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 Holdings 
1a At the start of year - Archives (metres) 45,396 58,262 3,326 15698* 9,831 40,000 34,068.55
1b At the start of year - Total (items) N/A 11,872,000 N/A 2,480,284 1,553,298 6,322,222 596,199
2a Accessions during year - Archives (metres) 859 269 548 304 404 916 536.77
2b Accessions during year - Total (items) N/A 54,607 N/A 48,032 63,832 N/A 105,808
3a Disposal during the reporting period (metres) 6 NIL 0 NIL 0 0 49.3
3b Disposal during the reporting period- Total (items) N/A NIL N/A NIL 0 N/A 77
4a At end of year - Archives (metres) **49655 57,739 3,874 16,002 10.235 44,969 3455.02
4b At end of year - Total (items) #7,845,490 11,721,000 N/A 2,528,316 1,617,130 7,110,000 701,930
Arrangement and Description 
Number of accessions or consignments processed and / or documented; 
5a At the start of the reporting period N/A N/A 3,048 N/A 6,475 80% 16,133
5b At the end of the reporting period N/A N/A 3,114 15,542 6,715 85% 17,123
Number of items listed; 
6a At the start of the reporting period ##21,579 N/A N/A 365,392* 2,523 93% 329,010
6b At the end of the reporting period ##30,847 N/A N/A N/A 2,643 98% 407,388
Number of series registered / described; 
7a At the start of the reporting period ##110 12,493 2,317 N/A N/A N/A 17,905
7b At the end of the reporting period ##264 12,795 2,347 *** N/A N/A 18,493
Number of context entities registered / described; 
8a At the start of the reporting period ##2,418 4,790 N/A N/A 1,047 N/A 1,790
8b At the end of the reporting period ##2,608 4,978 N/A *** 1.087 N/A 2,144
Proportion of archival records included in finding aids accessible to researchers (%) 
9a At the start of the reporting period 99% 87% 97% 95% 97% N/A 86.09%
9b At the end of the reporting period 99% N/A 95% 95% 97% N/A 87.91%
Reference services / Use of Holdings 
10a Visits to search room during year 4,117 22,633 676 10,900 5,536 4,291 9,433
10b Items made available in search room 24,335 60,571 10,321 29,500 9,788 15,468 31,179
11a Enquires recorded (except records creators/owners) 10,803 47,042 119 *4,500 12,720 6,690 3,953
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Number of archival records loaned to creators / owners other than in reading room or search room; 2392** 10,248 545 2,680 6,739 N/A  3,207
Web Access
12a Web Access (Yes/No ) YES YES YES YES NO YES YES
12b Number of 'Hits' during reporting period 473,704 627,600 N/A 850,000 N/A 165,946 9,852
12c Number of unique visits during reporting period N/A 218,600 N/A 164,000 N/A 11,122 25,956
Information availability on web site 
13a Creators / owners (Yes/No) YES YES YES NO N/A YES YES
13b Series (Yes/No) YES YES YES NO N/A YES YES
14a Items made available in search room (Yes/No) YES YES NO YES N/A YES YES
14b Digital copies (Yes/No) YES NO NO YES N/A NO NO
Use of Holdings Percentage 
15a Business Users N/A 15% 5% N/A 30% N/A 8.42%
15b Research Users N/A 85% 95% N/A 70% N/A 91.58%
Repository buildings 
16a Total storage area - start of year (m2) 19,370 10,000 1,121 2,000 1,785 6,778## 6,260
16b Total storage area - end of year (m2) *17,550 9,444 1,121 2,000 1,785 6,778## 6,260
17a Shelving capacity - start of year (metres) #152,000 84,179 5,755 18,651* 13,325 92,000## 487,148
17b Shelving capacity - end of year (metres) #143,600 85,391 5,755 18,651 13,325 92,000## 48,158
Staff 
18a FTE positions filled - start of year 105 55 13 25 16.2 33 34
18b FTE positions filled - end of year 100.6 57 13 25 16.5 35.8 34
Budget and Expenditure 
Expenditure 
19a Total expenditure during year ($A) $9,588,000 $8,700,000 $2,876,875 $1,405,000 $,11,500 $4,742,000 $4,921,661
19b Does expenditure include accommodation (Yes/No) YES YES NO YES N/A YES  
Income 
20a Recurrent / Operating (Yes/No) YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
20b Proportion of funding (%) 32.50% 97.80% 100% 98.50% 100% N/A 93.30%
21a Capital / Building and equipment (Yes/No) YES YES NO YES NO N/A YES
21b Proportion of funding (%) 21.70% 0.50% 0% 1.50% 0% YES 2.70%
22a Earnings (Yes/No) YES YES NO NO NO N/A YES
22b Proportion of funding (%) 45.80% 1.70% 0% 0% 0% N/A 4%
23a Sponsorships (Yes/No) NO NO NO NO NO N/A NO
23b Proportion of funding (%) 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% N/A 0%
24a Grants (Yes/No) NO NO NO NO NO N/A NO
24b Proportion in funding (%) 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% N/A 0%
Notes; * As reported in 2001
** Includes for the first time State archives under State Records' control in regional repositories, and a recalculation of the collection after three years of relocation/re/shelving
# Based on 158 items per metre, excludes separately numbered items (maps, plans and documents)
## Includes both sites
 

 

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