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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
   
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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
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
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
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
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
The Edward (Ned) Kelly and Related Papers as found in the Public Record Office Victoria Register no. 20
Year of registration 2008
Name of the documentary heritage Ashmead-Bartlett's Gallipoli film (1915)
Location Australian War Memorial
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/020/citation.htm
Image caption Periscope rifle in use by Australian troops in Ashmead-Bartlett's film.
Register no. 21
Year of registration 2008
Name of the documentary heritage Mountford-Sheard Collection
Location State Library of South Australia
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/021/citation.htm
Image caption C. P. Mountford, 1963.
Register no. 22
Year of registration 2008
Name of the documentary heritage High Court of Australia Records
Location National Archives of Australia, High Court of Australia
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/022/citation.htm
Image caption The High Court of Australia (photo: Roslyn Russell)
Register no. 23
Year of registration 2008
Name of the documentary heritage James Gleeson Oral History Collection
Location National Gallery of Australia
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/023/citation.htm
Image caption The National Gallery of Australia with works from the collection projected on the outer walls for its 25th anniversary in 2007.
(photo: Steve Nebaeur)
Register no. 24
Year of registration 2008
Name of the documentary heritage

The Victorian Women’s Suffrage Petition of 1891
Location Public Record Office Victoria
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/024/citation.htm
Image caption The Victorian Womens Suffrage Petition of 1891, Public Record Office Victoria

Register no. 25
Year of registration 2008
Name of the documentary heritage

Donald Thomson Ethnology Collection

Location Museum Victoria
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/025/citation.htm
Image caption Kinship books documenting the social organisation of Yintijingga communities and individuals on East Cape York Peninsula, written by Donald Thomson, 1928.
Register no. 26
Year of registration 2008
Name of the documentary heritage

1862 Land Act Map

Location Public Record Office Victoria
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/026/citation.htm
Image caption The 1862 Land Act Map, Public Record Office Victoria
Register no. 27
Year of registration 2008
Name of the documentary heritage William Light Collection

Location State Library of South Australia; Adelaide City Council Civic Collection
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/027/citation.htm
Image caption Letter by William Light to his friend George Jones in England written from ?Gulf St Vincent Lat. 34.43 Long. 138?3??, dated 22 November 1836. The letter deals with the site he had chosen for the settlement and includes a sketch of the locality, with an enthusiastic description of the area. George Jones was an artist who painted Light?s portrait in 1823. PRG 1/10
Records of the Tasmanian Convict Department 1803-1893 Register no. 28
Year of registration 2008
Name of the documentary heritage Archives of Joseph Stanislaus Ostoja-Kotkowski
Location State Library of South Australia; Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/028/citation.htm
Image caption J. S. Ostoja-Kotkowski and a laser kinetic image in green using a new vapour laser, 1985. State Library of South Australia
Records of the Tasmanian Convict Department 1803-1893 Register no. 29
Year of registration 2008
Name of the documentary heritage Margaret Lawrie Torres Strait Island Collection
Location State Library of Queensland
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/029/citation.htm
Image caption A group of Torres Strait Islander teachers, 1966
Records of the Tasmanian Convict Department 1803-1893 Register no. 30
Year of registration 2008
Name of the documentary heritage Manifesto of the Queensland Labour Party, 1892
Location State Library of Queensland
Citation http://www.amw.org.au/items/030/citation.htm
Image caption Manifesto of the Queensland Labour Party, 1892, State Library of Queensland
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