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.
The Australian Memory of the World Program operates within the regional framework of MOWCAP, the Memory of the World Committee for Asia/Pacific.
UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Committee
- Acting Chair: Roslyn Russell
- Secretary: Fiona Clarke
- Treasurer: Roslyn Russell
- Chair, Assessment Sub-Committee: Christine Yeats
- Chair, Documenting Australian Society working group: Adrian Cunningham
Committee Members
- Corinne Ball
- Gavin Bannerman
- Anne-Marie Condé
- Rebecca Coronel
- Ray Edmondson
- Margaret Farmer
- Caroline Hughes
- Jenny Jerome
- Clare McLellan
- Alex Mountain
- Kylie Moloney
- Cathy Pilgrim
- Barbara Reeve
- Joanna Sassoon
- Maggie Shapley
- Rachel Watson
Committee members are volunteers, and come from a range of documentary heritage-related institutions and occupations. They include
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Australian War Memorial
- History South Australia
- Museum of Australian Democracy Old Parliament House
- National Archives of Australia
- National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
- National Library of Australia
- Royal Australian Historical Society
- State Library of Queensland
- Tasmanian Archives
- University of Melbourne Archives
- Independent archivists, audiovisual archivists, conservators, curators, historians and librarians.