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'Byte' in to your family history! Discover how to research and preserve your family history in the digital age.

Saturday 31 March 2012

Antarctic Inspirations
Internationally acclaimed harpist Alice Giles performs live. Share her personal Antarctic journey through music, sound and exquisite imagery.
Friday 9 and Saturday 10 March, 7–9pm
$50 (includes drinks & canapes)

At the National Archives, visiting school children learn about the human stories behind the nation's historical events.

Discovering Mildenhall's Canberra: Photographs from the birth of our capital.

Discover, explore and contribute to this exciting new project from the National Archives of Australia and the Museum of Australian Democracy.

Several images from the Mildenhall Collection of photographs

Fragile items in the National Archives collection need the care of expert conservators to ensure they survive for future generations.

The National Archives is proud to share the portraits of 500 Australian World War I diggers on our website. We thank the Department of Veterans' Affairs for funding digitisation of these portraits, discovered in the Bonds of Sacrifice collection at the Imperial War Museum, London.

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