National Archives of Australia Digitisation Dashboard¶
The National Archives of Australia's online database, RecordSearch, includes a list of recently digitised files, but this list only includes files digitised in the last month, so it's not possible to examine long-term changes. Since March 2021, I've captured weekly harvests of this list and saved them to a GitHub repository. This dashboard aggregates the weekly harvests to display digitisation progress in the last week, the current year, and since harvests began in 2021.
A dataset containing annual compilations of the weekly harvests is available from Zenodo.
Changes to RecordSearch in May 2025 have blocked the weekly harvests and made it impossible to update this dashboard. The last data harvest was on 11 May 2025.
There have been 224 weekly harvests since March 2021. The most recent harvest was on 9 August 2026.
Files digitised last week (2 Aug 2026 – 9 Aug 2026)¶
1,073 files were digitised last week. Here are the number of files digitised per day.
| title | item_id | series | control_symbol | date_range | date_digitised | series_title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | MANDZIK Roman born 9 August 1912 | 5098663 | A11902 | 176 | 1948 – 1949 | 2026-08-08 | Migrant Selection Documents for Displaced Pers... |
| 1 | MALYSCH [MALUSCH] Nicolai DOB 1 February 1921 | 5098662 | A11902 | 175 | 1948 – 1949 | 2026-08-08 | Migrant Selection Documents for Displaced Pers... |
| 2 | LIAUKEVICIUS Vladas DOB 4 July 1926 | 5098658 | A11902 | 171 | 1948 – 1949 | 2026-08-08 | Migrant Selection Documents for Displaced Pers... |
| 3 | LEISEK Teodor born 13 September 1916 | 5098655 | A11902 | 168 | 1948 – 1949 | 2026-08-08 | Migrant Selection Documents for Displaced Pers... |
| 4 | LATINOVIC Nikola DOB 24 February 1915 | 5098654 | A11902 | 167 | 1948 – 1948 | 2026-08-08 | Migrant Selection Documents for Displaced Pers... |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 1068 | Vessel/Shipwrecks - The Ketch GLADYS and the v... | 970492 | P437 | 1922/18 | 1922 – 1923 | 2026-08-03 | Correspondence Files, Annual Single Number Series |
| 1069 | Erna Jacobi [Polish - arrived Sydney per MONKA... | 9688208 | SP1121/1 | JACOBI, ERNA | 1947 – 1953 | 2026-08-03 | Applications for Registration of Aliens |
| 1070 | Antonio da Silva Laginha [Portuguese - Arrived... | 9405462 | SP908/1 | PORTUGUESE/LAGINHA ANTONIO DA SILVA | 1964 – 1968 | 2026-08-03 | Application for Registration of Aliens (other ... |
| 1071 | Adams, Henry Babasie [Box 222] | 31574162 | C321 | N1971/22216 | 1969 – 1972 | 2026-08-03 | Case files, annual single number series with '... |
| 1072 | Francesco VARTULI - Nationality: Italian - Arr... | 30378668 | SP11/5 | VARTULI, FRANCESCO | 1939 – 1947 | 2026-08-03 | Applications for registration (aliens registra... |
1073 rows × 7 columns
The files came from 130 different series. Here are the 25 series which contain the most files digitised last week.
| series | series_title | total |
|---|---|---|
| A11841 | Migrant Selection Documents for Displaced Persons who travelled to Australia per Svalbard departing Bremerhaven 21 May 1948 | 286 |
| A907 | Ships' Passenger Lists - Inwards (Form P2) | 150 |
| A8746 | Photographic colour negatives, chronological series with 'KN' or 'RKN' prefix and a single number suffix | 109 |
| A11902 | Migrant Selection Documents for Displaced Persons who travelled to Australia per Wooster Victory departing Genoa 6 August 1948 | 91 |
| MP551/1 | Ships' drawings and specifications, together with those for two floating docks | 59 |
| A11836 | Migrant Selection Documents for Displaced Persons who travelled to Australia per General Sturgis departing Venice 17 April 1948 | 46 |
| D5582 | Agency consignment lists, numerical series with variable alpha prefixes | 34 |
| B78 | Alien registration documents | 29 |
| SP908/1 | Application for Registration of Aliens (other than Asiatics) | 23 |
| P1556 | Files containing Antarctic Station Reports with Station Log Books interspersed, chronological series | 15 |
| SP42/1 | Correspondence of the Collector of Customs relating to Immigration Restriction and Passports | 10 |
| D4881 | Alien registration cards, alphabetical series | 10 |
| F1 | Correspondence files, annual single number series [Main correspondence files series of the agency] | 10 |
| A4624 | Ships' Ledgers, HMAS Ships | 7 |
| A12372 | RAAF Personnel files - All Ranks [Main correspondence files series of the agency] | 6 |
| MP611/1 | Ships' drawings and some specifications | 6 |
| A2478 | Non-British European migrant selection documents | 6 |
| B44 | Immigration case files, annual single number series with 'V' [Victoria] prefix | 6 |
| MT269/1 | Forms for registration under the War Precautions (Aliens Registration) Regulations 1916 and the Aliens Registration Act 1920 (Forms A, A2 and E) | 5 |
| A446 | Correspondence files, annual single number series with block allocations [Main correspondence files series of the agency] | 5 |
| SP11/2 | Applications for registration (Aliens Registration files) (Forms A1, B1 and C), alphabetical series by nationality | 5 |
| P437 | Correspondence Files, Annual Single Number Series | 5 |
| B73 | Personal case files, World War I | 5 |
| A659 | Correspondence files, class 1 (general, passports) | 4 |
| A261 | Application forms (culled from other file series) for admission of Relatives or Friends to Australia (Form 40) | 4 |
Files digitised this year (2026)¶
32,523 files have been digitised this year. Here are the number of files digitised per month.
