Founded in December 2000, and
conducted under the auspices of the Australian National Commission for UNESCO,
the Australian Memory of the World Program is one of more than 60 Memory of the
World programs worldwide. The Australian program aims to:
- develop the Australian Memory of the World Register
- propose nominations to the Memory of the World International Register
- promote the Program through publications and presentations
- encourage and seek government and private sector sponsorship for specific projects and activities
- participate in selected heritage activities and be an advocate for the documentary heritage sector.
While the datasets themselves are not
available for searching on the website, it provides details of what the
collection contains and where it is located.
New datasets are being added to the database regularly.
Some of the resources currently listed include :
- The Endeavour Journal of James Cook
- The Mabo Case Manuscripts
- Australian Agricultural company Archives
- Australian Children’s Folklore Collection
- Ballarat Reform League Charter
- Lawrence Hargrave Papers
- Sorry Books
- Port Phillip Association Records
- Convict Records : Archives of Transportation and the Convict System
- High Court of Australia Records
- Women’s Suffrage Petitions 1891 & 1894
- 1862 Land Act Map
- First Fleet Journals
- World War 1 Diaries Collection
- 1828 Census
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