State Records of South Australia in Gepps Cross, South Australia, Australia | Government organisation

State Records of South Australia

Locality: Gepps Cross, South Australia, Australia

Phone: +61 8 8343 6800

Address: 115 Cavan Road 5094 Gepps Cross, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.archives.sa.gov.au

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23.01.2022 We have developed an Engagement Strategy to inform how we engage with government and the community to create high quality services. Check out the draft Strategy on our website and send us your feedback on the Strategy and proposed commitments: https://archives.sa.gov.au//about-us/w/engagement-strategy

23.01.2022 Have you been hanging out for our next jigsaw puzzle? It is one of our favourite images from the archive! This daring shot was taken by Frank Hurley in 1935. Hurley had been commissioned to document South Australia ahead of the centenary in 1936. Test your puzzle skills (and fear of heights) on our website: https://archives.sa.gov.au//jigsaw-puzzle-above-king-willi Image: SRSA GRG35/342/GN5612

23.01.2022 Thank you to everyone for taking part in this week's trivia! This of course is the Old Toll House at the start of the Princes Highway/South Eastern Freeway in Glen Osmond. The Toll House was built in 1841 to collect tolls intended to fund the construction of the Adelaide to Mount Barker road. But in South Australian tradition, the tolls were extremely unpopular and were stopped in 1847. This image is most likely from 1951, after a major restoration and return of one of the to...ll gates to the site. Image: SRSA GRG7/69/5 https://flic.kr/p/2gBeasi Where can this building be found today? #triviaTuesday

22.01.2022 Have your say on the criteria used to determine which records will be kept forever in our archive. The call for feedback on our draft Appraisal Standard ends tomorrow at 5pm. Check out the draft Standard and summary on YourSAy and tell us why you value South Australia's state archive: https://yoursay.sa.gov.au//criteria-for-determining-/about

22.01.2022 A hard day’s work at Richman’s crushing and concentrating plant at the Moonta Mines, c.1905. Image: SRSA GRG35/58/84 #throwbackThursday #archives

20.01.2022 Did you know that South Australia also had a gold rush in the 19th century? Check out our recent talk at the Adelaide City Library on Facebook to explore the history of gold rushes in South Australia: https://www.facebook.com/AdelaideLibrary/posts/10157242119017064 Image: SLSA B 9771/3 Teetulpa gold field, 1886

18.01.2022 September 28 is #AccesstoInfoDay. We provide access to historical information in the archive, but we also set the policy and provide advice to enable government agencies to meet their information management and access responsibilities under the State Records Act 1997, Freedom of Information Act 1991 and the Information Privacy Principles Instruction. Find out more about how we assist government on our website: https://archives.sa.gov.au//releasing-information-and-priv

18.01.2022 Have you seen the Letters Patent establishing the province of South Australia? These were signed on 19 February 1836. They include the words: "Provided Always that nothing in these our Letters Patent contained shall affect or be construed to affect the rights of any Aboriginal Natives of the said Province to the actual occupation or enjoyment in their own Persons or in the Persons of their Descendants of any Lands therein now actually occupied or enjoyed by such Natives" The ...Bay Discovery Centre's exhibition Tiati Wangkanthi Kumangka (Truth-Telling Together) explores the Letters Patent and impacts of colonisation. Find out more here: https://www.holdfast.sa.gov.au//tiati-wangkanthi-kumangka- #NAIDOC2020 #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe Image: SRSA GRG2/64 Letters patent erecting and establishing the province of South Australia and fixing its boundaries. Zoom in and see a transcript here: https://flic.kr/p/AREhv6

18.01.2022 Through the arch to the grocery department! Image: SRSA GRG7/70/472 Gepps Cross Hostel general store, c.1950s #throwbackThursday #archives https://flic.kr/p/cgUjLL

16.01.2022 Don’t forget to slip slop slap if you're heading out in this hot weather! Image: SRSA GRG7/73/6 Fishery Bay, Port Lincoln 1968 https://flic.kr/p/2h9dnFU

14.01.2022 Need a lunch date this Friday? Join us at the Adelaide City Library from 12pm to explore the history of education in the city. Find out which public schools educated some of our brightest boys and girls.. and pie makers! Book your spot: https://explore.cityofadelaide.com.au//a-capital-educatio/... Image: SRSA GRG35/58/25 Gilles Street Public School, c.1905

14.01.2022 For #triviaTuesday this week we're asking can you guess which public school in South Australia was the first to have backs on chairs for students? Image: SRSA GRS 11222/1/6

13.01.2022 In line with the South Australian Government’s announcement on 18 November 2020 in relation to COVID-19, State Records’ office and Research Centre is closed for at least two weeks from the 18th November. Please check our website (www.archives.sa.gov.au) for updates.

