ABSTRACT Based on a keynote address to the 2018 International Society for First World War Studies conference, the author’s survey of a centenary of archival endeavour comprises four time periods and two themes. It highlights the unique role of the Australian War Memorial and its initial documentation priorities favouring Dr C.E.W. Bean’s official war history, the battlefront and the war dead. A post-centenary open-ended aftermath is also discussed covering processing backlogs, the prospective idea of ‘digital breakthrough’ and the archival implications of ever-widening understandings of the war and its endless aftermaths. The paper ends with an appeal for new voices in researching the documentation of Australia’s Great War experience.

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档案馆与澳大利亚大战百年：回顾与展望

摘要 基于 2018 年第一次世界大战研究国际学会会议的主题演讲，作者对百年档案工作的调查包括四个时间段和两个主题。它突出了澳大利亚战争纪念馆的独特作用及其最初的文件优先事项，有利于 CEW Bean 博士的官方战争历史、前线和战争死难者。还讨论了百年后的开放式后果，包括处理积压、“数字突破”的前瞻性想法以及对战争及其无尽后果不断扩大理解的档案影响。这篇论文最后呼吁在研究澳大利亚大战经历的文献中发出新的声音。