60th Anniversary of the National Archives of Australia

Assistant Minister to the Attorney-General Senator the Hon Amanda Stoker today released the Functional and Efficiency Review of the National Archives of Australia, undertaken by Mr David Tune AO, PSM.

The National Archives of Australia has officially released its next whole-of-government information management policy, Building trust in the public record: managing information and data for government and community.

The National Archives of Australia today announced Her Excellency Mrs Linda Hurley as the inaugural patron of its new Members Program.

The National Archives of Australia has signed contracts totalling $4.4 million for the bulk digitisation of more than 650,000 Second World War service records.

Priceless audio and video recordings documenting Australian history will be preserved for future generations through a $3 million investment by the National Archives of Australia.

A new National Archives of Australia exhibition examines the nation’s response to space research and exploration from the 1950s to the 1970s.    

The National Archives of Australia welcomes the report on ‘Government Accountability in the Digital Age’, prepared by Dr Vivienne Thom AM at the request of the Council of Australasian Archives and Records Authorities - CAARA.

After an extensive market evaluation, the National Archives of Australia has signed a three-year contract for a specialist digital preservation system with sector leader Preservica.

The Parliamentary Friends of Museums Libraries and Galleries believe in the power and importance of our cultural organisations even more so at this time of national crisis.

The National Archives of Australia (NAA), in partnership with the Australian Historical Association (AHA), is proud to announce the successful applicants for the 2020 NAA/AHA Postgraduate Scholarships.

The National Archives of Australia will release the Kerr Palace Letters on Tuesday 14 July.

The High Court’s decision of 29 May has given the National Archives of Australia the opportunity to examine and publicly release the historic Palace Letters. To ensure the records are released in accordance with the Archives Act 1983 they are required to go through a declassification process which may take up to 90 business days.

The High Court today handed down its decision on Hocking v DG National Archives of Australia.

A minor electrical fire has forced the temporary closure of the National Archives Preservation Facility at Mitchell in Canberra.

This is an extraordinary time, during which the role of the National Archives of Australia as a source of trusted information for all is coming to the fore.

For the first time in Canberra, the personal experiences of secret agents and the curious history of espionage and counter-espionage in Australia are publicly revealed in a new National Archives of Australia exhibition.

Urgent action is required to save our digital heritage – the memories, events and documents we have kept on digital media over the past 40 years.

From Monday 1 July 2019, prices for ordering copies of records held in the national archival collection will increase by 4.2 per cent in line with CPI. Prices were last increased in 2016.

The National Archives of Australia has today announced a further two venues in the national tour of its Without Consent: Australia's past adoption practices exhibition – in Geelong and Adelaide.