The Australian Data Archive
The Australian Data Archive (ADA) provides a national service for the collection and preservation of digital research data. ADA disseminates this data for secondary analysis by academic researchers and other users.
The archive is based in the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods (CSRM) at the Australian National University (ANU).
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The ADA will be closed over the forthcoming holiday period, from 1700hrs on Friday 22 Dec 2022, reopening at 0900hrs on Tuesday 2 January 2023.
Access and routine requests sent after Tuesday 19 December 2022 will not be reviewed and actioned until Tuesday 2 January 2023 at the earliest.
Welcome to the homepage for the Australian Data Archive. Here you can access ADA datasets and find out more about accessing ADA data, depositing data with the Archive, and research data management.
The Archive’s archive and catalogue systems are hosted on ADA’s Dataverse platform. This can be accessed in three ways:
- Visiting the ADA Dataverse
- Searching using the search box above
- Viewing a list of all the datasets currently available in our Dataverse system
Please direct enquiries regarding the ADA’s datasets to our email address at ada@ada.edu.au and we will reply in due course.
Our Data Collections…
The Australian Data Archive holds over 6000 datasets from more than 1500 projects and studies from 1838 through until the present day.
Some of our most popular datasets are identifiable by methodology (eg. Longitudinal) and by theme (eg. Social Attitudes Surveys, Health Studies).
Accessing Data…
Would you like to access data from the Australia Data Archive? This section includes details on how to find data in the ADA collection, access conditions, and procedures for requesting and downloading data.
Depositing Data…
Do you want to deposit data with ADA? Look here to find out what is involved, included data formats, licensing, metadata and deposit processes.
Newly Published Datasets…
Australian Election Study, 1987-2022 Trends
The excel file contains the excel tables underlying the charts contained in the report Trends in Australian Political Opinion: Results from the Australian Election Study 1987-2022 (Cameron and …
Werner Senn Letters
Emeritus Professor Werner Senn (born 1942) studied English and German language, literature and civilisation at the Universities of Berne, Vienna and Liverpool. He qualified as a teacher in 1968 and …
Australian Election Study, Longitudinal Panel Data (2016-2022)
This dataset contains the linked panel component of AES voter surveys for 2016, 2019 and 2022. The 2022 Australian Election Study is thirteenth in a series of surveys.
This data file …
2019 ACT Gambling Prevalence Survey
The Australian National University (ANU) Centre for Gambling Research (CGR) was commissioned by the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Gambling and Racing Commission to conduct the 2019 ACT Gambling …
Recently Updated Datasets…
Growing Up in Australia: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) Release 9.1 C2 (Waves 1-9C)
Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) is a major study following the development of approximately 10,000 young people and their families from all parts of …
Australian Election Study, Longitudinal Panel Data (2016-2022)
This dataset contains the linked panel component of AES voter surveys for 2016, 2019 and 2022. The 2022 Australian Election Study is thirteenth in a series of surveys.
This data file …
Australian Election Study, 2022
The 2022 AES is the thirteenth in a series of surveys beginning in 1987, timed to coincide with Australian Federal elections. The series builds on the 1967, 1969, and 1979 Australian Political …
Teaching materials for ADA Introductory Sessions – 2018-Present
This dataset includes materials used in the Introduction to the Australian Data Archive session at ResBaz Sydney 2018 at Macquarie University, and the 2023 HASS and Indigenous Skills Summer School
Forthcoming Datasets…
RUMIC – Rural-Urban Migration in China
The Rural-Urban Migration in China project was established to investigate the impacts of internal migration within China and Indonesia. In particular, the investigation is focused on the collection of data through five year longitudinal surveys in China and Indonesia and the use of these data to answer questions with relation to migration’s impact on income mobility, poverty alleviation, education, health and nutrition of migrant children, and the assimilation of migrant workers into the city. You can find out more about this project at the project web page.
