical items, as well as congregational and connexional records, church publications, minutes of Conference and records of missionary activity. The Archives also holds an extensive collection of photographs and church plans. Most collection materials are stored offsite.
Quantity: 1700 lineal metres of records; 40,000 photographs, maps and plans.
Finding aids, guides and publications
Ministerial indexes
Card indexes to photos, maps, plans
Card indexes (people, places, subjects) to "The Spectator" newspaper
Indexes of lay preachers and missionaries
Catalogue of artefacts and photographs (in progress), see https://victoriancollections.net.au/organisations/uniting-church-archives-synod-victoria#collection-records
Access area
Opening times
Open Thursdays 9am-4pm, Mondays and Fridays by appointment only.
Access conditions and requirements
Researchers are advised to give one week's advance notice of a visit as most collection materials are stored offsite. Retrieval of offsite materials will incur a charge.
Accessibility
Services area
Research services
General research assistance is available (charges may apply). Reference enquiries can be forwarded by mail or email.
Reproduction services
Copying services for books, journals, original records to A3 size and newspapers available (charges apply). Researchers can use their own cameras/phones to photograph collection materials.
Public areas
Control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised 21 March 2018
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Built Environment (Thematic area)
- Genealogical (Thematic area)
- Local Studies (Thematic area)
- Out of Home Care (Thematic area)
- Religion (Thematic area)
- Social Organisations and Activities (Thematic area)