Government of South Australia - Primary Sources for Students

	Information about State Records Freedom of Information (FOI) General Awareness course during October and November 2008. FOI General Awareness Courses 2008
	Details about Certificate III and Certificate IV in Recordkeeping in 2009 and the new alternative to traditional face-to-face delivery of studying via correspondence. Certificate III and IV in Recordkeeping in 2009
	Publicising the Christmas and New Year opening hours for State Records City and Gepps Cross Research Centres. Christmas 2008 Research Centre Hours
	State Records Council has approved the permanent retention of all pre-1901 official records. Pre-1901 Records Made Permanent
	State Records has recently updated the Adequate Records Management Standard and South Australian Recordkeeping Metadata Standard and created the Contracting and Official Records Standard. Across-Government Standards for Record Management
	News item re change to October 2008 Research Centre opening hours at Gepps Cross. Change to October 2008 Sunday Opening Hours
	Freedom of Information (FOI) training courses being conducted for public sector employees in September and October 2008. FOI Training Courses - September/October 2008
	News item to announce that State Records has updated its Authorised Agency Retrieval Request Form. Agency Retrieval Request Form Updated
	To promotes the availability of Freedom of Information (FOI) Induction Training as an on-line module via ERNI, State Records E-Resource Network Initiative. Freedom of Information (ERNI) Induction Training
	Notifying agencies that May 2007 version of the guideline for agencies making public access determinations for official records which they control is now available. Public Access Determination Guideline for Agencies
	End of News

Description

Primary Sources for Students introduces secondary students to archives and their records. The kit identifies primary sources that are of assistance to student research. Primary Sources for Students includes fact sheets and two supplementary lists.

Subjects include:

The Immigrants: Background and Experiences [see Example 1]

Poverty in Early Adelaide

Aboriginal People

The Northern Territory of South Australia

Urban Development in Adelaide

South Australia as a Province of the British Empire

Early 20th Century Immigrants

Work, Depression and Unemployment

Work, Depression and Unemployment. Supplementary List

World War I

World War I. Supplementary List

Mining and Pastoralism.

Records cited on the work sheets are chosen from a range of Government Record Groups to illustrate the diversity of both archival records and the South Australian Government. Formats of cited records are varied and include: letters, indexes, photographs, newspaper cuttings, reports, exhibits, registers, correspondence files, plans, maps, and graphs.

While aimed at students, Primary Sources for Students can also provide a good starting point for the general researcher.

Related Information:

Primary Sources for Students

Description

Research areas

Example 1