The files came from 894 different series. Here are the 25 series which contain the most files digitised so far this year.
| series | series_title | total |
|---|---|---|
| A907 | Ships' Passenger Lists - Inwards (Form P2) | 16,887 |
| MT1139/1 | First World War munition workers dossiers | 2,125 |
| M5197 | Colour photographic (kodachrome) slides illustrating the life and career of Sir Keith Charles Owen Shann CBE | 1,124 |
| D4878 | Alien registration documents, alphabetical series | 1,018 |
| D4881 | Alien registration cards, alphabetical series | 624 |
| MP551/1 | Ships' drawings and specifications, together with those for two floating docks | 613 |
| A705 | Correspondence files, multiple number (Melbourne) series (Primary numbers 1-323) | 611 |
| A8746 | Photographic colour negatives, chronological series with 'KN' or 'RKN' prefix and a single number suffix | 473 |
| D1989 | Application forms, medical examination documents and related papers of British and Foreign Immigrants (including Ex Service) in receipt of free and assisted passages, chronological order of ship arrival. | 399 |
| A11753 | Migrant Selection Documents for Displaced Persons who travelled to Australia per Fairsea departing Naples 21 September 1949 | 396 |
| A11841 | Migrant Selection Documents for Displaced Persons who travelled to Australia per Svalbard departing Bremerhaven 21 May 1948 | 393 |
| A11944 | Migrant Selection Documents for Displaced Persons who travelled to Australia per General Black departing Bremerhaven 20 March 1948 | 391 |
| B3114 | Photograph albums | 385 |
| A11836 | Migrant Selection Documents for Displaced Persons who travelled to Australia per General Sturgis departing Venice 17 April 1948 | 363 |
| A11938 | Migrant Selection Documents for Displaced Persons who travelled to Australia per General Stewart departing Bremerhaven 13 January 1948 | 319 |
| B78 | Alien registration documents | 249 |
| SP908/1 | Application for Registration of Aliens (other than Asiatics) | 213 |
| A1337 | Applications for Registration of a Design | 210 |
| A11519 | Migrant Selection Documents for Displaced Persons who travelled to Australia per Volendam departing Rotterdam 11 December 1948 | 191 |
| P1556 | Files containing Antarctic Station Reports with Station Log Books interspersed, chronological series | 159 |
| A2478 | Non-British European migrant selection documents | 144 |
| A8763 | Photographic colour negatives, single number with 'KN' [Colour Negatives] prefix | 133 |
| D5582 | Agency consignment lists, numerical series with variable alpha prefixes | 100 |
| A11902 | Migrant Selection Documents for Displaced Persons who travelled to Australia per Wooster Victory departing Genoa 6 August 1948 | 92 |
| A8769 | Aboriginal Affairs colour transparencies reversed date and single number series with 'CT' (Colour Transparencies) prefix | 88 |
Files digitised since 4 February 2021¶
1,435,153 files have been digitised since 4 February 2021. Here are the number of files digitised per year.
The files came from 2,999 different series. Here are the 25 series which contain the most files digitised since 4 February 2021.
| series | series_title | total |
|---|---|---|
| B883 | Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 | 313,106 |
| B884 | Citizen Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 | 284,173 |
| A9301 | RAAF Personnel files of Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) and other ranks, 1921-1948 | 189,820 |
| A2571 | Name Index Cards, Migrants Registration [Bonegilla] | 162,204 |
| A2572 | Name Index Cards, Migrants Registration [Bonegilla] | 101,983 |
| A9300 | RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948 | 33,908 |
| A6135 | Photographic colour transparencies positives, daily single number series with 'K' [Colour Transparencies] prefix | 19,624 |
| A13150 | Specifications, examiners reports and correspondence relating to the Registration of Victorian Patents - Second system | 17,472 |
| A907 | Ships' Passenger Lists - Inwards (Form P2) | 16,939 |
| A714 | Books of duplicate certificates of naturalization A(1)[Individual person] series | 13,603 |
| D3481 | Photographs (black and white, colour) of buildings, installations, sites, etc | 13,389 |
| D874 | Still photograph outdoor and studio negatives, annual single number series with N prefix (and progressive alpha infix A-K from 1948-1957) | 12,328 |
| A1500 | Photographic colour transparencies [positives], single number series with 'K' [Colour] prefix | 11,868 |
| A705 | Correspondence files, multiple number (Melbourne) series (Primary numbers 1-323) | 10,643 |
| A7109 | "Dead" card index of Registered Aliens | 10,618 |
| A14435 | Stanley Fowler photographs showing the Australian fishing industry and coastline, numerical series with ‘LA’prefix | 10,512 |
| E607 | Negative film of photographs taken of every lot of Darwin after Cyclone Tracy, two number series | 9,510 |
| J853 | Architectural plans, annual single number series with alpha (denoting Papua New Guinea and discipline) prefix and/or alpha/numeric (denoting size and amendment) suffix | 8,962 |
| A13149 | Applications for Registration of Victorian Patents - Second system | 8,852 |
| MT1486/1 | Applications to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force | 7,999 |
| A1 | Correspondence files, annual single number series [Main correspondence files series of the agency] | 7,621 |
| AP476/1 | Petitions for South Australian Colonial patents with specifications. | 6,484 |
| D1423 | Original plans (negatives), single number series with alpha prefix denoting discipline | 4,722 |
| K1145 | Certificates of Exemption from Dictation Test, annual certificate number order | 4,550 |
| D1051 | Original drawings, plans and prints of National Estate properties | 4,484 |
Created by Tim Sherratt for the GLAM Workbench.