Preserving information and records means ensuring they remain accessible and usable. The lifespan of your records depends on how they are managed and preserved.

The National Archives office in Sydney holds a large collection of records of people who were interned in New South Wales during the Second World War.

ISO 16175 provides internationally agreed principles and functional requirements for software used to create and manage digital information in office environments.

Advice to Australian Government agencies for identifying and retaining their own specific core business records relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This extract is a record of evidence completed by May Brown in 1929. It attests to the mental state of her brother, First World War veteran Albert George Brown.

Abbreviations used in First World War and Second World War service records explained.

National Archives of Australia welcomes the Review of 2003 Cabinet records transfer to the National Archives of Australia and accepts the recommendations.

This guide lists records held by the National Archives of Australia about the impact of royalty on the past 100 years of Australian history.

This is a minute paper from 15 March 1909 regarding Customs and Excise Officers to taking handprints for Chinese migration records.

This guide focuses on fine arts, literary, dramatic and music copyright under colonial and Commonwealth administrations.

This guide tells the story of Tasmania and its relationship with the Commonwealth administration from 1901.

This is an extract from the World War I service dossier of James Holmes Fleming, it shows the medals he was entitled to, and also offers details such as his service number and when he was discharged.

The National Archives of Australia accepts, preserves and provides access to valuable Commonwealth archival records. The records showcase government communications, decisions and actions.

On 5 March 2021 the Minister for Finance, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, announced the establishment of the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces. The Review is being conducted by the Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins.

This document notifies Australian Government agencies and other agents or people in possession of Commonwealth records that I have imposed a disposal freeze on Commonwealth records that relate to the findings of the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force (IGADF) Afghanistan Inquiry which considered Australian Defence Force operations in Afghanistan from 2005 to 2016 (the Inquiry), and that will support the work of the Office of the Special Investigator and any other subsequent actions by the Government.

More than 10,000 images from the Immigration Photographic Archive have been digitised and can be accessed through PhotoSearch.

Between 31 December 2023 and 5 January 2024, 82 additional Cabinet records from 2003 were transferred from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to National Archives of Australia.

An essential part of managing your agency’s business information and records is to capture it into systems that manage and support its use over time.

Australian Government agencies transfer selected information and records to the National Archives for preservation and access.

The Perth office of the National Archives of Australia holds a wealth of information that will interest both professional and family historians.