Liberalisation of immigration policy
Attachment to a 1969 memorandum to Entry Policy Branch.
Previous policies – information management
Superseded Information management policies can be found on this page.
Expeditioners collect Adelie penguins, Antarctica
Black-and-white photograph of Dr Xavier Mertz, John Hunter and Lieutenant Belgrave Ninnis collecting Adélie Penguins.
Developing an information management policy
Learn how to create an information management policy to improve your organisation's information management practices.
Origins of the White Australia Policy
Correspondence regarding the origins of White Australia policy.
Managing records of Commonwealth persons - Personal record collections
The term 'personal record collections' is used by the Archives to refer to groups of records accumulated and maintained by significant individuals (for their own purposes) who served within, or were closely associated with, the Commonwealth Government. Personal records add to the understanding of Commonwealth records created by government departments and agencies.
Policy on migrants of multicultural backgrounds
Department of Immigration background paper regarding the policy for the admission of persons of mixed descent.
Evaluation of Agency Implementation – DC2020 Policy
An evaluation of agency implementation of the Digital Continuity 2020 (DC2020) Policy objectives.
Deadline 2025: the race to future-proof our audiovisual collection
Thousands of important videotapes in our collection are at risk because the VHS machines needed to play them are no longer being manufactured.
Immigration policy of the Australian Communist Party
This document, created in 1946 outlines the Immigration Policy of the Australian Community Party.
Our Cloud Information Governance Policy
The National Archives' Cloud Information Governance Policy sets out the information governance arrangements for all National Archives of Australia’s information assets created, stored, or managed through the use of cloud computing.
Disposal of records in National Archives' custody following digitisation policy
This policy outlines the framework for the disposal of records in the National Archives’ custody following digitisation.
Development of Australian immigration policy – memorandum with timeline
A memorandum regarding the development of Australian immigration policy.
Newspaper report on criticism of the White Australia Policy
Newspaper report on criticism of the White Australia Policy
Migration and population policy – draft for pamphlet
Draft for proposed pamphlet on immigration policy titled 'Maintenance of the Australian way of life', 1944.
Hostility in Singapore to Australian migration policy
Hostility in Singapore to the Australian immigration policy – following deportation of Malay husbands of Australian women.
Our Normal Administrative Practice (NAP) Policy
Our Normal Administrative Practice Policy clarifies responsibilities and advises staff what information can be routinely destroyed in the course of business.
Searching Papua New Guinea collections
Celebrate Papua New Guinea’s 50th Anniversary of independence by learning how to discover PNG records online.
Access Examination Policy – personal, business and professional affairs of a person
National Archives' Access Examination policy sets out our policy for applying exemptions pursuant to sub-sections 33(1)(g) and 33(1)(j) of the Archives Act.
Promotion of migration policy – letter to Arthur Calwell
A personal letter to Arthur Calwell regarding immigration policy.