Archives Division, Commonwealth National Library
1952 – March 1961
Renamed Commonwealth Archives Office in 1961.
Division of the Commonwealth National Library responsible for the survey, transfer, custody and disposal of Commonwealth government records.
Names over time
- Archives Division, Commonwealth National Library1952–1961
- Commonwealth Archives Office1961–1974
- Australian Archives1974–1998
- National Archives of Australia1998–present
How it came into existence
Formed in 1952 within the Commonwealth National Library, building on the archival work begun by the library's archives officer and the wartime Commonwealth Archives Committee.
- Commonwealth archives
How it ended
Separated from the Library when the National Library Act 1960 came into force in March 1961, becoming the Commonwealth Archives Office under the Prime Minister's Department, as recommended by the 1957 Paton report.
Separated from the National Library as an independent office.
Main functions
- custody of Commonwealth government records
- records surveys and disposal
- transfer of records to archival custody
- access to Commonwealth archives
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