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Essays & reportage
White lies, archival truths and R.J.L. Hawke
Michael Piggott
17 October 2024
What the record reveals about the future prime minister and the ornamental pond
Essays & reportage
From a distance
Anne-Marie Condé
23 April 2024
A chance find reveals a trove of wartime letters and other memorabilia
Correspondents
Preserving nuclear memories
Nic Maclellan
20 November 2023
A lawyer in the Marshall Islands, a former US national archivist and a Catalan museum director came together to protect vital archives
National affairs
Last posts
Mark Baker
11 November 2022
While the Australian War Memorial lavishes $500 million on its controversial extension, wartime service records go undigitised
National affairs
Promises, promises…
Ray Edmondson
8 December 2021
Why has the National Film and Sound Archive suddenly found political favour?
Essays & reportage
Time for another visionary moment at the NFSA
Ray Edmondson
23 July 2021
It’s crunch time for Australia’s film and sound heritage
National affairs
The National Archives matter for government as well
Mark Finnane
2 July 2021
More than a “nation’s memory” is at stake in the funding debate
National affairs
The wait of history
Frank Bongiorno
7 May 2021
Inadequate funding doesn’t explain all the problems at the National Archives
Books & arts
Carrying the torch
Marilyn Lake
11 November 2020
Books
| Does a distinguished librarian’s defence of archives go far enough?
From the archive
The telegram
Anne-Marie Condé
11 November 2020
A flimsy piece of paper carried grave news for a family in wartime Balmain
National affairs
“It’s a cultural thing — isn’t it?”
David Stephens
5 September 2018
A parliamentary inquiry seems to be carefully avoiding the real challenge for Australia’s national museums, archives and libraries
National affairs
Withheld, pending advice
Tim Sherratt
2 February 2018
Three snapshots of Australia’s national archives reveal delays and anomalies in public access