Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, one of the first plays to authentically portray Australians and their speech, has been selected by the National Archives as its December find of the month.

A new exhibition at the National Archives features many Max Dupain photographs that have never been seen before.

Former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam has presented the National Archives of Australia with a handwritten notice of motion drafted in the hour following his dismissal in 1975 by then Governor-General Sir John Kerr.

The National Archives will release the 1977 Cabinet documents under embargo to journalists on Tuesday 4 December.

Through its new web feature, Faces of Australia, the National Archives is inviting Australians across the nation to identify themselves or family members who may have been captured on film by government photographers in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.

A history of the city of Darwin in the postwar period has gained the support of the National Archives of Australia through its $15,000 Frederick Watson Fellowship.

Michelago sculptor Steven Holland has been recognised as one of the top artists in Australia, by taking out a major prize in the prestigious Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize.

A groundbreaking investigation into the neglected Battle of Bardia in World War II has attracted the support of the National Archives of Australia, through its $10,000 Margaret George Award.

The records of 1777 Italian migrants who settled in Queensland in the mid-1950s have been placed online by the National Archives of Australia’s Brisbane office.

A selection of films belonging to former Australian prime minister Harold Holt has been given by his family to the National Archives of Australia for safekeeping.

Phar Lap remains Australia’s most famous racehorse, even 75 years after his death.

The works of some of Australia's most prestigious natural history artists will feature in a new exhibition opening at the National Archives in Canberra this month.

Before the horrors of Kokoda and the POW camps, the Japanese played a vital role in the defence and economic security of Australia, says award-winning author Dr Pam Oliver from Monash University.

A book on civilian internment during World War II, published by the National Archives of Australia in February 2007, has been chosen for a NSW Premier's History Award, announced last night.

Australian Consul-General to New Caledonia Jane Urquhart will host the launch of the National Archives’ Pacific Recordkeeping for Good Governance Toolkit at the Australian consulate in Noumea this evening (2 October).

Secret cablegrams recording Australia’s support for the Free-French movement in New Caledonia during World War II form part of a gift to be presented by the National Archives of Australia in Noumea this evening.

Hosted by the National Archives of Australia, the Digital Futures forum at Parliament House attracted archival experts from nine countries who shared their expertise in the hopes of finding joint solutions to global problems.

When the Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared into the sea off Cheviot Beach in December 1967, there was no shortage of conspiracy theories as to his whereabouts.

The National Archives of Australia has welcomed the Australian Government’s announcement of $5000 Summer School grants for teachers.

Hosted by the National Archives of Australia, Digital Futures has attracted the cream of international recordkeepers and archivists to share their expertise in the hope of finding joint solutions to global challenges.

The artworks that created the vision for Canberra came close to being lost forever, says conservator Ian Batterham from the National Archives of Australia.

Community groups who wish to preserve photographs and papers that document their own history now have an easy-to-use guide prepared by the National Archives of Australia.

The Uncommon Lives: Muslim Journeys website, which was produced with support from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, was launched by Senator Gary Humphries today.

Award-winning author Hanifa Deen will share her findings on early Muslim settlement in Australia in a public lecture.

New iPod tour from the National Archives transports users from items in the collection to the history of the time, the heritage site and photographs which enhance understanding of the era.

Australian boy scouts may have got more than they bargained for in 1939 if the Lyons government had taken up a suggestion to use them for unpaid border patrol.

The year of 1976 was a turning point for Australia’s relations with China and for China itself, according to Professor John Fitzgerald from La Trobe University, who delivered the 2007 RG Neale Lecture on the subject on 2 August.

The drama and tragedy of shipwrecks along the Australian coast feature in Wrecked! Tragedy and the Southern Seas at the National Archives of Australia from 26 July.

The Director-General of the National Archives of Australia, Ross Gibbs, has announced University of Melbourne researcher Gavan McCarthy as the winner of the 2007–08 Ian Maclean Award.

Since 1999 naval historian Captain Peter Hore (ret) has been researching one of Australia’s most intriguing mysteries, the disappearance of the HMAS Sydney.

