Fact sheet 1 – Addresses and hours of opening

National Reference Service

All reference inquiries, including Defence service recordsCopyright permissions

Tel: 1300 886 881
(from overseas: 61 2 6212 3900)
Fax: 1300 886 882
(from overseas: 61 2 6212 3999) 

PO Box 7425
Canberra Business Centre
ACT 2610

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Email: copyright@naa.gov.au

Reading rooms

National Archives reading rooms are closed on public holidays.

CanberraHours of opening

Queen Victoria Terrace
Parkes ACT 2600

Tel: (02) 6212 3900
Fax: (02) 6212 3999

PO Box 7425
Canberra Business Centre
ACT 2610

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Reading rooms:

9.00am – 5.00pm weekdays

Open until 7.00pm each Tuesday. Last delivery of records from the repository is 5.00pm.

9.00am – 5.00pm Saturdays

There is no delivery of records from the repository on Saturdays. You can send an advance request to view records.

Exhibition galleries:

9.00am – 5.00pm daily (except Christmas Day and Good Friday)

SydneyHours of opening

120 Miller Road
Chester Hill
NSW 2162

Tel: (02) 9645 0110
Fax: (02) 9645 0108

Locked Bag 4
Chester Hill
NSW 2162

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9.00am – 4.30pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays

No new issue of records after 3.30pm.

9.00am – 1.00pm on the following Saturdays between January and June 2010:

30 January 
27 February
27 March
17 April 
29 May
26 June

There is no delivery of records from the repository on Saturdays. You can send an advance request to view records.

MelbourneHours of opening

Victorian Archives Centre

99 Shiel Street
North Melbourne
VIC 3051

Tel: (03) 9348 5600
Fax: (03) 9348 5628

PO Box 8005
Burwood Heights
VIC 3151

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9.00am – 4.30pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays

Allow up to 48 hours for retrieval of records.

You can send an advance request to view records.

The Victorian Archives Centre reading room is operated jointly by the National Archives and the Public Record Office Victoria (PROV).

Material from both archives may be viewed in the Shiel Street reading room. Different access arrangements and charging regimes apply to PROV material. Information explaining the differences is available in the reading room or can be sent prior to a visit.

 

BrisbaneHours of opening

16 Corporate Drive
Cannon Hill
QLD 4170

Tel: (07) 3249 4226
Fax: (07) 3399 6589

PO Box 552
Cannon Hill
QLD 4170

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9.00am – 4.30pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays

9.00am – 1.00pm on the following Saturdays in 2010:

16 January 
20 February 
20 March 
17 April 
15 May  
19 June 
17 July 
21 August  
18 September 
16 October  
20 November  
18 December

There is no delivery of records from the repository on Saturdays. You can send an advance request to view records.

PerthHours of opening

384 Berwick Street
East Victoria Park
WA 6101

Tel: (08) 9470 7500
Fax: (08) 9470 2787

PO Box 1144
East Victoria Park
WA 6981

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9.00am – 4.30pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays

AdelaideHours of opening

78 Angas Street 
Adelaide SA 5000

Tel: (08) 8409 8400
Fax: (08) 8409 8499

PO Box 6536
Halifax Street(Adelaide) SA 5000

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9.00am – 4.30pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays

9.00am – 1.00pm on the following Saturdays between January-May and July-November 2010:

30 January 
27 March  
29 May
24 July   
25 September  
27 November

There is no delivery of records from the repository on Saturdays. You can send an advance request to view records.

HobartHours of opening

85 Macquarie Street Hobart TAS 7000

Tel: (03) 6230 6111
Fax: (03) 6230 6134

GPO Box 309
Hobart TAS 7001

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9.00am – 4.30pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays

DarwinHours of opening

Kelsey Crescent
Millner NT 0810

Tel: (08) 8985 0300
Fax: (08) 8985 0399

PO Box 24
Nightcliff NT 0814

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9.00am – 4.30pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays

Other archival institutions in Australia

For address details of other major archival institutions in Australia see:

Comments or other feedback can be sent to archives@naa.gov.au

updated February 2010