The National Archives has a large amount of resources to assist you
in researching your family history.
Research Guides
The National Archives has two series of guides to assist researchers to find relevant records in their collection. Several of their books also offer advice on finding records.
The twenty–two guides in their Research Guide series cover a broad range of topics. These include guides on immigration (British, Chinese, Jewish, child), foreign relations (with Japan, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea), military history (HMAS Sydney, Boer War) and various other topics.
They also have seven guides in the Archives of Australia's Prime Ministers which provide short biographies and extensive archival listings on 11 former prime ministers.
Research Guides Titles:
Land of Opportunity: Australia's post-war reconstruction (2015) by Graeme Powell with Stuart Macintyre
Commonwealth Government Records about Tasmania by Michael Piggott
Commonwealth Government Records about the Northern Territory (2011) by Ted Ling
Chinese–Australian Journeys: Records on Travel, Migration, and Settlement, 1860–1975 (2005) by Paul Jones
Allies, Enemies and Trading Partners: Records on Australia and the Japanese (2004) by Pam Oliver
Australia in Focus: Photographs in the National Archives (2003) Peter Nagle
A Nation’s Imagination: Australia’s Copyright Records, 1854–1968 (2003) Merilyn Minell
Sound Recordings in the National Archives (2001) Helen Cross and Margaret Chambers
Near Neighbours: Records on Australia's Relations with Indonesia (2001) by Karl Metcalf
Working for the Dole: Commonwealth Relief during the Great Depression (2001) by Don Fraser
Collections in Perth: A Guide to Commonwealth Government Records (2000) by Dan Midalia
Cockatoo Island Dockyard: A Guide to the Records (2000) by Margaret Chambers
Safe Haven: Records of the Jewish Experience in Australia (1999) by Malcolm Turnbull
Good British Stock: Child and Youth Migration to Australia (1999) by Barry Coldrey
Citizenship in Australia: A Guide to Commonwealth Government Records (1999) by David Dutton
The Boer War: Australians and the War in South Africa, 1899–1902 (1999) by Craig Wilcox
Collections in Melbourne: A Guide to Commonwealth Records (2003) by Celia Blake
More People Imperative: Immigration to Australia, 1901–39 (1999) by Dr Michele Langfield
Royalty and Australian Society: Records relating to the British Monarchy held in Canberra (1998) by Kate Cumming
Papua New Guinea Records 1883–1942: Microfilm Collections (1998) by Peter Nagle
The Sinking of HMAS Sydney: A Guide to Commonwealth Government Records (1999) by Richard Summerrell
Aboriginal Deaths in Custody: The Royal Commission and its Records, 1987–97 by Peter Nagle and Richard Summerrell
Chinese Immigrants and Chinese–Australians in New South Wales by Julie Stacker and Peri Stewart
Guides to Archives of Australia's Prime Ministers:
Gough Whitlam: Guide to Archives of Australia's Prime Ministers (2016) by Jenny Hocking, with Clare Land, Natasha Campo and Sarah Tayton
Malcolm Fraser: Guide to Archives of Australia's Prime Ministers (2012) by Elizabeth Masters and Katie Wood
John Curtin: Guide to Archives of Australia's Prime Ministers (2004) by David Black and Lesley Wallace
Harold Holt: Guide to Archives of Australia's Prime Ministers (2003) by Pennie Pemberton
Stanley Melbourne Bruce: Guide to Archives of Australia's Prime Ministers (2003) by John Connor
Joseph Lyons: Guide to Archives of Australia's Prime Ministers (2002) by Susan Marsden
Our First Six: Guide to Archives of Australia's Prime Ministers (2002) by Susan Marsden and Roslyn Russell
Pictured:
Advance Australia c. 1910; Courtesy State Library of Victoria
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