AFDA Express Version 2 – Contracts Under Seal/Deeds
AFDA Express Version 2 – Contracts Under Seal/Deeds
Agency Digitisation Service
Access to unclassified paper records is provided via the Agency Digitisation Service (ADS
AFDA Express Version 2 – Property Management
AFDA Express Version 2 – Property Management
Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme administrative records
This fact sheet provides information on Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme administrative records.
Metadata for interoperability
Metadata is structured information that defines and describes data. It ensures users and systems understand the meaning of exchanged information and data.
Interoperability key themes
Interoperability is built around 5 key themes: business, security, legal, semantic and technical.
Green Shadows – the Papuan Infantry Battalion
A battalion of mostly Papuan native soldiers gained a reputation for bravery and became known as the Green Shadows.
The Sepia – history beneath the waves
The Sepia, an iron hulled 3 mast barque ran aground on December 1898. The ship was discovered by the Underwater Explorer's Club of Western Australia in 1960.
Long did she reign
Her Majesty, Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth (21/4/1926 – 8/9/2022).
Archival quality paper and board products
The National Archives of Australia has developed specifications for a range of archival quality paper and board products.
Appraisal and sentencing
Find out about sentencing and appraisal of records.
AFDA Express Version 2 Index - Compensation
View this page to see the index of terms relating to the Administrative Functions Disposal Authority Express Version 2 function of Compensation.
Australian Government Graduate Program
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Ship of shame
From 1895, a sensationalist touring exhibit exploited the Australian public’s appetite for a gothic convict narrative.
Declaration of independence
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.
Driving the royals
Making sure the 1950s and 60s royal tours of Australia ran on time at every destination was a fleet of Commonwealth cars and their drivers.
Rocket man
Richard Gardiner Casey served Australia in many roles, most famously as Governor General. He also had a personal fascination with space.
Painting the hills
Marion Mahony and Walter Burley Griffin's love of nature was fundamental to their design for Australia's new capital.
Royal seal of approval
The Great Seal of Australia is primarily applied to key documents signed by the governor-general. This seal will remain in use until a new Great Seal of Australia is authorised by King Charles III.
Troopship records fill in family histories
Troopship records are an often-overlooked source to help you fill in your family’s history.