Access to Australian Archive Records

Building, Design and Construction

British nuclear tests at Maralinga
 Building the provisional Parliament House
Civil Construction Corps records held in Perth
Coastal fortifications in New South Wales
Coastal fortifications in South Australia
Cockatoo Island Dockyard
Customs House, Sydney
Customs Houses in South Australia
 Customs House, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Cyclone Tracey, Darwin
 Design and development of the National Capital
 East Block building, Canberra
Fremantle Harbour
General Post Office, Sydney
Gorman House, Canberra
Government House, Canberra
Griffin, Walter Burley and the design of Canberra
Lighthouse records held in Hobart
Migrant hostels in New South Wales, 1946–78
Mount Stromlo Observatory
North Head Quarantine Station, Sydney
Post Office records
Royal Military College, Duntroon
Tasmanian railways

Defence, Armed Services and War

Army administrative records held in Melbourne
 Army and RAAF pay records held in Perth
 Army Inventions Directorate, 1942–46
 Army pay files held in Adelaide
Army service records
Australia First Movement
Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War
Boer War records
The bombing of Darwin
British nuclear tests at Maralinga
Canberra air disaster, 1940
Civil Alien Corps records held in Perth
Civil Construction Corps records held in Perth
Civilian Service in WW II
Coastal fortifications in New South Wales
Coastal fortifications in South Australia
Cockatoo Island Dockyard
Colonial defence personnel records held in Melbourne
Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme administrative records
Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme applicants and trainees
 Conscription referendums, 1916 and 1917
Cowra outbreak, 1944
 D Notices
Defence and service records held in Melbourne
External Affairs cables
Finding WW I military service information
Japanese midget submarine attacks on Sydney, 1942
Military records held in Hobart
Monash, General Sir John
National Service and war, 1939–45
National Service, 1951–59
National Service, 1965–72
Navy administrative records held in Melbourne
Navy crew and ships records
Navy service records (general holdings)
Navy service records held in Melbourne
New Guard Movement, 1931–35
RAAF service records
Radar research in Australia during World War II
Radar production and use during World War II
 Records held by RAAF Historical and Archives section
Royal Military College, Duntroon
Shedden, Sir Frederick and the Shedden collection
The sinking of HMAS Sydney, November 1941
Sources of information about military service
Universal military training in Australia, 1911–29
Veterans' case files
 War Cabinet records
 Wartime internee, alien and POW records held in Perth
 WW I internee, alien and POW records held in Adelaide
 WW I internee, alien and POW records held in Canberra
 WW I internee, alien and POW records held in Sydney
 World War II war crimes
 WW II internee, alien and POW records held in Adelaide
 WW II internee, alien and POW records held in Canberra
 WW II internee, alien and POW records held in Sydney

Education and Training

Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme administrative records
Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme applicants and trainees
Royal Military College, Duntroon
Universal military training in Australia, 1911–29

Foreign Relations and Territories

Australia and the United Nations
Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War
Australian Antarctic exploration and research
Christmas Island
 The Cocos (Keeling) Islands
External Affairs cables
Indonesian independence
Israel, foundation of the State 1948
Papua New Guinea patrol reports
Records of Papua New Guinea, 1883–1942

