Ordering copies
Online digital copying and colour print copying
You can identify and order an online digital copy or a colour print copy of a record through RecordSearch. Select 'Request copy' on the Item details screen and follow the instructions.
If you order an online digital copy, an image of each page of the record will be made available for public viewing in our online collection database, RecordSearch, accessed through this website.
We will notify you by email (if you have provided an email address) when the online copy is available for viewing.
If you order a colour print copy of a record, it will be mailed to you in a presentation folder. If an online digital copy is not already present, at no additional cost, a digital copy of the record will be made available for public viewing in our online collection database, RecordSearch, accessed through this website.
Orders for online and colour print copies of records will be made available within 30 days. Records requiring access examination may take up to 90 days.
Charges for online digital and colour print copies are set according to the average size of the files within the series the record belongs, as outlined in the table below.
| File size | Within Australia (incl. GST) | Overseas (GST-free) | |
| Online digital copy | <100 pages
| $16.50
| $15.00
|
| Colour print copy | <100 pages
| $25.00
| $28.00
|
The service applies to paper files smaller than A3 size that are available for public access and listed on RecordSearch. They may be in any state or territory.
Records larger than A3, boxes of cards, photographs, microfiche, audiovisual records and records in some other formats are not included in this service.
Imaging and Photographic Services
Copies of collection material, as high resolution digital files, on CD or DVD, emailed low resolution or transferred high resolution through FTP internet file transfer, and photographic prints can be ordered using the Imaging Services order form.
In a reading room
Researchers are permitted to use digital cameras to make copies of archival records in National Archives reading rooms. Find out about using cameras in the reading room.
Citing archival records
Citing archival records correctly helps staff locate records and other researchers to find the records you’ve looked at.
Copyright
If you plan to publish, it is your responsibility to determine copyright ownership of the material, and to obtain permission to publish any records that are still subject to copyright.
