Our national magazine, Memento, features articles about Australian history and interesting records in the National Archives’ collection. It also has news on Archives’ exhibitions, events and activities. Below is a list of content in the current issue. For previous issues of Memento, click on ‘Back issues’ above.

Number 36, 2009

Shell-shocked: Australia after Armistice

Historian Dr Michael McKernan argues that Australia was a nation in shock in the years after World War I

Resisting the call the arms

Records in the National Archives give a fascinating insight into why some men chose not to enlist for service in World War I

Australia’s role in the apartheid sports boycott

Professor Richard Cashman discusses the role of Australian cricket in the sporting boycott against South Africa in the 1970s

Gough Whitlam: a moment in history

A new biography of Gough Whitlam sheds new light on the family and military career of the former Prime Minister

In peace and war

Records from the National Archives provide evidence of decades of mutual friendship between Japan and Australia in the years before World War II

In the shadow of Anzac

Dr Craig Stockings reassesses the Battle of Bardia, the first major engagement of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force during World War II

The office copying revolution

Office technology has undergone a revolution over the last two centuries, from the typewriter to the personal computer

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