Agency:
Archives Section (State Library of Tasmania)
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1949
End Date:
22 Dec 1965
Description:
The Archives Section of the State Library was established under the Public Records Act 1943 to preserve and provide access to public records and control the disposal of public records.;;;;The 1965 Archives Act gave a more formal existence to the Archives as an Agency but left it within the then State Library Department.
Legislation Administered:
Public Records Act 1943 (No.2/1943)
Legislation Creating:
Public Records Act 1943 (No.2/1943)
Functions Performed:
Cultural affairs
Controlling Agencies:
| State Library of Tasmania (TA34) | 01 Jan 1943 | 31 Dec 2007 |
| Tasmanian Library Board (TA727) | 01 Jan 1943 | 21 Dec 1984 |
Subsequent Agencies:
| Archives Office of Tasmania (TA380) | 22 Dec 1965 |
Series Created By Agency:
| SLT77 Enquiries from the Public and Aot Replies. | 01 Jan 1911 | 31 Dec 1975 |
| AE838 Correspondence Files Regarding Agencies' Records Disposal and Recordkeeping [Std Files] | 01 Jan 1943 | 31 Dec 2006 |
| AF536 Non-State Adminstrative Files | 01 Jan 1944 | 31 Dec 2010 |
| SLT73 Administrative Correspondence. | 01 Jan 1951 | 31 Dec 1979 |
| SLT75 Control Register for State Records. | 01 Jun 1951 | 15 Sep 1986 |
| AD788 Control Register for Non-State Records | 01 Jan 1952 | 17 Sep 1986 |
| SLT74 File Guide for Administrative Correspondence | 01 Jan 1952 | 31 Dec 2006 |
| AE823 Index to Colonial Secretary's Correspondence, "a Series", 1845 - 1847 | 01 Jan 1957 | 31 Dec 1957 |
| AE824 Index to Colonial Secretary's Correspondence, "Legal Branch", 1841 - 1847 | 01 Jan 1957 | 31 Dec 1957 |