National Archives of Australia

Researchers find a wealth of information in SECRET and TOP SECRET files that are eventually opened for public inspection at the National Archives.

At the National Archives, visiting school children learn about the human stories behind the nation’s historical events.

Discovering Mildenhall’s Canberra: Photographs from the birth of our capital.

Discover, explore and contribute to this exciting new project from the National Archives of Australia and the Museum of Australian Democracy.

Fragile items in the National Archives collection need the care of expert conservators to ensure they survive for future generations.

Our staff describe and digitally record Commonwealth Government records to ensure they're easy to track and examine when needed.

The National Archives is proud to share the portraits of 500 Australian World War I diggers on our website. We thank the Department of Veterans' Affairs for funding digitisation of these portraits, discovered in the Bonds of Sacrifice collection at the Imperial War Museum, London.