The National Archives holds a range of official records that refer to John Monash's dealings with the Commonwealth, many relating to his military service.

The National Archives of Australia has records about members of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) who served as crew aboard RAN ships.

When Australian Florence Winter-Irving married a Turkish diplomat in 1913, it caused a sensation. It also had ramifications for her Australian citizenship.

A 1933 shark attack in Townsville spurs the Queensland Country Women's Association into action.

Our annual reports, corporate plan and reconciliation action plan.

Discover our Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) records, which date from 1921.

This fact sheet provides information on National Archives records about the Cocos (Keeling) Island.

Significant historic moments

Crowds enjoying sport and leisure activities

This fact sheet provides information on National Archives records about the Army Inventions Directorate.

This fact sheet provides information on the National Archives' records about Archbishop Daniel Mannix.

More than 10,000 images from the Immigration Photographic Archive have been digitised and can be accessed through PhotoSearch.

In this video, explore the different reasons for Noonee, Erfan, Seraphin, Joseph and Sofia to migrate to Australia.

Explore the stories of migrants to Australia.

The National Archives of Australia is a rich source of information for family historians.

More than 100 000 people, many of them migrants from over 30 countries, worked to build the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme, an extraordinary engineering and construction accomplishment.

Information on researching records on National Service from 1951–59.

This fact sheet provides information on National Archives records about D notices.

In 1911, Marion Mahony Griffin and her husband Walter Burley Griffin imagined the Australian capital during a cold Chicago winter.

The town of Wittenoom was built on the dream of a natural resource worth more than gold: blue asbestos.