[3] In 1941, Amelia Wayn was awarded an Order of the British Empire – Member (Civil) for public service in Tasmania.

As a first step he encouraged the government to invite Professor RM Crawford to report on the current circumstances of the Tasmanian archives collection.

[7] Introducing that bill on 30 March 1943, the Chief Secretary dwelt on the importance of the historical aspects of Tasmania and concluded that it was necessary “for the Government to take action to prevent the removal and destruction of historical documents relating to the State’s development”.

[10] In 1959, nineteen documents of Convict Department provenance were recovered from a private museum at Port Arthur.

[1] Prior to 1962 the Chief Secretary's vault under the Supreme Court of Tasmania became, by default, a kind of ungazetted State Archives.

[4] In 1962 the Library's headquarters moved to newly built premises at 91 Murray Street, to which a further building was added in 1972.

[9] In 1986 a one-time steel store in Berriedale was rebuilt, modified, and air-conditioned to provide records storage, processing areas, and offices.

Incorporated in this extension was a film storage area with separate environmental conditions from the main repository space.

The building, which provides capacity of up to 28 linear kilometres of shelving, includes contemporary climate control systems, security and fire alert systems, a cool store for film and colour photography, and a dedicated room to store magnetic media.

[15] The Archives collection includes material dating from early European settlement to the present day.

[7] Under the leadership of Siobhan Gaskell, Director of the State Library of Tasmania,[22] the Archives Office and Heritage Collections of the State Library merged to form the Tasmanian Archive & Heritage Office (TAHO).

Even though administratively the title has been publicly changed, the Archives Office of Tasmania remains as an entity today.