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== History == | == History == | ||
| The society was established in 1932 and is considered the oldest society of its kind in Australia. They have about 5,000 members from around the world and are incorporated under Australia's Corporation Law as a non-profit company. | ||
| The prinicipal object is the advancement of genealogical education which is reflected through their activity programs and the size of their collections. | ||
=== Contact Information: === | === Contact Information: === | ||
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*Telephone: 02 9299 5151 (During library hours) | *Telephone: 02 9299 5151 (During library hours) | ||
*Library Hours:Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday from 10 am to 4pm | *Library Hours:Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday from 10 am to 4pm | ||
*Website: http://www.sag.org.au | *Website: [http://www.sag.org.au http://www.sag.org.au] | ||
== Locations == | == Locations == | ||
<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> | <span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The primary records and/or manuscript materials are housed at the Richmond Villa, 120 Kent St., Sydney, NSW. All seminars and lecture programs are also held at the Richmond Villa. Directions are available</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span>[http://www.sag.org.au/visiting-us/our-locations.html here]<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">.</span> | ||
| The library and bookshop is located at 2/379 Kent Street, Sydney, NSW and slightly closer to Town Hall than Wynyard railway station. Directions are available on their site [http://www.sag.org.au/visiting-us/our-locations.html here]. | ||
| There is a quarterly jounal entitled ''Descent. ''A two part series on''"Finding Your Way Around the New SAG Library" ''can be found'' on the website: ''[http://www.sag.org.au/downloads/libraryguide07.pdf part one is here] and [http://www.sag.org.au/downloads/libraryguide07pt2.pdf part two is here]. | ||
The library collection includes the following: | |||
*Family Histories and Biographies | *Family Histories and Biographies | ||
*Local and School Histories | *Local and School Histories | ||
*BMD Indexes for all states of Australia, New Zealand, England Wales and other countries | *BMD Indexes for all states of Australia, New Zealand, England Wales and other countries | ||
*Cemetery indexes and transcriptions | |||
*Shipping Records | *Shipping Records | ||
*Probate | *Probate Indexes for many states of Australia and for England and Wales (1858-1943) | ||
[http://www.sag.org.au/collections/our-manuscript-collection.html Online Manuscript Collection: A collection of donated materials set up in 1963 known as their Primary Records Collection]. | [http://www.sag.org.au/collections/our-manuscript-collection.html Online Manuscript Collection: A collection of donated materials set up in 1963 known as their Primary Records Collection]. | ||
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*[http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/ Western Australia State Archives] | *[http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/ Western Australia State Archives] | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Australia_Societies]] | ||