The Heritage Centre contains:-

• Local Studies
• Oral History collections
• Council and Community Archives
• Exhibition Space

Stanton Library has a lot of historical material on people and the local places in which they lived. Search the Heritage Databases and the Stanton Library catalogue.

Stanton Library also has micro-format and hard-copy materials. Among these are the Sands Directory, Street Files, Telephone Directories and Council Minute Books. Some are accessed via appointment only, but all are available for viewing here in the North Sydney Heritage Centre.

Also, you can access indexes that contain birth, death and marriage records for these states and time periods:

• Census of NSW 1828
• Crows Nest Presbyterian Church of Remembrance
• Marine births, deaths and marriages in Victoria 1853-1920
• NSW – Pioneers Series 1788-1888
• NSW – Federation Series 1889-1918
• NSW – Between the Wars Series 1919-1945 (contains death and marriage records only)
• Queensland Pioneers Index 1829-1889
• South Australian Index to births 1842-1906
• South Australian Index to deaths 1842-1915
• South Australian Index to marriages 1842-1916
• Tasmanian Pioneers Series 1803-1899
• Victorian Pioneers Series 1837-1888
• Victorian Federation Series 1889-1901
• Victorian Edwardian War 1902-1913
• Victorian Great War Series 1914-1920
• Victorian Death Index 1921-1985
• Western Australian Pioneers Series 1841-1905

Opening hours are between 1-5 pm, Mondays to Thursdays.

The North Sydney Heritage Centre is located on Level 1, Stanton Library.

Detailed enquiries can be emailed to localhistory@northsydney.nsw.gov.au or phone: 9936 8406