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Enjoy the State Records of South Australia collection from home.

How agencies can request the temporary loan of records.
How records can be collected from and returned to State Records.

Your rights as a member of the public under the Freedom of Information Act 1991

Operational Records Disposal Schedules (RDS) approved by State Records Council.

General Disposal Schedules approved by State Records Council.

As a member of the public make a Freedom Of Information application directly to the agency holding the documents you wish to access. 

Accredited and Non Accredited Freedom of Information Officer training. 

Appraisal is the process of deciding what records should be made and kept.

Passenger lists dating from 1845 to 1886 record emigrants selected by the Colonization Commissioners London. Their passage was paid for out of the Emigration Fund.

State Records holds many records relating to immigration to South Australia from 1836 onwards,