NRS-15070 | Annual reports [State Rail Authority of New South Wales]

The Reports were compiled annually for the minister responsible for railways and were presented to the New South Wales Parliament according to statutory requirements.From 1854 until 1860 the reports are those of Internal Communication of New South Wales a substantial part of which is devoted to railways. Subsequently they were compiled by the State Rail Authority and its predecessors. The reports review the operations and development of the state railway system during the year. They highlight special projects and often contain statistics such as the quantity of rolling stock, the length of railway lines. The reports also contain annual financial statements. Reports compiled prior to 1957 were bound in hard covered volumes with contents identified on the spine of each, after this date they are in booklet form.Custody HistoryFrom 1955 until 2000 the State Rail Authority of New South Wales maintained an ‘in house archives’ consisting of the archival records of the Authority, its predecessor agencies and the private railway companies taken over by the government. The date ranges of the records were from 1849 until 2000. When the decision was made to close the ‘State Rail Archives’ the parts of the collection that were required as State archives were transferred to the State Records Authority of NSW. Those record series were incorporated into the State Records series system of archives control and were re-numbered.This series was formerly part of the State Rail Archives collection where it was identified as series R7, R8, R9, R10 and R11. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R7 to R11 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.

本报告每年为负责铁路事务的大臣编制，并依法规要求提交至新南威尔士州议会。1854年至1860年期间，相关报告属于《新南威尔士州内部通讯》系列，其中很大篇幅聚焦铁路事务。此后，报告由新南威尔士州铁路管理局及其前身机构编制。报告旨在复盘当年度本州铁路系统的运营与发展情况，重点介绍重点工程，并常包含铁路车辆保有量、线路长度等统计数据，同时附年度财务报表。1957年之前编制的报告采用硬壳精装装帧，册脊标注内容信息；1957年之后的报告则以小册子形式出版。保管历史：1955年至2000年期间，新南威尔士州铁路管理局设有内部档案馆，馆藏涵盖该局、其前身机构以及政府接管的私营铁路公司的档案记录，档案时间跨度为1849年至2000年。在决定关闭“州铁路档案馆”后，馆藏中符合州档案要求的部分被移交至新南威尔士州档案管理局。这批档案系列被纳入州档案管理局的档案控制序列体系，并重新进行了编号。本档案系列原属于州铁路档案馆馆藏，原编号为R7、R8、R9、R10及R11。在州铁路档案馆期间，该系列可能以R7至R11的标识被查阅，且此前可能已被该馆研究者的笔记、出版物或未刊作品引用。