Topics in our collection

Explore topics covered by records in the National Archives' collection. You can see samples of records in our Snapshots of the collection.

Australian Constitution and Federation

Find out how Australia became a nation by exploring the Archives' rich store of documents relating to Federation and the Constitution.

Cabinet

Find out about Cabinet records from 1965 to 1985, and Cabinet notebooks.

Defence

Find records relating to defence administration, conflicts, the forces and service personnel.

Migration and citizenship

Find out about alien registration, migrant selection documents, passenger records, migrant accommodation records, naturalisation (citizenship) records and more.

Security and intelligence

Read up on ASIO files and other records about Australia's security and intelligence activities.