News

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 Quartly spoke…

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…

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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 a…

12
Jun
2020

Opening up the "Palace Letters"

A momentous High Court decision handed down on 28 May has seen the National Archives of Australia directed to review access to letters between the Queen and Governor General Sir John Kerr…

27
Mar
2020

Covid-19 update

ANU campuses are moving to remote work and study from Thursday 26 March until at least 27 June 2020. ANU Archives staff who are able to work remotely will continue to assist you with enquiries via…