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2012
Find your ANZAC
19 April 2012
Australians across the nation can track down their Anzac links through a website hosted by the National Archives of Australia.
'Byte' into your family tree – Adelaide
26 March 2012
The National Archives is encouraging Adelaide people to 'byte' into their family tree at the South Australian Archives Centre on Tuesday 27 March.
'Byte' into your family tree – Canberra
26 March 2012
The National Archives is encouraging people in the Canberra region to visit and 'byte' into their family history at the Archives on Saturday 31 March.
'Byte' into your family tree – Darwin
26 March 2012
The National Archives is encouraging Darwin people to 'byte' into their family tree at its Millner office on Saturday 31 March.
'Byte' into your family tree – Perth
26 March 2012
The National Archives is encouraging Perth people to 'byte' into their family tree at its office at East Victoria Park on Saturday 31 March.
'Byte' into your family tree – Sydney
26 March 2012
The National Archives is encouraging Sydney people to 'byte' into their family tree at its Chester Hill office on Saturday 31 March.
'Byte' into your family tree – Melbourne
8 March 2012
The National Archives is encouraging Melbourne people to 'byte' into their family tree at the Victorian Archives Centre on Saturday 31 March. Special guests at the Shake Your Family Tree day will include a researcher from the popular SBS television program Who do you think you are? who will share tips on finding family information.
New exhibition explores our deep connection with Antarctica
23 March 2012
Arts Minister Simon Crean has opened a new exhibition at the National Archives of Australia celebrating the centenary of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition led by Douglas Mawson.
Changing to a digital environment
14 March 2012
A plan to move government agencies from paper records to digital information and records management was presented today in Canberra by the Director General of the National Archives of Australia, David Fricker.
$40,000 research grants from the National Archives
9 March 2012
The National Archives of Australia is again calling for applications for its major research grants, worth a total of $40,000. Applications close on 4 May 2012.
Special viewing of Australia's founding documents
7 March 2012
The National Archives will display some of Australia's most valuable records this weekend in its Federation Gallery which is open for viewing on special occasions. The documents include the original Constitution Act passed by the British Parliament and the Royal Commission of Assent signed by Queen Victoria on 9 July 1900, the nation's founding documents.
Antarctic inspirations for Enlighten Festival
6 March 2012
The people, sights and sounds of Antarctica are coming to life at the National Archives this weekend, with a new exhibition and special events for the Enlighten festival.
National Archives exhibitions receive Visions of Australia funding
20 January 2012
Minister for the Arts, the Hon Simon Crean MP, has announced funding for two National Archives exhibitions. The latest exhibition Traversing Antarctica: the Australian experience has received $120,985 from the Government’s Visions of Australia program to tour Australia. The program will also provide $100,000 for a new exhibition A Ticket to Paradise? about the Australian Government’s campaign to attract more than six million migrants after World War II.
