The Australian Government has officially opened the new National Archives Preservation Facility in Canberra.
The national archival collection comprises millions of Australian Government records, reflecting our history and identity. They include paper and audiovisual files, models, maps, plans and photographs. The Archives is charged with preserving, storing and making accessible these records for the benefit of all Australians.
The National Archives Preservation Facility provides contemporary storage for more than 100 kilometres of paper records and nine kilometres of audiovisual records. End to end, the records stored at the new facility would circle Uluru about 12 times. This represents around one-quarter of the national archival collection and one of the largest movements of official records in the Archives' history.
