Primary contact
Northern Territory Archives Centre, Kelsey Crescent, Millner
Postal address: PO Box 24 Nightcliff NT 0814
Darwin, Northern Territory 0810
National Archives of Australia, Northern Territory Office, Darwin
Archives Act 1983 (Cth)
The National Archives’ collection database, RecordSearch, gives online access to the National Archives’ holdings Australia-wide. For access to RecordSearch, see the link from www.naa.gov.au.
The following guide provides information about records held by the National Archives about the Northern Territory. Many of these records are held in the Northern Territory Office, but others are held in National Office or other National Archives State Offices:
Commonwealth government records about the Northern Territory, by Ted Ling, 2011, 291pp. (see https://www.naa.gov.au/help-your-research/research-guides/commonwealth-government-records-about-northern-territory)
For a list of research guides to the National Archives’ collection, see: https://www.naa.gov.au/help-your-research/research-guides
The National Archives research centre within the Northern Territory Archives Centre is open Wednesday to Friday 9.30am–4.30pm.
Closed on public holidays.
Note: For up-to-date information on opening times, see https://www.naa.gov.au/visit-us/northern-territory
Maps and information about parking, public transport and onsite wheelchair access to the archives centre are available at https://www.naa.gov.au/visit-us/northern-territory
The Northern Territory Archives Centre is jointly operated by the National Archives and Library & Archives NT. Researchers can access both Commonwealth and state records from the one location.
See National Archives of Australia, National Office for information about National Archives research services.
For more information about the records of Library & Archives NT, see https://lant.nt.gov.au/
Information about ordering copies of records and associated fees is available at https://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/our-services/supplying-digital-copies-records
Revised 31 January 2022