2.1 Collection description
Libraries Tasmania, in its State Library role, has responsibility ‘to provide for the custody of State and other records’ under the Archives Act 1983.
Under this Act the collection is referred to as the ‘Community Archive Collection’.
The Community Archive Collection comprises of a wide range of contemporary and historical materials from across our communities in many formats that document the story of Tasmania.
The collection is comprised of personal, family and corporate unpublished records.
The collection includes material created or accumulated about or by Tasmanians.
Records come from individual Tasmanians and organisations such as community groups, churches, businesses and companies, political parties, trade and professional associations and sporting bodies.