28 Nov 1975 – the Western Sydney Records Centre opened
The NSW State Archives officially opened the Western Sydney Records Centre (Stage 1) at Kingswood.
The new storage facility held approximately 40 shelf km of State archives. It now holds 470kms of records including over 84kms of archives.
We look back at its evolution.
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