This page is a quick reference guide on using General Records Authority 38 - Ministers of State

This fact sheet provides information on World War I internee, alien and POW records held in Sydney.

Learn about the National Archives' policies and strategies that support sound information and records management practices.

Talking chairs, a floating glass building and a self-driving railway. Step into the past (or was it the future?) at Expo 67 in Montreal.

This research guide traces the records of Chinese migrants in Australia over more than 100 years.

The National Archives is concerned that thermal papers have found their way into archival collections, as many show rapid deterioration.

In 1947, young men from the UK migrated to Australia to help build houses and buildings during the post-war boom.

This document provides guidelines for packing and transporting non-digital archival records, whether the transport is intrastate or interstate.

This guide is the only comprehensive listing of the huge volume of records created by the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

This guide comprehensively lists records on Australia's relations with the people and government of Japan from the mid-nineteenth century.

The National Archives Adelaide Office holds a range of records dealing with internees, aliens and prisoners of war during World War II.

We are open to the public. Bookings are required to visit.

This research guide assists in identifying records relevant to Indigenous people in the Northern Territory.

A targeted records retention notice (RRN) was issued to selected Commonwealth agencies on 23 September 2021 to support the production of records for the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. If your agency head or information and records manager has not received a formal notice from the National Archives it is unlikely that your agency will be required to produce records for the Royal Commission. The notice remains in force until further notice from the National Archives.
The notice suspends the National Archives’ permission to destroy or transfer records that may be required by the Royal Commission. Agencies in receipt of the notice are legally obliged to preserve any such records.
The named Australian Government agencies in this retention notice are required by law to protect from destruction any relevant records subject to this notice. If other agencies identify potentially relevant records they should advise the National Archives as soon as possible

This notice has been published on the National Archives’ Records disposal freezes and retention notices website page.
Any questions in relation to the records retention notice may be directed to the National Archives via the Agency Service Centre.

Using GRA 31 to support digitisation of source or original records.

Our Western Australia Office is open to the public.

The records listed in this guide reflect the changes in the administration of Papua New Guinea since 1883.

Service record of Caleb James Shang, who was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal twice and a Military Medal for his service in the First World War.

Find out about sentencing and appraisal of records.

This record is a leaflet inviting the public to contribute to the 1974 Royal Commission on Human Relationships.