The History Room provides researchers with secure access to the archival resources and published heritage of the state of Tasmania.
Bookings are required to access this material in the History Room. Weekday bookings are for three hours, and Saturday bookings are for two hours. There are two sessions per day:
Please contact us if you would like help.
If your question requires research, use our research request form.
Check out our guides on:
Searching our collections
Family history
Records
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Tasmanian history resources
Online information resources
previous questions, answers and search tips.
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We supply information or provide a search path as guided by the National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA) principles and service guidelines.
We provide:
Up to one hour of research on most enquiries. We may spend more time on enquiries which require researching materials unique to our library and archives.
We are not able to do:
For more in-depth research help, you may choose to hire a private researcher:
Professional Historians Association's Consultants Register
Private family history researchers
Ask a librarian or archivist online.
Monday-Friday 9.30am - 5pm (local time).
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