Alfred Bayliss was selected as Australia’s 25,000th post-war Maltese migrant.

Our Tasmania Office is open to the public.

An expedition to find Lincoln Ellsworth and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon who flew a Northrop Gamma aircraft named Polar Star.

Petitions held by the National Archives of Australia help to tell the story of Aboriginal activism from as early as the 1930s.

Sydney Opera house then and now.

Find records about more than 3200 children who migrated to Australia under approved schemes between 1947 and 1953.

The Commonwealth Record Series System lets the National Archives keep track of Commonwealth Government agencies and the records they produce.

Ruby Payne-Scott was a pioneer radio physicist, mother, teacher, bushwalker and outspoken advocate for women’s rights.

Attempts to stop the prickly pear in its march across eastern Australia were nothing less than full-scale war.

Get tips on exploring our collection of records relating to Australian prime ministers. Find other collections in Australia and around the world.

Information on records in the National Archives about the life and work of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith.

A research-based competition for students, with prize money and the chance to be named the National Young Historian of the Year.

This fact sheet provides information on National Archives records about John Kerr, Governor-General of Australia from 1974–77.

This fact sheet provides information on post office records in the National Archives.

This page provides links to extracts from the Gazette outlining changes to Administrative orders

This fact sheet provides information on National Archives records about the 1940 Canberra air disaster.

This fact sheet provides information on the Second World War internee, alien and POW records held in Canberra.

Background to the 2003 Cabinet papers by Associate Professor David Lee, University of New South Wales.