National Archives of Australia welcomes the Review of 2003 Cabinet records transfer to the National Archives of Australia and accepts the recommendations.

Advice to agencies for retaining information on COVID-19 vaccination status.

This guide lists records held by the National Archives of Australia about the impact of royalty on the past 100 years of Australian history.

This is a minute paper from 15 March 1909 regarding Customs and Excise Officers to taking handprints for Chinese migration records.

This guide focuses on fine arts, literary, dramatic and music copyright under colonial and Commonwealth administrations.

This guide tells the story of Tasmania and its relationship with the Commonwealth administration from 1901.

This is an extract from the World War I service dossier of James Holmes Fleming, it shows the medals he was entitled to, and also offers details such as his service number and when he was discharged.

Find out the questions we will ask when assessing and preparing documents for transfer.

On 5 March 2021 the Minister for Finance, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, announced the establishment of the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces. The Review is being conducted by the Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins.

This document notifies Australian Government agencies and other agents or people in possession of Commonwealth records that I have imposed a disposal freeze on Commonwealth records that relate to the findings of the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force (IGADF) Afghanistan Inquiry which considered Australian Defence Force operations in Afghanistan from 2005 to 2016 (the Inquiry), and that will support the work of the Office of the Special Investigator and any other subsequent actions by the Government.

National Archives of Australia and Ancestry.com have collaborated to digitise 95,000 First World War records.

To see Commonwealth government records which have not previously been made public you will normally need to apply for access under either the Freedom of Information Act 1982 or the Archives Act 1983.

Government agencies are documenting activities relating to their business functions and administrative responsibilities in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Between 31 December 2023 and 5 January 2024, 82 additional Cabinet records from 2003 were transferred from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to National Archives of Australia.

Your agency should have business systems that create and manage information assets, and can capture information about records.

The notebooks of senior public servants can provide a more detailed picture of the Cabinet's deliberation on an issue.

The National Archives of Australia has an extensive collection of images available to the media for publication.

From 1895, a sensationalist touring exhibit exploited the Australian public’s appetite for a gothic convict narrative.

Six actions for senior executive leadership to take to ensure data, information and records are protected in their agency.

National Archives of Australia is proud to announce that over 1 million Second World War service records have now been digitised as part of a large-scale digitisation effort.