Government of South Australia - Pre-1901 Records Made Permanent

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Pre-1901 Records Made Permanent

The State Records Council approved the permanent retention of all pre-1901 official records of both state and local government at its meeting of 19 February 2008.

State Records has updated the records disposal schedule (RDS) template to be used by agencies to include a pre-1901 records statement as standard text. Contact our Records Management Services team to obtain the amended RDS template.

State Records will be directly contacting those agencies whose existing RDS' provide coverage for pre-1901 records. Some re-sentencing may be required if such records were previously deemed to be of temporary value.

A number of Record Advice Sheets and Guidelines to assist agencies or records management consultants in the development and approval of RDS' are available via the links below.

General Disposal Schedules will be progressively updated to include a pre-1901 records statement in the Introduction section. The first GDS to be amended will be GDS 20 for Local Government, as part of a larger review currently underway.

Agencies that still hold pre-1901 records should contact our Collection Management Services team to discuss the transfer of these to the custody of State Records.

This document outlines the need for external consultation while developing an RDS. application/pdf - This document outlines the need for external consultation whil

application/pdf - This document outlines the need for external consultation whil

External Stakeholder / Historian Consultation (79 KB PDF File)
This document outlines supplementary issues for consideration in preparing an operational RDS application/pdf - This document outlines supplementary issues for consideration

application/pdf - This document outlines supplementary issues for consideration

Supplementary Issues for Preparing a RDS (117 KB PDF File)
This document outlines the process involved in a State Records internal disposal meeting to review a proposed RDS with the agency. It is a recordkeeping advice sheet RK18. application/pdf - This document outlines the process involved in a State Records

application/pdf - This document outlines the process involved in a State Records

State Records Internal Disposal Meeting (76 KB PDF File)
This document outlines what can be expected from a State Records Council meeting to approve an RDS. application/pdf - This document outlines what can be expected from a State Recor

application/pdf - This document outlines what can be expected from a State Recor

What to expect at a State Records Council Meeting (74 KB PDF File)
This document outlines the various results from a State Records Council meeting called to approve an RDS. application/pdf - This document outlines the various results from a State Record

application/pdf - This document outlines the various results from a State Record

After a State Records Council Meeting (70 KB PDF File)
Guideline to outline the appraisal policy for official records in South Australia. application/pdf - Guideline to outline the appraisal policy for official records

application/pdf - Guideline to outline the appraisal policy for official records

Appraisal of Official Records (138 KB PDF File)

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