Australian archivists may be interested in the following project to decolonise museum objects/narratives.
100 Histories of 100 Worlds in 1 Object
How many stories can a museum object have? Our departure point is the 2010 BBC Radio 4 programme (and subs
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Privacy Office goes pu
The National Archives will temporarily relocate to Old Parliament House as the federal government adds another historic parliamentary tria
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In case you hadn’t already heard, The City of Sydney launched its revamped Historical Atlas of Sydney in May of this year.
It's now easier to access historical maps and research the city's changing boundaries with the new online Historical Atlas of
FEBRUARY 15 2017 - 7:00 PM
Alexander Downer's family unveils prison camp manuscript
Claudia Long
A one-of-a-kind
Dear Colleagues
The City of Sydney’s Archives Program turned 40 this July.
To mark our milestone, we are launching two new products that may interest you.
The digitised Letters Received 1843-1899 (CRS 26) and The City of Sydney Employees List 1842 – 18
125 Years of Horticultural Education - Celebrating Burnley Campus
Jane Wilson
Volunteer Archivist, Burnley Archives
Friends of Burnley Gardens
The last few weeks have been very busy for me, the Volunteer Archivist for the Burnley Archives Collection. The
Research Fellowships at the University of Melbourne Archives are supported by the Hugh Williamson Foundation. Two Fellowships will be available to Victorian residents in 2016. The value of each Fellowship is $15,000. Applications open on Monday 22 Fe
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Earlier this week, as you may have read, the University of Melbourne announced it had acquired the archives of a former student, feminist scholar and writer Germaine Greer. The total cost of the archive including transport, cataloguing, indexing and
During the recent ASA National Conference in Canberra on 17 October 2013, Kylie Percival, President of the ASA and Theresa Graham, President of the Archives and Records Association of New Zealand (ARANZ) reaffirmed the long standing arrangements betw
An inquiry has heard poor record keeping is contributing to the emotional trauma of Australians raised in orphanages or foster homes.
A state ward trying to piece togeth
Help improve Trove and win a Coles Myer voucher or a Trove T-shirt
The National Library of Australia has commissioned a research company, Gundabluey Research, to help evaluate customer satisfaction with Trove.
You’re invited to participate in this surv
Paul Brunton, Emeritus Curator of the State Library of NSW shows us a handful of his favourite acquisitions.
Collection manager Eddie Butler-Bowden with the heritage-listed collection of portraits of Moomba kings and queens. Photo: Justin McManus
A 25-YEAR-OLD bottle of Spumante, a road sign covered in stickers, doe-eyed portraits of Moo
