The New Guard was a monarchist and anti-leftist movement active from 1931 to 1935.

The National Archives has more than 600 surveillance and training films created or collected by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO).

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.

In 1989 two stars aligned - the first from the silver screen, and the second a 'Silver Bodgie'.

This fact sheet provides information on National Archives records about Indonesian independence.

Royal Australian Airforce records documenting UFO sightings reported to the government.

Stay up to date on current disposal freezes and retention of records notices.

Records relating to child migrants to New South Wales - including migrant selection documents, passenger lists and immigration policy files.

An online exhibition celebrates 20th-century Aussie beach culture through vintage photographs.

Other archival institutions in Australia that can help with your research.

In 1954 a steamship arrived in Sydney Harbour carrying the first reigning monarch to visit Australia – Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip.

Cabinet records created in the year 2004 offer an insight into John Howard's third term as prime minister.

Background to the 2002 Cabinet papers by Associate Professor David Lee, University of New South Wales.

The Malta-Australia Migration Agreement and a young shipwright named Anthony Grima.

Following the Nazi annexation of Austria in 1938, many members of Vienna’s Jewish community sought refuge overseas. Amongst them were the Weiss family.

An overview of Cabinet records created in the year 2003 which became available to access on 1 January 2024.

Touching down in Darwin in 1919, a former WWI bomber won the Great Australian Air Race and became the first international flight to land in Australia.

This fact sheet provides information on National Archives records about the Cockatoo Island dockyard.

This fact sheet provides information on National Archives records about the Torrens Island Quarantine Station.

King Charles III’s coronation is the first in 70 years. National Archives looks at how his mother’s coronation was marked back in 1953.