Digital volunteering at the National Archives

The National Archives of Australia is dedicated to making records in our collection easier to find, use and reuse.

You can help us reach our goal.

Join our online arcHIVE transcription community and help describe the records we hold that are not yet listed online. This will make them easier to find for everyone.

Along the way you just might discover gems and delights from the national archival collection!

To start transcribing, simply click on one of the sample lists below, Browse to find more categories of records or use the Search box above to enter a key word or phrase.

Need help to get started? Check out our FAQs page.

Difficulty: Medium

Status: In progress

D1989 – Application forms, medical examination documents and related papers of British and Foreign Immigrants

Consignment - D1989

Page 185 of 257

Difficulty: Hard

Status: In progress

J1687 – National Service registrants files, single number series

Consignment - J1687

Page 95 of 100

BUZZ News!

Progress

As at 26 May 2022, 1,011,000 descriptions of records have been transcribed through HIVE and added to the National Archives’ online database, RecordSearch.

A big thank you to all contributors – keep up the amazing work!

Current progress

99568 of 100022 records have been transcribed.

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