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New exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Referendum
In May 1967 the vast majority of Australian voters approved changes to two sections of the Constitution relating to Aboriginal Australians. The 'Yes' vote came after a campaign uniting Aboriginal…
Vale Sigrid McCausland
We are very sad to report the death on 30 November of Dr Sigrid McCausland, former Australian National University Archivist. Sigrid was a highly respected member of the international archival…
Records from the ANU Archives are part of the Memory of the World in Canberra exhibition at the Canberra Museum and Gallery
The ANU Archives are proud to be part of the Memory of the World in Canberra exhibition at the Canberra Museum and Gallery. This exhibition showcases the rich documentary heritage held in Canberra’s…
Watch the 2016 Annual Archives lecture - Did the Grim Reaper win?
You can now watch this lecture at on the ANU Youtube channel. Users will have to sign in due to the nature of some of the content. Presented by ANU Archives and the Friends of the Noel Butlin…
New online exhibition - The 1948 Easter Conference
Read about how Australia's national University was designed in our latest online exhibition.
Sydney hotel records now online
The Noel Butlin Archives Centre at the ANU has some wonderful New South Wales hotels records from Tooth and Company. The 'yellow cards', summary records including photographs and names of licensees,…
60% of item lists on Archives database
Another milestone has been reached with 60% of our item lists entered on the database. We are now entering large lists for our most-used company deposits. Researchers can expect more hits from…
Archives records now searchable in Trove
With just a few clicks from their desktops researchers all over the world can now find University Archives and Noel Butlin Archives Centre collections via Trove, the National Library of Australia (…
Exhibitions
An exhibition celebrating the 40th anniversary of Papua New Guinea Independence is currently displayed in the Menzies Building foyer and draws on material held in the Pacific Research Archives,…
Digitisation of archival resources
A selection of highly-used archives have been digitised and placed in the digital repository. They can be accessed from the links below to their database descriptions and include: ANU annual reports…