A select list of Australia's unique, irreplaceable and influential documentary heritage is the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World register. It includes four record sets from the National Archives:

• landmark constitutional documents of the Commonwealth of Australia
• Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony's design drawings for the national capital
• records of Displaced Persons – Europeans who migrated to Australia after World War II
• records of the High Court of Australia

These significant record sets embody Australia's democracy in progress.

See the Australian Memory of the World register.