A panel discussion hosted by Professor John Williams

It has been 25 years since the Archives Act was passed by the Hawke Labor government. It brought the National Archives into a new era of public access – but is the Act able to meet the increasing demands of the information age?

7 October 2008 – 6.00–7.30pm

Menzies Room
National Archives of Australia
Queen Victoria Terrace
Parkes ACT 2600

Records about the building of Canberra

This seminar will explore records about the design and building of the new capital.

14 October 2008 – 4.00–5.00pm

Lyons Room
National Archives of Australia
Queen Victoria Terrace
Parkes ACT 2600

A history of housing in Australia’s northern capital in the 1950s – 2007 Frederick Watson Fellowship Lecture

Using records in the National Archives collection, Mickey Dewar looks at the stories and circumstances of the people who lived in Darwin in the 1950s.

28 October 2008 – 12.30pm

Menzies Room
National Archives of Australia
Queen Victoria Terrace
Parkes ACT 2600

In this talk, Michael McKernan looks at the Australia that emerged after World War I – and finds a nation that was less secure, less coherent and almost overwhelmed by grief. He suggests that the legacy of World War I endured to the end of the twentieth century and beyond.

9 November 2008 – 2.00–3.30pm

Menzies Room
National Archives of Australia
Queen Victoria Terrace
Parkes ACT 2600

Finding 20th-century military service records in the National Archives of Australia

In this workshop you will learn about records in the National Archives that document the service of members of the Australian military forces in the 20th century.

12 November 2008 – 3.30–4.30pm

Lyons Room
National Archives of Australia
Queen Victoria Terrace
Parkes ACT 2600