The National Archives' Dr Mickey Dewar oration celebrates the life and work of Northern Territory historian Dr Dewar. A video of the 2022 oration is available on this page.

There is a widely held perception that information recorded digitally is secure forever. This idea has been reinforced by marketing messages for products like audio CDs, personal computers and digital cameras. This idea is appealing, but it is completely untrue.

GRA35 - Removal of medical images produced on acetate bases - and - Photographic negatives produced on cellulose nitrate bases - 2014/00396055 - issued 2015

Data governance and management activities give you broad oversight of your data assets, along with managing them to achieve goals.

Agency-wide census action plan 2024

Learn how to manage your agency's social media and instant messaging interactions as part of your agency's information management processes.

GRA37 - research and development - 2022/00304018 - issued 2022, and 2024/00633919

A targeted records retention notice (RRN) was issued to selected Commonwealth agencies on 23 September 2021 to support the production of records for the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. If your agency head or information and records manager has not received a formal notice from the National Archives it is unlikely that your agency will be required to produce records for the Royal Commission. The notice remains in force until further notice from the National Archives.
The notice suspends the National Archives’ permission to destroy or transfer records that may be required by the Royal Commission. Agencies in receipt of the notice are legally obliged to preserve any such records.
The named Australian Government agencies in this retention notice are required by law to protect from destruction any relevant records subject to this notice. If other agencies identify potentially relevant records they should advise the National Archives as soon as possible

This notice has been published on the National Archives’ Records disposal freezes and retention notices website page.
Any questions in relation to the records retention notice may be directed to the National Archives via the Agency Service Centre.

Great White sharks, Jaws and a fear of the ocean.

Our history shows that today's data becomes tomorrow's cultural heritage.

Planning and design is undertaken after you have analysed and quantified gaps between the current and future states.

For data to be shared and re-used, it must be of good quality, discoverable, and well managed. To achieve this your agency needs to build interoperability.

We offer support for your information and records management enquiries and ongoing professional development.

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

Digitisation of collection material is an accepted practice of collecting institutions all round the world.

In 1915, three mates from Sydney used the humble camera to document their ’adventure of a lifetime’ at Gallipoli.

Developing or reviewing a records authority for your agency is part of a recurrent process of evaluating your agency’s business functions and activities to identify records that need to be created or captured.

Agency overview, structure and locations of National Archives' offices.

Join the NAA Members Program and support the work of the National Archives.

Our organisation has 4 branches: Access and Public Engagement, Collection Management, Technology and Office of the Director-General.