The Commonwealth Record Series (CRS) System
The Commonwealth Record Series System lets the National Archives keep track of Commonwealth Government agencies and the records they produce.
Six O'Clock Rock – ABC television music series
Excerpt from the ABC television music series 'Six O'Clock Rock' featuring Johnny O'Keefe and Kevin Todd.
Troopship records fill in family histories
Troopship records are an often-overlooked source to help you fill in your family’s history.
Keyword searching in RecordSearch
A keyword search is a search for a word, words or phrase in the title or description of a record item, series, agency or depositor
Archival Control Model
The Archival Control Model (ACM) for the National Archives of Australia (National Archives) is the Commonwealth Record Series (CRS) system.
Designs for war memorials – post-First World War
This is a series of design concepts for war memorials submitted to the Copyright Office, post-First World War.
Scientists Go to Antarctica to Study Weather – newsreel
Newsreel entitled Scientists Go to Antarctica to Study Weather, from the Australian Diary documentary series.
Research guides
The National Archives has 2 series of guides to help you find relevant records in our collection. We also have several books on finding records.
The Kerr Palace Letters
The Kerr Palace Letters are a series of letters exchanged between Governor-General Sir John Kerr and Buckingham Palace during Kerr’s time in office.
Government Citizen Engagement in the Digital Age
Speech by National Archives' Director-General David Fricker as part of the Senate's 2017 Occasional Lecture Series, Canberra, 2017.
Memorial to Desert Mounted Corps – Jerusalem war cemetery
From 1916, Australian troops served with allied forces in a series of engagements throughout the Middle East, mainly against the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey).
Army administrative records held in Melbourne
Information on army administrative records held in Melbourne.
Citing archival records
Correct citations provide a guide to the origin as well as the location of archival records.
Copyright records
Information on researching artistic and literary copyright records in the National Archives.
Royal Australian Navy ship and crew records
The National Archives of Australia has records about members of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) who served as crew aboard RAN ships.
Army Inventions Directorate, 1942–46
This fact sheet provides information on National Archives records about the Army Inventions Directorate.
Industrial relations records held in Melbourne
This fact sheet provides information on industrial relations records held in Melbourne.
Our digitisation service
Digitisation of collection material is an accepted practice of collecting institutions all round the world.
Digitising Second World War service records
We have digitised around 1,060,000 Second World War service records as part of our large-scale World War II Digitisation Project.
Referencing archival records for school students
How to reference student resources and find citations for archival records.
