A key function of the National Archives of Australia is to promote awareness of and access to archival records. Records about international relations have considerable historical significance.
In partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the National Archives hosts an annual lecture with a focus on an international event from 30 years before. A suite of departmental records are released to the public at the same time. The annual lecture series commemorates Professor Robert George Neale.
You can listen to the audio or read the RG Neale Lectures:
2008 – Australia's role in the apartheid sports boycott
Presented by Professor Richard Cashman (available in November 2008)
2007 – Australia–China relations
Presented by Professor John Fitzgerald
2006 – The Fall of Saigon
Presented by Professor Peter Edwards