The Fairfax Media Archive Project - Where are we up to? With approximately 2000 boxes processed, over 450 series identified, 7500 file level records listed and about 40 kilograms of rusty paper clips removed and replaced, we are on schedule to have the project completed by early 2018. Read more Fairfax Media Archive
A Glimpse into the Subculture of John Fairfax & Sons The thousands of files that make up the Fairfax Media Business Archive tell us a lot about the people who managed the company. But what were the experiences of the printers, compositors, proof readers? Occasionally we come across records in the collection that provide a glimpse of the social side or even the sub-culture of a group within the organisation, records that gives us a sense of what it was like to work in John Fairfax Ltd. Read more Fairfax Media Archive
Records of the Herald Chapel In 1984 during a clean up of the production area of John Fairfax & Sons, workers came across records of the Herald Chapel. These records, which include pre-federation union records, will provide a greater understanding of the evolution of unions in the printing industry and the role they played in workers welfare. Read more Fairfax Media Archive
It’s not all business in the Fairfax Business Archive The Fairfax Media Business Archive is not only made up of records relating to the business of the company. Fairfax archivists also collected material to add to the archives, items which they considered would contribute to the memory and understanding of the company. Read more Fairfax Media Archive
Great Managers of John Fairfax Ltd Of the hundreds of record series that make up the Fairfax Media Business archive perhaps the most important series are the records of the General Managers of John Fairfax Ltd. Read more Fairfax Media Archive
So what are we doing with the Fairfax Business Archive? While the Fairfax Media business archive tells the history of an iconic Australian Company the archive itself has its own story. Read more Fairfax Media Archive
Introducing the Fairfax Archive Team The arrangement and description of the Fairfax Media archive is a major undertaking that will take over one year to complete. Meet the core members of the team. Read more Fairfax Media Archive
The Fairfax Media Business Archive The State Library of New South Wales has recently acquired what must certainly be the most significant and comprehensive media company archive in Australia. Read more Fairfax Media Archive