Events in Canberra

Identifying family photographs

In this seminar, National Archives conservation specialists take a look at family photographs – providing advice about photographic styles and processes in your family collection.

9 September 2008 – 4.00–5.00pm

Menzies Room
National Archives of Australia
Queen Victoria Terrace
Parkes ACT 2600

Speakers Corner: The Battle of Bardia

2007 Margaret George Award Lecture

The Battle of Bardia in North Africa in early 1941 was the first significant engagement of the 2nd AIF. It was an important but largely neglected battle. Why were the Australians so successful beyond Anzac mythology? What were the real factors behind Allied victory and Italian defeat beyond popular and romantic misconceptions?

16 September 2008 – 12.30pm

Menzies Room
National Archives of Australia
Queen Victoria Terrace
Parkes ACT 2600

Discovering Archives: A city for a nation

Records about the building of Canberra

This seminar will explore records about the design and building of the new capital.

14 October 2008 – 4.00–5.00pm

Lyons Room
National Archives of Australia
Queen Victoria Terrace
Parkes ACT 2600

Speakers Corner: Darwin – no place like home

A history of housing in Australia’s northern capital in the 1950s – 2007 Frederick Watson Fellowship Lecture

Using records in the National Archives collection, Mickey Dewar looks at the stories and circumstances of the people who lived in Darwin in the 1950s.

28 October 2008 – 12.30pm

Menzies Room
National Archives of Australia
Queen Victoria Terrace
Parkes ACT 2600

Discovering Archives: A digger in the family

Finding 20th-century military service records in the National Archives of Australia

In this workshop you will learn about records in the National Archives that document the service of members of the Australian military forces in the 20th century.

12 November 2008 – 3.30–4.30pm

Lyons Room
National Archives of Australia
Queen Victoria Terrace
Parkes ACT 2600