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05
Feb
2024

Applications for the 2024 Eric Fry Labour History Research Grant extended to 30 April

The Canberra Region Branch of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (ASSLH) and the Australian Studies Institute at the Australian National University (ANU) invite students doing…

ANU Archives repository
12
Jan
2024

ANU Archives reopens to researchers

Thanks for your patience while the Menzies Library has undergone building works. The good news is our reading room will re-open at 10am on Mon 15 January. Please note our new opening hours are 10am-…

Menzies Library users
03
May
2023

Winner of the 2023 Eric Fry Labour History Grant announced

The 2023 Eric Fry Labour History Research Grant has been awarded to Katie Wood. Katie is a PhD candidate at La Trobe University researching the History of Women in the Australian Metal Trades 1888 –…

20
Jan
2023

Struggle, Solidarity and Unity: 150 Years of Maritime Unions in Australia

Struggle, Solidarity and Unity: 150 Years of Maritime Unions in Australia explores the rich history of Australia’s maritime unions, drawing from our extensive collections of records from the Seamen’s…

11
Oct
2022

2022 ANU Archives Annual Lecture now online

The ANU Archives 2022 Annual Lecture was held 3 November 2022 in conjunction with the Friends of the Noel Butlin Archives Centre. It is now available to view online. Professor Marian…

03
May
2022

Waterside Workers' records digitised

This year marks a very special anniversary for the Maritime Union of Australia, with 2022 marking 150 years since the formation of the first trade unions representing waterside workers in Port…

12
Jan
2022

Applications for the Eric Fry labour history research grant are now open

The Canberra Region Branch of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (ASSLH) and the Australian Studies Institute at the Australian National University (ANU) invite students doing…

Researchers using archives in the repository, undated
10
Nov
2021

Records and Recollections: the pneumonic influenza pandemic in Australia, 1918-1919

For the 2021 ANU Archives Annual Lecture, Dr Anthea Hyslop spoke about the pneumonic influenza pandemic in Australia, 1918-1919. A recording of this event is now available online. It was…