Research

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The Research Centre contains a wealth of information for both local history and family history researchers. Some of the information in our files is accessible through searchable Indexes, developed by our volunteers.

Research may be undertaken in person at our Goonellabah rooms Monday and Tuesday 9:30 am – 12:00 noon.  Daily research fees of $10 per session (9:30 am – 12 noon) apply. Members receive one free session per month. Commercial organisations are charged a research fee of $30 per session (9:30 a.m. – 12 noon).  School students are free.

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Written research requests may be submitted for our volunteer researchers to complete.  A application fee of $30.00 is charged for each topic researched (payable in advance). This includes 1 hour of research, after which an additional fee of $10 per hour is charged.

Lodging the Research Request

Complete the Research Written Request Form and either

  • mail the form and cheque
  • pay by direct deposit and email the form to research@richhistory.org.au (Bank Details are included on the form)

For requests from outside Australia please use the Overseas Written Research Request Form.

Research Results

Results of requests can take six to eight weeks.

Additional Fees

  • Photocopies of text or RRHS image:
    • A4 b&w 60c
    • A4 colour $1
    • A3 b&w $1
    • A3 colour $2 each
  • $6 each for new USB stick
  • Images of RRHS photos using own camera: $5 each
  • Scanned images of a document or photo of low resolution (jpeg): $10 each
  • Scanned images to own USB stick at high resolution (tif): $45 each