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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.

 
The <I>Endeavour</I> Journal of James Cook* Register no. 1
Year of registration 2001
Name of the documentary heritage The Endeavour Journal of James Cook*
Location National Library of Australia.
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/001/citation.htm
Full nomination http://www.amw.org.au/items/001/001_nom.htm
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The Mabo Case Manuscripts* Register no. 2
Year of registration 2001
Name of the documentary heritage The Mabo Case Manuscripts*
Location National Library of Australia.
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/002/citation.htm
Full nomination http://www.amw.org.au/items/002/002_nom.htm
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Landmark Constitutional Documents of the Commonwealth of Australia Register no. 3
Year of registration 2001
Name of the documentary heritage Landmark Constitutional Documents of the Commonwealth of Australia
Location The Parliament of Australia (item 1, 14), National Archives of Australia (item 2), National Library of Australia (item 3), Office of the Governor General (item 4), Office of Parliamentary Counsel (Items 5 to 13, 15), High Court of Australia (item 16), National Film and Sound Archive (item 17).
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/003/citation.htm
Full nomination http://www.amw.org.au/items/003/003_nom.htm
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The Cinesound Movietone Australian Newsreel Collection 1929-1975 Register no. 4
Year of registration 2003
Name of the documentary heritage The Cinesound Movietone Australian Newsreel Collection 1929-1975
Location The National Film and Sound Archive.
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/004/citation.htm
Full nomination http://www.amw.org.au/items/004/004_nom.htm
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Australian Agricultural Company Archives Register no. 5
Year of registration 2003
Name of the documentary heritage Australian Agricultural Company Archives
Location Noel Butlin Archives Centre (NBAC).
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/005/citation.htm
Full nomination http://www.amw.org.au/items/005/005_nom.htm
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The Walter Burley and Marion Mahony Griffin Design Drawings of the City of Canberra Register no. 6
Year of registration 2003
Name of the documentary heritage The Walter Burley and Marion Mahony Griffin Design Drawings of the City of Canberra
Location National Archives of Australia.
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/006/citation.htm
Full nomination http://www.amw.org.au/items/006/006_nom.htm
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Displaced Persons Migrant Selection Documents 1947-1953 Register no. 7
Year of registration 2004
Name of the documentary heritage Displaced Persons Migrant Selection Documents 1947-1953
Location National Archives of Australia.
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/007/citation.htm
Full nomination Coming soon
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<i>The Story of the Kelly Gang</i> 1906 Register no. 8
Year of registration 2004
Name of the documentary heritage The Story of the Kelly Gang 1906*
Location The National Film and Sound Archive.
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/008/citation.htm
Full nomination Coming soon
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Australian Children's Folklore Collection Register no. 9
Year of registration 2004
Name of the documentary heritage Australian Children's Folklore Collection
Location Museum Victoria
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/009/citation.htm
Full nomination Coming soon
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Ballarat Reform League Charter Register no. 10
Year of registration 2004
Name of the documentary heritage Ballarat Reform League Charter
Location Public Record Office of Victoria
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/010/citation.htm
Full nomination Coming soon
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Deed of Settlement of the South Australian Company 1836 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 http://www.amw.org.au/items/011/citation.htm
Full nomination Coming soon
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Lawrence Hargrave Papers Register no. 12
Year of registration 2004
Name of the documentary heritage Lawrence Hargrave Papers
Location Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse)
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/012/citation.htm
Full nomination Coming soon
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Sorry Books 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 http://www.amw.org.au/items/013/citation.htm
Full nomination Coming soon
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PANDORA, Australia's Web Archive Register no. 14
Year of registration 2004
Name of the documentary heritage PANDORA, Australia's Web Archive
Location National Library of Australia.
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/014/citation.htm
Full nomination Coming soon
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Port Phillip Association Records Register no. 15
Year of registration 2004
Name of the documentary heritage Port Phillip Association Records
Location State Library of Victoria
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/015/citation.htm
Full nomination Coming soon
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Convict Records: Archives of Transportation and the Convict System, 1788-1842 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 http://www.amw.org.au/items/016/citation.htm
Full nomination Coming soon
Image caption SRNSW: Colonial Secretary; CGS 1150, Indents First Fleet, Second Fleet and ships, 1788-99, Neptune 1790; [SZ115] Reel 24
Records of the Tasmanian Convict Department 1803-1893 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 http://www.amw.org.au/items/017/citation.htm
Full nomination Coming soon
Image caption Conduct record for James Atkinson, transported on the John Renwick, arrived 11 April 1843, after escaping after earlier transportation (1829)
University of Western Australia, Ronald M. Berndt Collection of Crayon Drawings on Brown Paper from Yirrkala, Northern Territory 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 http://www.amw.org.au/items/018/citation.htm
Full nomination Coming soon
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. Collection: Berndt RM & CH, Yirrkala on 31/01/1947.
The Edward (Ned) Kelly and Related Papers as found in the Public Record Office Victoria 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 http://www.amw.org.au/items/019/citation.htm
Full nomination Coming soon
Image caption Ned Kelly aged 15, after being tried in Benalla for horse theft. This copy of the photograph, taken for Kelly's prison record c. 1870, is attached to a brief description of Kelly that was prepared for a noted phrenologist in 1898. PROV, VPRS 8369/P Correspondence, Photographs and History Sheets of Certain Male Criminals
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