Genealogy

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Alien registration documents held in Perth
Army and RAAF pay records held in Perth
Army pay files held in Adelaide
Army service records
 ASIO files on writers and literary groups
 Beginning your family history research
 Births, deaths and marriages
Boer War records
Child migration to Australia
Child migrant records held in Sydney
Citizenship in Australia
Civil Alien Corps records held in Perth
Civil Construction Corps records held in Perth
Civilian Service in WW II
Colonial defence personnel records held in Melbourne
Commonwealth electoral rolls held in Brisbane
Commonwealth electoral rolls held in Perth
Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme applicants and trainees
Defence and service records held in Melbourne
Family history sources held in Adelaide
Family history sources held in Canberra
Finding WW I military service information
Lighthouse records held in Hobart
Maritime records held in Hobart
Migrant hostels in New South Wales, 1946–78
Migrant selection documents held in Canberra
Migrant selection documents held in Perth
Military records held in Hobart
National Service, 1951–59
National Service, 1965–72
National Service and war, 1939–45
Naturalisation records held in Canberra
Navy crew and ships records
Navy service records (general holdings)
Navy service records held in Melbourne
Passenger records held in Brisbane
Passenger records held in Canberra
Passenger records held in Hobart
Passenger records held in Perth
Passenger records held in Melbourne
Passenger records held in Sydney
Personal information in ASIO records
Post Office records
RAAF service records
Records relating to Italian migration held in Sydney
Records of British migrants held in Canberra
Records relating to Dutch migration held in Sydney
Security Intelligence records held in Canberra
Security Intelligence records held in Melbourne
Sources of information about military service
Tracing your ancestors beyond the National Archives
Tracing your ancestors in the National Archives
Universal military training in Australia, 1911–29
Veterans' case files
 Wartime internee, alien and POW records held in Perth
 WW I internee, alien and POW records held in Adelaide
 WW I internee, alien and POW records held in Canberra
 WW I internee, alien and POW records held in Sydney
 WW II internee, alien and POW records held in Adelaide
 WW II internee, alien and POW records held in Canberra
 WW II internee, alien and POW records held in Sydney

Government and Politics

Bruce, Viscount Stanley Melbourne
Cabinet notebooks
Cabinet records
 Canberra air disaster, 1940
Chifley, Joseph Benedict
Commonwealth of Australia Gazettes
Cook, Sir Joseph
Conscription referendums, 1916 and 1917
Curtin, John Joseph Ambrose
Fadden, Sir Arthur William
Forde, Francis Michael
 Gorton, Sir John Grey
Holt, Harold Edward
Holt, Harold, disappearance
Hughes, William Morris
Lang, JT and Lang Labor
Lyons, Joseph Aloysius
McEwen, Sir John
 Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon
Page, Sir Earle Grafton Christmas
Parliamentary Papers
Records of Australian Prime Minister, 1901–71
Records relating to the first five Prime Ministers
Royalty and Australian society
Scullin, James Henry
Shedden, Sir Frederick and the Shedden collection
The 1967 Referendum
The Browne-Fitzpatrick privilege case, 1955
The House of Representatives Standing Committee of Privileges
War Cabinet records

Indigenous Australians

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Bishop Francis Xavier Gsell MSC
Bringing Them Home indexing project
Bringing Them Home name index
British nuclear tests at Maralinga
Memorandum of Understanding with Northern Territory Aboriginal people
Namatjira, Albert
Pastoral industry in the Northern Territory
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
The 1967 Referendum

The National Symbols

Administration of the Australian Capital Territory
The Australian flag
Building the provisional Parliament House
Design and development of the National Capital
 Griffin, Walter Burley and the design of Canberra

Personalities

Bruce, Viscount Stanley Melbourne
Chifley, Joseph Benedict
Connellan, EJ and Connellan Airways
Cook, Sir Joseph
Curtin, John Joseph Ambrose
Fadden, Sir Arthur William
Flynn, Reverend John and the Australian Inland Mission
Forde, Francis Michael
 Gorton, Sir John Grey
Gsell, Bishop Francis Xavier
Holt, Harold Edward
Holt, Harold, disappearance
Huges, William Morris
Kingsford Smith, Sir Charles
 Kingsford Smith, Sir Charles – photographs
Lang, JT and Lang Labor
Litchfield, Jessie Sinclair
Lyons, Joseph Aloysius
 McEwen, Sir John
Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon
Monash, General Sir John
Namatjira, Albert
Page, Sir Earle Grafton Christmas
 Prime Ministers, Records relating to the first five
Scullin, James Henry
Shedden, Sir Frederick and the Sheddon collection