The National Archives of Australia marked 9 July this year with a series of activities celebrating the Australian Constitution and giving Australians the opportunity to learn more about the documents that have shaped our lives for more than 100 years.

His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, conferred citizenship on 10 newcomers to Australia in a special ceremony at the National Archives of Australia today (9 July).

The National Achives of Australia marked 9 July this year with a series of activities celebrating the Australian Constitution and giving Australians the opportunity to learn more about the documents that have shaped our lives for more than 100 years.

Seven-year-old Maira Kalnins found herself in the midst of political outrage after she was chosen as the face of the Displaced Persons Program in Australia in 1949.

Memories of air raid practice at school during World War II and a surreptitious taste of chewing gum inspired Queensland woman Joan Beddoe to compile a book of similar childhood recollections from around Australia.

From the earliest years Australian art schools were more than training institutions for painters and sculptors. They were also the places where actors, designers, writers, teachers, architects and other creative minds mingled during their formative years.

Australian women knitting socks for soldiers during World War I had to follow strict instructions to ensure a quality product for our boys, says Alva Maguire, a researcher with the National Archives of Australia.

The films of renowned filmmaker Ian Dunlop were seen by the Indigenous people he documented as a way of getting their own cultural message out to the wider community, says Pip Deveson, who has spent the past year exploring Dunlop’s Yirrkala Film Project.

The record ‘yes’ vote in the 1967 referendum was a step forward for all Australians, says Canberra heritage consultant Lenore Coltheart.

The National Archives of Australia has saved more than 25 tonnes of greenhouse gases over the past year, following the installation of 122 solar panels on the roof of its Brisbane repository since March 2006. The organisation sees World Environment Day (5 June 2007) as an ideal opportunity to review its achievements.

The 24 photographs were taken by professional photographers as well as Red Cross staff in different areas of armed conflict. They portray moving episodes in a range of countries between 1971 and 2006.

The National Archives of Australia is hosting an exhibition of some of Australia’s most impressive Indigenous artworks, together for the first time, to mark the fortieth anniversary of the 1967 referendum.

Associate Professor Melanie Oppenheimer, an historian from the University of Western Sydney, presented her preliminary findings in a public lecture Volunteering: The Australian Experience at the National Archives in Canberra on Tuesday, 15 May during National Volunteer Week.

A small key and an Australian ID pass, now residing in the National Archives collection, are reminders of cool thinking at an urgent time, during the evacuation of Australians from Saigon in 1975.

The Prime Minister, the Honourable John Howard today (11 April 2007) launched A Gift to the Nation, a project that gives Australians online access to the service files of 376,000 men and women who served during World War I.

The National Archives of Australia handed over reference copies of more than 700 historic photographs of the Northern Territory to the National Trust (NT) on Monday.

‘This exhibition celebrates the people and events that have shaped our nation,’ said Ross Gibbs, Director-General of the National Archives of Australia.

Family history buffs and other researchers can learn more about tracking down the past in a series of new help sessions at the National Archives in Canberra.

High-profile Australian activist Jessie Street was seeking a ‘fair go’ for women long before International Women’s Day (8 March) came on the scene. And she wasn’t afraid to go right to the top, nor to use a touch of humour to get her point across.

Pioneer photographers Herbert Ponting and Frank Hurley shared the risks of early Antarctic adventurers to capture the thrills and perils of their lives on ice.

Funding for our new National Archives Preservation Centre (NAPC) was formalised in the 2006-07 ‘Additional Estimates’.

A new book released by the National Archives of Australia, In the Interest of National Security by historian Professor Klaus Neumann, examines the reasons for this and illuminates this significant part of our past. Professor Neumann’s book also underlines how crucial the Archives’ collections are to a comprehensive reading of Australian history.

Australians are a patriotic bunch and it’s been coming down in bucket loads with the Ashes now back on home soil!  And we’re fiercely loyal when it comes to our cars.  The traditional rivalry between Ford and Holden is instilled in us from the time we take our place in the baby capsule in the back seat of the family V8.