Fairfax Media Limited Business Archive, 1795-2006
Fairfax Media Limited Business Archive, 1795-2006
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1795-2006, [predominant 1950-1991]
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
270 metres of textual material (2106 boxes and volumes)
1331 photographs
174 sound cassettes and 52 sound tape reels
19 objects
1 sound disc
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
This collection comprises 454 record series. Many of these series contain sub-series and file level records. You may navigate to a more detailed description of each series from this collection record
Access and use
Access Conditions
Partly restricted
Copying Conditions
Research & study copies allowed
Physical Access Conditions
This material is held offsite and is usually available after 4pm on the next business day. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian : Applies to MLMSS 9894
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
This archive, consisting of 2106 boxes of company and personal records ranging from 1795-2006. It is made up of 454 record series which documents five generations of Fairfax dynasty ownership of the company. From the time John Fairfax purchased the Sydney Herald in partnership with Charles Kemp to the time Warwick Fairfax’s attempt to privatise the...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Fairfax Media Limited Business Archive, 1795-2006
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Description source
The majority of the file level scope and contents descriptions and administrative history and biography notes in this archive were written by archivists employed by John Fairfax Ltd between 1974-1996 and 2006-2009.
Where necessary these descriptions were edited by library staff to correct spelling errors, create consistency, expand acronyms...
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Fairfax Media Management Pty Ltd, November 2016
Administrative / Biographical history
Fairfax Media began in April 1831 as The Sydney Herald, seven years before John Fairfax arrived in Australia. The business was acquired by John Fairfax and Charles Kemp in 1841 and in the following year renamed the Sydney Morning Herald. In 1853 John Fairfax bought Kemp’s interest in the company, and in December 1856 John Fairfax and Sons was estab...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
nM70NlDY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nM70NlDY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1002103
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