Our Collection

Our Archive and Library

The Australian Motor Heritage Foundation is dedicated to maintaining a comprehensive archive and library of materials about Australia’s motor heritage for the benefit of all Australians through preservation, education and research as we’re proud of our past and passionate about our future.

We are seeking to record and catalogue the heritage and history of the use of the motor and to collect, preserve and exhibit items of significance for the benefit of the community by bringing in scattered collections, organising the records and then making it all accessible for research, displays and education, and informed discussion in clubs, academia, schools and universities, and sporting arenas like Sydney Motorsport Park.

The AMHF has established a substantial archive and library of more than 4,700 books, thousands of ‘primary resource items’ including promotional releases, brochures, race programs and results, contemporary media reviews, photographs, film, oral history, as well as about 14,000 magazines.

Our Collection Committee is responsible for and overseas the collection, together with some hard-working and enthusiastic volunteer curators.

Archive Database

The Archive Database is a list of the items and property held in the AMHF Collection. Ultimately, the searchable database will include digital copies of items donated to, and acquired by, the AMHF.

Available to researchers is the archive’s extensive collection of items that are of interest to those researching Australia’s motoring history. Our collection includes books, booklets and magazines, and other archival material.

Official Car Race Results

Our Results database aims to create and maintain a permanent record of Australian car race and hill climb results for events prior to 1997. Results are held in “searchable pdf” format and indexed in date order (see current listings below).

Whilst there is still much work to do, we so far have Official Results for over 1,900 race meetings and 1,300 hill climb events between 1904 and 1997. In some cases we are yet to locate results for all categories at a race meeting. These are marked “incompl”.

On request, AMHF Patrons and Supporters can access results for up to two events per annum. Additional copies and requests from non-members attract a fee of $5.00 per event. Requests for copies of our results should be emailed to results @ motorheritage.org.au

Race Programmes

From a small collection in 2021, the AMHF library of car race programmes in the Spencer Martin Room now includes over 1,250 meetings. These are all indexed and stored by size (A5 or A4) and chronological order. Our programmes curator, Brian Goulding, would welcome donations of any race programmes to fill gaps in our collection.

Under our Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status, donations to the Foundation Library over $2.00 in value are tax deductible.

We now have duplicates of some programmes which are marked in column “L” in the attached index. The Foundation offers these excess copies for sale at market prices. Depending on condition and rarity, prices start from $20. Enquiries can be made to Brian at brian.goulding @ motorheritage.org.au