The State Records Office of Western Australia (SRO) is the Western Australian government authority with responsibility for identifying, managing, preserving and providing access to the State's archives. The SRO also delivers best practice records management services to State and Local Government agencies.
The State Records Office operates under its own legislation, the State Records Act 2000, which was formally proclaimed in the Government Gazette on the 30th November 2001. The SRO is an independent Government agency within the Department of Culture and the Arts.
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