The Immigration Restriction Act 1901, also known as the White Australia policy, affected migrants who came to Australia between 1901 and 1958.

Four tiny specks of moon rock are one of the most significant objects held in the collection of the National Archives of Australia.

This page provides information about posters in the national archival collection.

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.

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).

Neville Bonner was the first Aboriginal person to sit in the Commonwealth parliament, and was a respected commentator on Indigenous issues.

In 1966, Gurindji man Vincent Lingiari led a walk-off of 200 Aboriginal people from Wave Hill Station as a protest against the work and pay conditions.

Though popular in Australia, many true crime magazines were declared prohibited imports in the 1930s.

Groundbreaker, trailblazer, pioneer: all these terms have been used to describe the career of Australian feminist and politician, Susan Ryan.

Tidal records held by the National Archives could help us track environmental change over the past two centuries.

See the sketches of Rex Julius, a little-known war artist commissioned by the Australian War Memorial and Australian Military History Section in 1944.

Commonwealth Railways provided annual Christmas gifts and events for children in isolated communities.

This fact sheet provides information on National Archives records about the choice of 'Advance Australia Fair' as the new Australian anthem.

Use our step-by-step guide to help you find records that relate to individual Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people.

Meals on Wheels, volunteers and the Australian Government.

Muslim experiences in Australia from the pearl divers of the late 19th Century to the Colombo Plan era of the 1950s and 60s.

This fact sheet provides information on National Archives records about cyclones in the Northern Territory.

The Bringing Them Home name index helps First Australians find information about themselves, their Country and their history.

This fact sheet provides information on sound collections held in our Sydney office.

This fact sheet provides information on National Archives records relating to the independence of Zimbabwe.