10.1 Heritage and Community Archive collection donations
Libraries Tasmania’s priorities include:
- Records of Tasmanian businesses, community organisations, churches and other groups
- Letters, diaries, photos or other documents belonging to individuals or families living in Tasmania
- Unpublished or published creative writing by Tasmanians or set in Tasmania
- Tasmanian photographs, prints or original works of art that document Tasmania’s history
- Published or unpublished material on Antarctica and the whaling and sealing industries.
Items of cultural significance can be donated to us through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.
Specific donation offers of material that contributes to Tasmania’s history and helps to fill gaps in our collections are assessed by the criteria and procedures available at Add to our collection.
Donated material helps safeguard our documentary heritage for current and future generations.