This is a letter to the Bureau of Science and Industry regarding the destruction of prickly pear.

Excerpt from ABC radio broadcast of the Prime Minister's address to the nation.

This is a newspaper article about the White Australia Policy, as published by The Malaya Tribune, 03 May 1947.

War expanded their horizons; war provided new opportunities; war sent them to work. And men sent them home again.

A letter from 1941 written by John J Dedman in response to a letter from Robert J Caldwell, about the acceptance of refugees escaping Nazi oppression.

How to research records dealing with aliens, internees and prisoners of war who were interned in Western Australia during World War I and World War II.

During the First World War and Second World War, Australia held both prisoners of war and internees. We hold records about these camps and their internees.

During World War II the humble vegie patch and chook run became weapons in the war.

Letters of reference in Second World War service records offer a glimpse into enlistees' pre-war lives.

During the Second World War, the Australian Government employed prisoners of war to grow opium in regional Australia.

Copy of the message sent by the Governor-General to Prime Minister Joseph Cook and Minister of Defence George Pearce at 12.30 am on 5 August 1914.

They are some of the most important documents in Australia’s evolution as an independent nation. This is the story of Australia’s first declarations of war.

Alfred Bayliss was selected as Australia’s 25,000th post-war Maltese migrant.

A digitised Second World War service record sheds new light on the career of a pioneering Australian servicewoman.

In the immediate post-World War II years, the Postmaster-General’s Department was determined to deliver Christmas cheer on time.

Vietnamese migration to Australia was spurred by the Vietnam War. In the 2021 Census, 334,785 Australians self-identified as having Vietnamese ancestry.

Charles Edward Ernest Umphelby and the defence of colonial Victoria

This fact sheet provides information on National Archives records about the bombing of Darwin in the Second World War.

Discovering Anzacs

Thousands of Second World War service people joined the Caterpillar Club: an exclusive organisation for people who had bailed out of an incapacitated aircraft.