Policies, Standards and Services

Access to records under the Archives Act
Archival terms
Bringing Them Home indexing project
Bringing Them Home name index
Charges for reading room services
Citing archival records
Computer resources in reading room
Copyright and research
 Commonwealth Record Series system

  Databases

RecordSearch – an overview
 Keyword searching in RecordSearch
Reference number searching in RecordSearch
Advanced searching in RecordSearch
Using preferences and the thesaurus in RecordSearch
Finding people’s names in RecordSearch
Descriptive work
Guides to the collection
How to appeal if we refuse you access
Ordering records
 Reading room rules
Reading room charges
Record transfers
Research agents: Canberra
Research agents: Sydney
Research agents: Brisbane
Research agents: Adelaide and Darwin
Research agents: Melbourne and Hobart
Research agents: Perth
 Standards of service
Searching for records
What are archives?
When to use the FOI, Archives and Privacy Acts
Why we refuse access

Public Health

British nuclear tests at Maralinga
 Flynn, Reverend John and the Australian Inland Mission
 North Head Quarantine Station, Sydney
 Royal Commission on Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

 

Royal Commissions, committees and inquiries

British nuclear tests at Maralinga
Introducing television to Australia, 1956
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
Royal Commission on Espionage, 1954–55
The Browne-Fitzpatrick privilege case, 1955
The House of Representatives Standing Committee of Privileges

 

Science and the Environment

Aerial photographs
 Army Invention Directorate, 1942–46
 Cyclones and the Northern Territory
 Australian Antarctic exploration and research
 Cyclone Tracy, Darwin
British nuclear tests at Maralinga
Introducing television to Australia, 1956
Mount Stromlo Observatory
Radar research in Australia during World War II
Radar production and use during World War II

 

Security and Intelligence

ASIO files on writers and literary groups
Australia First Movement
D Notices
 Exempt information in ASIO records
New Guard Movement, 1931–35
Personal information in ASIO records
Royal Commission on Espionage, 1954–55
Security intelligence records held in Canberra
Security intelligence records held in Melbourne

 

Special Formats

ABC Talks Department scripts
Aerial photographs
 Australian Overseas Information Service photographs
 Commonwealth Film Unit
Posters
Sound collections held in Sydney

Sports, Leisure and Culture

ABC Talks Department scripts
The Australian flag
 Copyright records
Empire Games, Sydney, 1938
Gsell, Bishop Francis Xavier
Introducing television to Australia, 1956
Litchfield, Jessie Sinclair
Melbourne Olympics, 1956
Namatjira, Albert
Royalty and Australian society

Trade, Industry and the Economy

Army Invention Directorate, 1942–46
Bankruptcy records held in Sydney
Christmas Island
Cockatoo Island Dockyard
Copyright records
Commonwealth banking policy
Connellan, EJ and Connellan Airways
Customs House, Sydney
 Customs Houses in South Australia
 Customs House, Port Adelaide, South Australia
 Excise control of distilled products in South Australia
 Fremantle Harbour
Monash, General Sir John
Pastoral industry in the Northern Territory
Regulation of beer and brewing in South Australia
Stevedoring industry
Wine industry in South Australia

Transport and Communications

Canberra air disaster, 1940
Cockatoo Island Dockyard
Connellan, EJ and Connellan Airways
Customs shipping records held in Sydney
Fremantle Harbour
Flynn, Reverend John and the Australian Inland Mission
Japanese midget submarine attacks on Sydney, 1942
Kingsford Smith, Sir Charles
Kingsford Smith, Sir Charles – photographs
Lighthouse records held in Hobart
Maritime records held in Hobart
North Head Quarantine Station, Sydney
Post Office records
 Passenger records held in Brisbane
 Passenger records held in Canberra
 Passenger records held in Hobart
 Passenger records held in Melbourne
 Passenger records held in Perth
Passenger records held in Sydney
Tasmanian railways

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