Tim Sherratt

Tim Sherratt

Sharing recent updates and work-in-progress

Jun 2022

42,472 files were digitised by the National Archives of Australia last week.

36,238 of these were migrant registration cards from Bonegilla (A2571 & A2572).

Here’s a screenshot of the top twenty series. More info: github.com/wragge/na…

A2571, Name Index Cards, Migrants Registration [Bonegilla], 31307 files digitised; B884, Citizen Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947, 4981 files digitised; A2572, Name Index Cards, Migrants Registration [Bonegilla], 4931 files digitised; C610, Australian Women's Land Army - personnel cards, alphabetical series, 566 files digitised; 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, 292 files digitised; A9301, RAAF Personnel files of Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) and other ranks, 1921-1948, 188 files digitised; B883, Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947, 56 files digitised; K1145, Certificates of Exemption from Dictation Test, annual certificate number order, 17 files digitised; SP551/1, Log books of HMC [Her Majesty's Colonial], HM [His/Her Majesty's] and HMA [Her Majesty's Australian] Ships, 9 files digitised; F1, Correspondence files, annual single number series [Main correspondence files series of the agency], 7 files digitised; A1196, Correspondence files, multiple number series [Class 501] [501-539] [Classified] [Main correspondence files series of the agency], 6 files digitised; B78, Alien registration documents, 6 files digitised; A12372, RAAF Personnel files - All Ranks [Main correspondence files series of the agency], 4 files digitised; SP1122/1, General correspondence files, multiple number series and annual single number with 'N' (New South Wales) prefix, 4 files digitised; A9300, RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948, 4 files digitised; MP508/1, General correspondence files, multiple number series, 3 files digitised; C321, Case files, annual single number series with 'N' (NSW) prefix, 3 files digitised; B2458, Army Personnel Files, multiple number series, 3 files digitised; K47, Correspondence files, annual single number series with 'W' prefix, 3 files digitised; PP892/1, Correspondence [client] files, annual single number series with 'W' prefix, 2 files digitised;