Interview with Michelle Arrow, Australia's archival treasures on the verge of destruction
May 19, 2021•30 min
Episode description
Historian Professor Michelle Arrow talks about the many archival treasures on the verge of destruction if they cannot be digitised by 2025. This crisis is in large part due to chronic federal funding cuts to the budget of the National Archives of Australia. The race is on to digitise many audio-visual records and items that are disintegrating and reaching their preservation limit. Broadcast 4 May 2021.