National Archives of Australia

Virtual Library

This website provides ready access to key documents and publications that illustrate the history of the National Archives of Australia.

An Approach to the Preservation of Digital Records, 2002
Archives Act 1983 with Second Reading speeches in the House of Representatives and the Senate
Australian Archives’ approach to preserving long-term access to the Commonwealth’s electronic records’, 1995
The Australian Government Locator Service (AGLS) Manual for Users, version 1.0, 1998
Changes and Choices, 1994–2004, 2004
Custody Policy for Commonwealth Records, March 2000
Designing and Implementing Recordkeeping Systems: Manual for Commonwealth Agencies, exposure draft, 2000
Development of the National Archives, 1973
Documenting a Nation: Australian Archives – The First Fifty Years, 1994
The good oil for Australia: petroleum data’, 1991
Keeping Electronic Records: Policy for Electronic Recordkeeping in the Commonwealth Government, 1995

Looking Back to the Future: 30 Years of Keeping Electronic Records in the National Archives of Australia, 2004

Making, Keeping and Using Digital Records, 2004
Managing Electronic Records: Papers from a Workshop on Managing Electronic Records of Archival Value, 1993

Managing Electronic Records: A Shared Responsibility, 1995

Playing for Keeps: The Proceedings of an Electronic Records Management Conference hosted by the Australian Archives, 1995

The Records Continuum: Ian Mclean and the Australian Archives First Fifty Years, 1994

Report of the Interdepartmental Committee on Commonwealth Archives, 1964

The Visit of Dr TR Schellenberg to Australia 1954: A Study of its Origins and Some Repercussions on Archival Development in Australia, 1989