What is AMW?
The UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Program honours documentary heritage of significance for Australia and the world, and advocates for its preservation.
7 new inscriptions on the Australian Register
Read the address by guest speaker, Dr Adrian Caesar, on Dorothea Mackellar's poem, 'Core of my heart' (My Country); and introductory and concluding remarks by Dr Roslyn Russell, Chair, UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Committee.
Eleven new inscriptions added to UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register
The UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Committee is delighted to announce the inscription of 11 new items and collections of documentary heritage to the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register.
Documenting Australian Society summit in Canberra, 4 December 2018
On 4 December 2018 the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Committee will host a summit in Canberra to examine one of the most challenging cultural heritage issues facing Australia today ‒ achieving and implementing a unified vision for documenting Australian society.
New entry on the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register
The world’s largest glass plate negatives of Sydney Harbour, held in the State Library of NSW’s collection, have just been added to the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register. The giant negatives join only five other inscriptions from Australia on the World Register.