The $4 million Commonwealth Archives repository complex, Villawood, NSW.

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Date12/11/1973DescriptionThe big mobile storage system has been installed so that Australasia's archives can be recalled by simply pushing a button.
PhotographerGreg WhiteNotesROGERS-www.johnrogersarchice.com SMH-002065709
Used in Financial Review.

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InscriptionThe newly completed installation is within the Commonwealth Archives Repository at Villawood, 14 miles from the centre of Sydney.
The $4 million complex houses all Commonwealth archives from NSW and replaces the old Maroubra Naval Stores Depot.
The square footage of floor space at Villawood is half that of previous repository.
The Maroubra Repository consisted of two buildings providing a total of 180,000 sq ft of floor space.
All the material from Maroubra has been stored in Part 1 of the Villawood complex and requires total floor space of 52,000 sq ft. The new Villawood complex, stage 1 (parts 1 and 2), provides a total of 91,000 sq ft of usable floor space.
This near four-fold increase in storage space has been obtained by the use of Brownbuilt's Maxtor mobile storage system.Image ColourBlack & WhiteTypePrintPrint Size240 mm x 110 mmDigital FormatJPG : 5.45 MBOriginal Print AvailableYesAccessAppointment required to view original photographCopyrightRestrictedCopyright Owner(s)Fairfax MediaAcknowledgementFairfield City Council acquired copies in December 2020 from Duncan Miller (Californian photography dealer). The original copyright is held by Fairfax Media

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The $4 million Commonwealth Archives repository complex, Villawood, NSW.