The Australian Memory of the World Register is a national register of Australia's documentary heritage maintained by UNESCO as part of the Memory of the World Programme. As of 2024, it includes 78 different collections and archives.
Some of the entries on the Australian register are also included in the Memory of the World International Register which recognises documentary heritage of global importance.
Documentary heritageCustodian(s), Location(s) Yearinscribed Reference The Endeavour journal of James CookNational Library of Australia, Canberra 2001 The Mabo Case ManuscriptsNational Library of Australia, Canberra 2001 The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra 2004 The Convict Records of Australia State Records Authority of New South Wales Archives Office of Tasmania State Records Office of Western Australia: Alexander Library Building, Perth Cultural Centre 2006 Mountford-Sheard CollectionState Library of South Australia, Adelaide 2008Margaret Lawrie Collection of Torres Strait Islands, 1964–1998State Library of Queensland, Brisbane 2008 Manifesto of the Queensland Labour Party, 1892State Library of Queensland, Brisbane 2008 The Convict Records of Queensland 1825–1842State Library of Queensland, Brisbane
Queensland State Archives, Brisbane 2009 James Tyson Papers, 1834–1965State Library of Queensland, Brisbane
Queensland State Archives, Brisbane
National Library of Australia, Canberra
Deniliquin and District Historical Society 2017 Giant Glass Plate Negatives of Sydney HarbourState Library of New South Wales, Sydney 2017Anzac Day Commemoration Committee, 1916–1922State Library of Queensland, Brisbane 2019Dr Barbara Piscitelli AM Children's Art Archive 1986–2016; 2020State Library of Queensland, Brisbane 2023The Johnstone Gallery Archive, 1948–1992State Library of Queensland, Brisbane 2021
Notes
Names and spellings provided are based on the official list released by the Memory of the World Programme.
References
External links
Official website