Archives Office of Tasmania

Archives Office of Tasmania
Agency overview
FormedDecember 1965 (1965-12)
Preceding agency
  • Archives Section (State Library of Tasmania)
JurisdictionArchives Act 1965 (repealed 1984); Archives Act 1983 (No. 76/1983)
HeadquartersHobart, Tasmania
Minister responsible
  • Department of Education
Agency executive
  • State Archivist
Parent departmentState Library of Tasmania

The Archives Office of Tasmania (AOT), 1965-Ongoing is the Tasmanian government agency responsible for the archival records of the State of Tasmania. The Archives Act 1965 established the Archives Office of Tasmania as an independent entity, but it remained within the then Tasmanian State Library Department.

The Archives Act 1983 made the Archives Office an agency with certain administration remaining within the State Library Department.[1]

While the agency has undergone name changes, the Archives Office of Tasmania has been maintained under the Archives Act 1983, which states that "there shall continue to be an office and repository in Tasmania to be known as the 'Archives Office of Tasmania'".[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Archives Act 1983". www.legislation.tas.gov.au. Retrieved 10 December 2023.