Digital Preservation Policy
Preserving Archival Digital Records Transferred from Commonwealth Agencies
Electronic document and records management systems
An electronic document and records management system is an automated software application. Find out how to develop a business case for introducing an EDRMS.
Born-digital file format standards
Born-digital files are files that are created and managed in digital form. Born-digital files created from the date of issue of these standards must comply.
Other resources about First Australians
To help find records about themselves or their family, the National Archives has published books, guides, and articles.
Publications
Our annual reports, corporate plan and reconciliation action plan.
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GRA39 - public interest disclosure - 2016/00471400 - issued 2016
Retaining, managing and disposing of data and datasets
Your agency will have business systems that create, keep and manage digital information and records, including data and datasets.
World War I internee, alien and POW records held in Adelaide
Information on researching World War I internee, alien and POW records held in Adelaide.
Passenger records held in Adelaide
This fact sheet provides information on passenger records held in Adelaide.
Torrens Island Quarantine Station, South Australia
This fact sheet provides information on National Archives records about the Torrens Island Quarantine Station.
Transferring digital information to the National Archives
As an Australian Government agency, there are several steps to transferring your digital records to the National Archives.
Disposal of Commonwealth records in the absence of an agency-specific records authority
This advice for record disposal is for Australian Government agencies that do not have, or are in the process of developing, agency-specific records authorities
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GRA33 - Accredited training - 2012/00579704 - issued 2013
Preservation Policy 2021-2025
The National Archives of Australia's Preservation Policy will drive the development of strategies to address our collection’s inherent preservation challenges.
Second World War internee, alien and POW records held in Canberra
This fact sheet provides information on the Second World War internee, alien and POW records held in Canberra.
Transferring information to the National Archives
Australian Government agencies transfer selected information and records to the National Archives for preservation and access.
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GRA34 - establishing and winding up entities and companies - 2014/00444390 - issued 2015
AFDA Express Version 2 – Property Management
AFDA Express Version 2 – Property Management
The 2004 Cabinet papers in context
Background to the 2004 Cabinet papers by Associate Professor David Lee, University of New South Wales.
NameSearch
NameSearch lets you easily search our collection for records relating to a person