13.01.2022 Turning the camera back on the audience of a fashion parade for #fashionFriday Image: SRSA GRG7/70/47 Crowd at Elder Park, Adelaide c.1960, zoom in here: https://flic.kr/p/W21qhm #archives

13.01.2022 40 years ago this agreement to introduce the Pitjantjatjara Land Rights Bill to the South Australian Parliament was signed by Premier David Tonkin, Kunmanara (Kawaki) Thompson (Chairman of the Pitjantjatjara Council) and Harold Allison (Minister of Aboriginal Affairs). The Pitjantjatjara Land Rights Act was passed in 1981 (and is now known as the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981). This Act placed ownership, management and control of the Pitjantjatjara Lands into the hands of the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people. This was the first Act of its kind in Australia. Image: SRSA GRS 16922 Agreement for the Pitjantjatjara Land Rights Bill, 1980 #NAIDOC2020

13.01.2022 At this time, and in line with our previous notice, the Research Centre will remain closed to the public. We have made this decision based on recent directions relating to COVID-19 and after assessing the health and safety risks to our customers and staff. The archive provides a unique service which involves customers being present in the Research Centre for prolonged periods and for our staff to have lengthy face-to-face interactions with customers. With this unique service... comes unique risks that we take very seriously. Any decision to reopen, which we will aim to do as soon as possible, will be based on advice from SA Health and directions from the South Australian Government. We continue to monitor the situation and look forward to being able to re-open our doors in the near future. Further updates on the Research Centre will be made here and on our website: www.archives.sa.gov.au Image: SRSA GRS 1061/1/68 State Records Gepps Cross Research Centre, c.1987

12.01.2022 The Burnside Historical Society, South Australia recently shared this charming picture of the Magill Post & Telegraph Office from our archive, taken circa 1900. A history of this building has been written by the Campbelltown City Council: https://www.campbelltown.sa.gov.au//lo/magill-post-office Image: SRSA GRG35/58/68 #throwbackThursday #archives

11.01.2022 On this Remembrance Day we remember the men and women who have served our country and reflect on their sacrifices. Image: SRSA GRG26/5/4/931 Onward Francis Tarrant, enlisted in May 1915 and served with the 28th Battalion. See more photographs of soldiers, sailors and nurses who served in WWI here: https://www.flickr.com/gp/state-records-sa/RF168p

11.01.2022 Can you piece together these diamond rings in our latest jigsaw puzzle? Take up the challenge here: https://archives.sa.gov.au//discove/jigsaw-puzzles-archive Image: GRG5/201/10 Jewellery Reference Book, 1938 (Angaston Police Station Records) #archives #jigsawpuzzle

10.01.2022 Beautiful sundresses are perfect for admiring a summer time open air art exhibition. This Covid-safe display was part of the 1962 Adelaide Festival of Arts. Image: SRSA GRG7/70/121 #fashionFriday #archives

10.01.2022 Explore the colours of the South Australian Riverland with our new jigsaw puzzle: https://archives.sa.gov.au//jigsaw-puzzle-south-australia- Image: SRSA GRG7/97/11 #archives #archivesathome

09.01.2022 While we're all staying at home for the next 6 days there are plenty of ways you can access the #ArchivesAtHome: https://archives.sa.gov.au//using-our-colle/archivesathome Keep an eye on our social media and website for updates about our Research Centre and services at this time. We're always here to answer your questions and you can ask us here by commenting on our posts or sending a direct message. Image: SRSA GRS 10959/2/1/981 Louisa and Ernest Saunders with their daughter Sadie at the Great Eastern Mine, Wadnaminga

07.01.2022 We want to know why you value historical records and South Australia's government archive. State Records' archive cannot keep all of the records created by state and local governments in South Australia. We use appraisal to determine which records need to be kept forever. Take a look at the draft Appraisal Standard, which we are currently updating, and send us your feedback via YourSAy: https://yoursay.sa.gov.au//criteria-for-determining-/about ... Image: SRSA GRG2/1 no. 86/1903 Original watercolour of the piping shrike

06.01.2022 Celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples this NAIDOC week. The NAIDOC SA Awards will be broadcast live on Facebook this morning at 10am: https://www.facebook.com/naidocsa Learn more and check out other events near you on the NAIDOC website: https://www.naidoc.org.au/get-involved/naidoc-week-events... #NAIDOC2020 See more

05.01.2022 **Thank you to everyone who had a guess this week! This is the Bridgewater Mill, which was originally built in 1860. The building was destroyed by fire in 1910 and re-built. We have an approximate date for this photograph of 1906, so this may be the older building - we'd appreciate any information you have to give this a more accurate date! Image: SRSA GRG35/58/47 Do you recognise this building? Comment us your guess before for this week's #triviaTuesday!

05.01.2022 If you are researching your Aboriginal family or community history records in our archive may help. Check out our website for information on services and guides to records relating to Aboriginal people: https://archives.sa.gov.au//finding-your-aboriginal-history Image: SRSA GRG52/45/109 Point McLeay (Raukkan)

04.01.2022 "A simple, sentimental and beautiful romance" was the review of film Blue Lagoon when it played at the Bonney Theatre in Barmera, c.1949 Image: SRSA GRG7/69/4/225 https://flic.kr/p/2gBaTjJ

03.01.2022 Popping out for some shopping in Port Pirie. Image: SRSA GRG7/73/5015 Port Pirie gardens, 1968 #archives #throwbackThursday https://flic.kr/p/2h9doaE

03.01.2022 Indexes to Adelaide Gaol prisoner registers from 1838 to 1849 can now be searched on our website: https://archives.sa.gov.au//police-court/gaols-and-prisons The registers include details of offences committed and dates of trials. During this time some prisoners were sentenced to transportation and sent to Sydney. If you find a name in our indexes and want to find out more information there are a couple of options to view the records:... 1. Make a booking to view the records in our Research Centre: https://archives.sa.gov.au/general-inform//research-centre 2. View the records on online through FamilySearch via the link on this page (please note you will need to create an account with FamilySearch): https://archives.sa.gov.au//police-court/gaols-and-prisons 3. Or check out this link for information on requesting digital copies of the records from us: https://archives.sa.gov.au//copying-and-digitisation-servi Image: SRSA GRG54/24 volume 2 (cover)