For those who grew up in Australia in the 1950s and 1960s, a new exhibition from the National Archives, Summers Past: Golden Days in the Sun 1950-70, should gently stir memories of idyllic summers spent by the beach.

The media is invited to attend a reception for the National Archives of Australia Advisory Council at the Western Australian Museum this Thursday 17 November at 5 pm.

The Director-General of the National Archives of Australia, Ross Gibbs today announced the winners of the 2005 Frederick Watson Fellowship and Margaret George Award.

In the same week that Mount Panorama echoed with the roar of high tech production cars, the National Archives of Australia is launching its own innovative creation – a new website for students called Vrroom.

An exhibition comprising the winning artworks and a selection of highly commended finalists in the Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize opens at the National Archives on Friday 7 October. A media preview is scheduled for 11 am.

‘We should have the courage to not just be another link in the chain of wrong but to dare to speak out and break the chain.' (Bathurst Year 10 student)

‘Until now too little serious work has been published on the career and times of Harold Holt, as the circumstances of his death came to overshadow the achievements of his life.'
(The Hon. Peter Costello MP)

The National Archives will celebrate Australia’s (constitutional) birthday tomorrow with the launch of a new look website celebrating Australian democracy.

Previously unseen footage of Sir Douglas Mawson's historic 1911 expedition to the Antarctic will be shown for the first time tomorrow at the launch of the Antarctic Midwinter Festival at Hadleys Hotel in Hobart at 11am.

The Director-General of the National Archives of Australia, Ross Gibbs, today announced that the winner of the National Archives Ian Maclean Award for 2005 is historian Dr Nikki Henningham.

When we hear the word Anzacs we immediately think of Australian and New Zealand soldiers fighting side by side in the Great War. That defining episode in our military history has shaped our national spirit – and is a quintessentially Australian story.

Water. Not a day goes by when we don’t think about it, talk about it, drink it, or in some cases pray for it. It’s a valuable resource.

Tracing one’s relatives or connecting with long lost friends is a popular hobby for many Australians, especially those who migrated here, which is nearly all of us.

The Minister for the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, Senator the Hon. Amanda Vanstone, will launch a service that will enable migrants and their families to locate and retrieve information about their arrival in Australia, on Wednesday 9 February at 10:30am in the Manning Clarke Theatre, ANU.

Peter Carey, Barry Humphries and David Williamson are just three famous Australian writers that Frank Moorhouse has ‘met’ in the last six months. Moorhouse, the National Archives 2004 Frederick Watson Fellow, has been researching the Commonwealth Literary Fund, a staunch supporter of writers since 1908.

Just when you thought you’d run out of holiday ideas for the children – along comes Grandkids Day at the National Archives!