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.
Archival records are so powerful
Learn about the power and importance of archival records with Phyllis Williams, Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement at National Archives of Australia.
Security intelligence records held in Canberra
Information on National Security Security intelligence records held in Canberra.
Customs shipping records held in Sydney
Information on how to research customs shipping records held in Sydney.
Margaret Spencer: the Little Colonel
A digitised Second World War service record sheds new light on the career of a pioneering Australian servicewoman.
ASIO records
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) collects and evaluates intelligence relevant to Australia’s domestic security.
Creating records
Information your agency creates as part of a specific business process needs to be managed so that it can be searched, shared, reused and repurposed.
Troopship records fill in family histories
Troopship records are an often-overlooked source to help you fill in your family’s history.
Industrial relations records held in Melbourne
This fact sheet provides information on industrial relations records held in Melbourne.
Defence and war service records
Our collection of records about Australia's defence and war efforts will help you learn about your family's war history and support your academic research.
Preserving paper documents and artworks
Paper-based materials are prone to chemical and physical deterioration. While we can't stop deterioration, we can influence the rate at which it happens.
Records related to the use of AFFF fire suppressants
Records retention notice: records related to the use of aqueous film forming foams (AFFFs) fire suppressants. Issued on 21 February 2017.
Patent, trademark and design records in Brisbane
This fact sheet provides information about patent, trademark and design records held in Brisbane.
Preserving microforms
Despite advances in digital technology, Microforms - microfiche and microfilms, are still a useful record format
Records of Dutch migration held in Sydney
This fact sheet provides information about records relating to Dutch migration held in Sydney.
Records related to institutional responses to child sexual abuse
Records disposal freeze: Records related to institutional responses to child sexual abuse - Details of the records disposal freeze issued on 31 January 2013
Check the progress of your order
Check the progress of our current queue of digitisation orders.
Sound recordings in the National Archives
The National Archives holds a fascinating collection of sound recordings including interviews, speeches, plays, documentaries, music and sports broadcasts.
Cabinet records of the Fraser government, 1975–83
Cabinet records of the Fraser government, 1975–83
Defend the Past, Protect the Future Program
The Defend the Past, Protect the Future Program will enable digital preservation of critical at-risk collection material before Deadline 2025.
