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Latest News at the SRO
This section provides the latest announcements and information on activities occurring at the State Records Office of Western Australia.
Draft SRO Guidelines - Request for Comment
The State Records Office (SRO) is pleased to call for comment as part of the external stakeholder consultation phase for two proposed guidelines - SRO Guideline: Management of Digital Records and SRO Guideline: Management of Email. For further information and to download a copy of the guidelines, please visit the Request for Comment page.
New State Records Commission Standard 7 - Storage of State Archives
The State Records Commission (SRC) is pleased to advise that SRC Standard 7 - Storage of State Archives retained by State Organizations through an approved Recordkeeping Plan was gazetted on 4 June 2008. Standard 7 may be downloaded from this website.
New State Records Office Information Sheet - Email Records
The State Records Office is pleased to announce the release of an information sheet developed to assist State Government organisations to identify those email messages, created or received by the organisation, which are State records.
The information sheet may be downloaded from the State Records Office website.
A tale of three ships
To mark ANZAC day and the discovery of the HMAS Sydney, the State Records Office presents a sampling of documents relating to the events surrounding the sinking of the Sydney.
New State Records Commission Standard 8 - Digital Recordkeeping
The State Records Commission (SRC) is pleased to advise that SRC Standard 8 - Digital Recordkeeping was gazetted on 29th February 2008.
The Standard and associated Guidelines may be downloaded from the State Records Office website.
W.S. Lonnie Awards - Reporting on Recordkeeping Compliance
This year, all State government organisations were invited by the State Records Office to nominate for the State Records Commission State Records Award which is a Special Sponsored Lonnie Award.
The winner of the Award will be announced on 26 June at the W.S. Lonnie Awards dinner.
For further information on this years W.S. Lonnie Awards on Recordkeeping Compliance
New Digital Archive Test System for Western Australia
Western Australia will take a leap into the future with the development of a new Digital Archive for the State Government through the State Records Office.
For more information, the full Media Release for this project is available for download.
Annual Report for 2006/2007
The Annual Report of the State Records Commission for 2006/2007 is now available online.
Convict records of Western Australia
The UNESCO Memory of the World Register has listed Western Australia's convict records. Nowhere else in the world do the complete records of the inner workings of an 18th-19th century penal system exist over such an extended period.
