| Project participants: |
National Archives of
Australia, State Records New South Wales, Northern Territory Archives
Service, Queensland State Archives, State Records South Australia, Archives
Office Tasmania, Public Record Office Victoria and State Records Office Western
Australia together with the
National
Library of Australia, State and
Territory libraries. |
| Contact officer/s: |
Lenore Coltheart, Project Manager (email
lenorec@naa.gov.au, phone 02 6212 3939
or fax 02 6212 3914) |
| Project
description: New website - a Centenary of Federation project. |
| URL of site: |
http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/ |
| URL for project information: |
http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/ |
| Content: |
The website features images and transcripts of 99
documents identified as Australia's key constitutional documents. The original
documents digitised for the website are located in the eight government
archives, in other Australian cultural institutions, in government departments,
in the Public Record Office (UK), and in the House of Lords Record Office.
Includes photographs, 3D objects, handwritten materails, typewritten texts and
paintings. |
| Digitisation policy and priorities: |
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| Timetable: |
Completed project (25 January 1999 - 19 June
2000). |
| Budget and funding: |
$240,000. |
| Staff resources: |
Work undertaken in-house and through external service
providers. |
| Technical standards: |
See digitisation
specifications and formula for naming image
files (both in Rich Text Format). |
| Cataloguing and indexing: |
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| Comments: |
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Last modified: August 09 2004.