Australian Professional Recordkeeping and Archival Organisations
International Professional Recordkeeping and Archival Organisations
Australian Archival Institutions
National Archives of Australia
State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales
Northern Territory Archives Service
State Records of South Australia
Territory Records Office (ACT)
Directories of Australian Archival Institutions
Australian Historic Records Register (no longer being updated)
Directory of Archives in Australia
International Archival Institutions
National Archives - England and Wales
National Archives and Records Administration (USA)
Directories of International Archival Institutions
ARCHON: Historical Manuscripts Commission
Australian Professional Recordkeeping & Archival Organisations
Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
Australian Society of Archivists Inc (ASA)
Council of Australasian Archives and Records Authorities (CAARA)
Institute of Information Management (IIM) Inc
The Records and Information Management Professionals Australasia (RIMPA)
International Professional Recordkeeping & Archival Organisations
ARMA International - The Association for Information Management Professionals
Association for Information and Image Management International
Association of Commonwealth Archivists and Records Managers
International Council on Archives (ICA)
International Records Management Trust
National Association of Government Archivists and Records Administrators (US)
Pacific Regional Branch International Council on Archives (PARBICA)
Information and Records Management Society (UK)
Western Australian Government
Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries
Heritage Council of Western Australia
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board
Provides a searchable online database of cemetery records for some metropolitan cemeteries.
Office of the Information Commissioner
Parliament of Western Australia
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
(part of the Department of the Attorney General)
State Library of Western Australia
State Ombudsman Western Australia
Western Australian Legislation
Professional Discussion Lists
ArchivesLive.ning
Professional and scoial network of the Australian Society of Archivists.
Recordkeeping & Records Management
DoD 5015.2-STD Records Management Application Design Criteria Standard - Department of Defense (USA)
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
Open Archival Information System (OAIS)
A reference model for the development of standards for the long term storage of digital data.
Records Management - National Archives and Records Administration
Standards Australia
Where Australian Standard Records Management AS 4390 can be ordered.
Understanding Society Through Its Records - John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library
Conservation and Preservation Information
Preservation and Archives - National Archives and Records Administration (US)
PreserveNet - Cornell University
National Library of Australia's Collection Disaster Plan
Library of Congress - Preservation
PADI: Preserving Access to Digital Information
A subject gateway to digital preservation resources provided by the National Library of Australia.
Family History & Local History
Australian History on the Internet - National Library of Australia
Australian War Memorial
Provides a number of searchable biographical databases.
Centre for Western Australian History
The State Library of Western Australia's Family History Webpage
FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
Fremantle Prison
Includes a database of convicts transported to Western Australia.
Perth, Western Australia Dead Persons' Society
A good collection of online resources including transcribed records from the State Records Office and Battye Library such as Western Australian shipping lists from 1829-1889 and listings of convict ship arrivals.
Royal Western Australian Historical Society Inc
Transportation Records Database
Sponsored by the National Archives of Ireland, includes the names of convicts transported to Western Australia.
Other Links
Australian Council of Professional Historians Associations Inc
Australasian Legal Information Institute (AUSTLII)
Australian case law and legislation available online.
Documenting a Democracy - Australia's Story
Commonwealth Government of Australia
Friends of Battye Library (Inc)
History Council of Western Australia
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library