National Archives of Australia
2004
Early access to Cabinet Records of 1974
7 December 2004
The National Archives of Australia reminds the media of its special briefing and embargoed access to the 1974 Cabinet records.
Spotlight on Whitlam's turbulent year
20 November 2004
The National Archives of Australia advises that its media briefing and embargoed access to the 1974 Cabinet records will be held at the Archives on Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes ACT on Friday 10 December at 10:30 am.
Rare images on show at the Archives
23 November 2004
A fascinating exhibition of rare Australian images opens at the National Archives of Australia on Thursday, 25 November at 6 pm. A media preview will be held between 10.30 and 11.15 that morning.
Indigenous story on the web, seven decades on
5 November 2004
The remarkable story of Dhakiyarr Wirrpanda, the first Aboriginal to appeal to the High Court of Australia, is a tale of conflict, murder, conviction and justice, and ultimately the still unexplained disappearance of Dhakiyarr himself. It has all the makings of a movie script.
Archives forum to benefit community
13 September 2004
The inaugural Joint Archives Consultative Forum will be opened at 2pm on Friday 24 September by the Director-General of the National Archives of Australia, Ross Gibbs, and Senior Archivist Tasmania, Robyn Eastley, at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Inveresk.
New information on HMAS Sydney
19 September 2004
The Director-General of the National Archives of Australia, Ross Gibbs is delighted to announce the acquisition of a key document in connection with the sinking of HMAS Sydney.
Archivists encouraged to come out
16 September 2004
The Director-General of the National Archives of Australia, Ross Gibbs, has called on archivists from Australia and overseas to apply for a research grant to promote the important contribution that archives makes to Australian society.
World's leading digital archivists clock on in Canberra
15 September 2004
The Director-General of the National Archives of Australia, Ross Gibbs, today officially welcomed some of the world’s leading archivists to the inaugural Advances in Digital Preservation International Working Meeting in Canberra to discuss the preservation of digital objects around the world.
Academics win Archives' Awards
8 September 2004
The Director-General of the National Archives of Australia, Ross Gibbs, has announced that Dr Christina Twomey of Monash University and Dr Nicole Moore of Macquarie University have each won a Margaret George (Fellowship) Award.
Moorhouse awarded Archives Fellowship
2 September 2004
Internationally-renowned novelist and essayist Frank Moorhouse has been awarded the National Archives of Australia’s 2004 Frederick Watson Fellowship.
Radical architect remembered
11 August 2004
'Of all the arts, architecture is the one requiring the best qualities of man and the richest in the ennobling influences … invigorating and cheering those who are in touch with her teachings.'
(architect John Horbury Hunt, 19 June 1889)
‘Beam me up, Scotty’ Shining new light on the digital dark age
15 June 2004
The National Archives of Australia is now shining a bright beam of light into what’s been described as a looming digital dark age.
Archivists spurn digital Dark Age
26 May 2004
Archivists from Australia and New Zealand have joined forces to head off a digital Dark Age and to make sure that governments preserve their digital records.
National Archives on the move!
18 May 2004
Former Prime Minister, The Right Hon Malcolm Fraser, CH, AC, will officially open the new Melbourne premises of the National Archives of Australia in the Victorian Archives Centre at 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne on Thursday, 20 May 2004 at 6 pm.
Looking for Private Bryan?
23 April 2004
Around ANZAC Day each year, the National Archives receives a surge in the number of people keen to obtain a copy of a relative’s war service record.
Indigenous Art at home in the Archives
18 April 2004
A major exhibition of Australian Indigenous art – the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award – Celebrating 20 Years, opens its Australian tour at the National Archives in Canberra on Wednesday, 21 April 2004 at 6 pm.
Delve into your Family History
31 March 2004
The annual Family History Fair at the National Archives of Australia on Sunday 4 April (10am to 4pm) is sure to encourage many people to start searching their own family tree.
Business Archivist Wins Top Award
26 March 2004
The Director-General of the National Archives of Australia, Ross Gibbs, today announced that a prominent business archivist, Bruce Smith, has been selected as the winner of the inaugural Ian Maclean Award.
New Guide to Japanese in Australia
26 March 2004
The Consul-General of Japan in Sydney, Mr Yasuaki Nogawa, will launch a National Archives guide to the records of the Japanese in Australia and the Australia-Japan relationship, at the Museum of Sydney on Friday 26 March 2004 at 12 noon.
National Archives Opens Its Doors!
18 February 2004
The Minister Assisting the Prime Minister and Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, the Hon Gary Hardgrave MP, will officially open the new premises of the National Archives of Australia at Cannon Hill in Brisbane on Friday, 20 February 2004 at 5.30 pm.
