Archives Administration & Advisory Services

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

The National Archives was established in 1954 as the Central Archives of Fiji and the Western Pacific High Commission. In July 1971, less than a year after Fiji gained Independence, the Central Archives of Fiji and the Western Pacific High Commission officially became the National Archives of Fiji.

OBJECTIVES

• Ensure the safe custody and proper preservation of public records
• Make these records available to Government for reference purposes and to members of the public.

FUNCTIONS

• Evaluate public records and select and take into custody for proper preservation those, which have administrative, legal, informational and historical value.
• Authorizes the destruction of those public records, which are of no enduring value i.e. historical, informational, legal and fiscal.
• Arranges, describes and publicizes records held to facilitate easy retrieval and promote scholarly research among them.
• Safeguard the integrity of public records by ensuring their proper security and safe custody and by promoting their better preservation.

Office Location:

25 Carnavon Street
(Corner of Kimberly and Carnavon Street)