Michael John Saclier, 1937–2020

  • Pennie Pemberton
  • Ewan Maidment

Abstract

Michael Saclier, a doyen of Australian archivists, passed away on 3 April, aged 82, a tragic victim of COVID-19. Michael worked at the Archives Office of NSW after he finished university. In 1968 he became Principal Archivist in the Archives Office of Tasmania. From 1972 until his retirement in 1997 Michael was the Archives Officer at the Archives of Business and Labour (now the Noel Butlin Archives Centre) at the Australian National University. Michael was instrumental in the establishment of the Australian Society of Archivists and was its first President from 1975 to 1977. He was respected by his staff, readers, depositors and his archival colleagues, who awarded him honorary membership of the ASA in 1985 in recognition of his unique contribution to the profession.

Published
2020-10-08
How to Cite
Pemberton P. and Maidment E. (2020) “Michael John Saclier, 1937–2020”, Archives & Manuscripts, 48(3), pp. 328–345. doi: 10.1080/01576895.2020.1818043.
Section
Obituary