Australian Memory of the World Register


The Australian Memory of the World Register is a selective list of Australia's significant documentary heritage. (*) Asterisked items have also been accepted onto the Memory of the World International Programme. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this website includes the names and images of Indigenous Australians, some of whom are now deceased.
Register no.
 

11


Year of registration
 

2004


Name of the documentary heritage
 Deed of Settlement of the South Australian Company 1836

Location
 State Library of South Australia

Citation

Image caption
 Excerpt from the Deed of Settlement

Register no.
 

12


Year of registration
 

2004


Name of the documentary heritage
 Lawrence Hargrave Papers

Location
 Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse)

Citation

Image caption
 Part of the Lawrence Hargrave Papers

Register no.
 13

Year of registration
 2004

Name of the documentary heritage
 Sorry Books

Location
 Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

Citation

Image caption
 

Register no.
 14

Year of registration
 2004

Name of the documentary heritage
 PANDORA, Australia's Web Archive

Location
 National Library of Austrralia

Citation

Image caption
 

Register no.
 

15


Year of registration
 

2004


Name of the documentary heritage
 Port Phillip Association Records

Location
 State Library of Victoria

Citation

Image caption
 Drawing from John Helder Wedge, Field Book, 1835-1836

Register no.
 

16


Year of registration
 

2006


Name of the documentary heritage
 Convict Records: Archives of Transportation and the Convict System, 1788-1842*

Location
 State Records NSW

Citation

Image caption
 SRNSW: Colonial Secretary; CGS 1150, Indents First Fleet, Second Fleet and ships, 1788-99, Neptune 1790; [SZ115] Reel 24

Register no.
 

17


Year of registration
 

2006


Name of the documentary heritage
 Records of the Tasmanian Convict Department 1803-1893*

Location
 Archives Office of Tasmania

Citation

Image caption
 Conduct record for James Atkinson, transported on the John Renwick, arrived 11 April 1843, after escaping after earlier transportation (1829)

Register no.
 

18


Year of registration
 

2006


Name of the documentary heritage
 University of Western Australia Ronald M. Berndt Collection of Crayon Drawings on Brown Paper from Yirrkala, Northern Territory

Location
 Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia

Citation

Image caption
 WU6941. Artist: Mura or Mora. Lumbar crayon on brown butcher paper, 74 x 115 cm, drawn, like a bark painting, in order to illustrate an element of information being told to the Collector.

Register no.
 

19


Year of registration
 

2006


Name of the documentary heritage
 The Edward (Ned) Kelly and Related Papers as found in the Public Record Office Victoria

Location
 Public Record Office Victoria

Citation

Image caption
 Ned Kelly petitions for Reprieve, 1880 - detail

Register no.
 

20


Year of registration
 

2008


Name of the documentary heritage
 Ashmead-Bartlett's Gallipoli film (1915)

Location
 Australian War Memorial

Citation

Image caption
 Men of the Australian forces make their way up “Monash Valley”, past the headquarters of Generals Monash and Chauvel, in this unique film, which constitutes the only known moving imagery of the Dardanelles campaign.