City Archives
The Adelaide City Council, the oldest municipality in Australia, was founded in 1840.
The documentary heritage of the City is preserved in the Archives, Civic Collection, and Oral History collections.
The City Archives was established in 1978 when Council appointed the first archivist. Initially the Archives were located in the Adelaide Town Hall before moving to purpose-built archival standard accommodation within the Corporation-owned Topham Car Park in 1986.
Archives are valuable records which are considered worthy of being preserved permanently. The Archives holds about 5,000 shelf metres of records. The records exist in a wide variety of physical formats: volumes, files, documents, photographs, maps, plans, microfilms, computer printouts, tapes and CDs. Archives are not necessarily ‘old’ records. As technology advances, so does the range of formats in which archives can exist.
The Council’s archives are stored in a special atmospherically controlled, fire-proof repository. Any records that are damaged or deteriorating can be repaired in the Archives’ conservation laboratory.
| Contact Details | |
| Phone: | (+61) 8 8203 7439 |
| Fax: | (+61) 8 8203 7336 |
| Email: | cityarchives@adelaidecitycouncil.com |
| Postal Address: |
Adelaide City Council Archives GPO Box 2252 Adelaide SA 5001 |
| Hours of Opening: | Monday to Friday : 8.45am to 5.00pm |
Parking
Parking is available in Topham Car Park at the standard fee.
For further information please contact the Adelaide City Council Customer Centre.
| Phone: | (+61) 8 8203 7203 |
| Fax: | (+61) 8 8203 7575 |
| Email: | city@adelaidecitycouncil.com |
Location
The Adelaide City Council Archives is located at: Topham Link - (off 55 Currie and 56 Waymouth Streets) Adelaide