Past events

Professor Simon Ville: Tales of the unexpected: why archival research remains important today »

Tue 9 Oct 2018

For the contemporary researcher, archival research is often considered antiquarian and too labour intensive to meet the publication demands of the...

Vote 'Yes' for Equality »

Wed 17 May – Tue 31 Oct 2017

In a referendum on 27 May 1967 more than 90 percent of voters agreed to amend sections of the Australian Constitution which discriminated against...

2017 Dr Shino Konishi: Indigenous lives and the Australian Dictionary of Biography »

Mon 16 Oct 2017

Of the more than 12,000 individuals included in the Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB) only 210 (1.5%) of all entries relate to Indigenous...

70 years of the Australian National University »

Mon 1 Aug 2016 – Tue 31 Jan 2017

To celebrate the 70th birthday of The Australian National University (ANU), the ANU Archives has put together an exhibition of documents and...

2016 Phil Carswell OAM: Did the Grim Reaper win? »

Tue 25 Oct 2016

The early history of HIV/AIDS in Australia was marked with controversial political decisions and public and social discrimination, anger and...

Did the Grim Reaper win? »

Tue 20 Sep 2016

Presented by ANU Archives and the Friends of the Noel Butlin Archives Centre, this lecture will cover the early history of HIV/AIDS in Australia and...

Living, working and playing at Mt Stromlo »

Sun 1 May – Fri 15 Jul 2016

Mt Stromlo Observatory is known for its outstanding research into astronomy and astrophysics, including the work of Nobel Prize winner and current...

N115-Box 530 Mates Ltd, Albury - window display, crockery, 1950

High street dreams »

Tue 1 Sep 2015

Wealth from gold and wool, combined with a growing population, facilitated the expansion and transformation of shops across Australia at the end of...

Portrait of a Solomon Islands man wearing a large clock ear ornament.

Writings from the archives »

Mon 23 Mar – Mon 31 Aug 2015

The archival collections of anthropologist Marie Reay and first British Commissioner to the Solomon Islands, Charles Morris Woodford, are the...

2015 Professor David Merrett: Whither business history? Memory, message and meaning »

Tue 11 Aug 2015

Professor David Merrett, the University of Melbourne explores the past 25 years as it experienced marked shifts in both the demand for and supply of...