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Documents on University site plan digitised by ANU Archives
The ANU Archives has digitised an early National Capital Planning and Development Committee file about the University’s site in Acton. The file begins in July 1938 when Sir Robert Garran, as…
Digitisation of an ANU invention
Professor Mervyn Paterson started the design and construction of the first High Pressure, High Temperature (HPT) rock deformation apparatus in 1960 but it was not until 1988, when Paterson was in the…
New Archives exhibition: 1917 A year of turmoil
ANU Archives presents a new exhibition looking at two of the dramatic and divisive events of 1917, the great strike and the conscription referendum. This exhibition includes photographs and…
Watch the 2017 Annual Archives lecture - Indigenous lives and the Australian Dictionary of Biography
Watch Dr Shino Konishi deliver the 2017 Annual Archives lecture on ANU TV. Of the more than 12,000 individuals included in the Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB) only 210 (1.5%) of all entries…
Early 20th century trade union newspapers available online
The ANU Archives has digitised and made available online early editions of two historic newspapers from the Rail and Tram Unions. The All Grades Advocate (1917) and the Co-operator (1909 - 1917)…
Navigating the Sea of Islands exhibition now on.
ANU Pacific Research Archivist Christine Bryan presents an exhibition highlighting the history of navigation and migration in the Pacific. This exhibition will be in the Menzies Building foyer until…
2017 Annual lecture
Dr Shino Konishi will deliver the 2017 Annual Archives Lecture on Monday 16 October at 4pm in the McDonald Room of the RG Menzies Building. See our events page for more information.
Minute books of pre-Federation Australian Trade Unions now available online.
The Australian National University has made available online digital copies of over 200 minute books documenting the workings of pre-Federation trade unions. Unions covered include the United…
2017 Eric Fry labour history scholarship winner
Congratulations to Geraldine Fela, an Honours student in History at the Australian National University, who has been awarded the Eric Fry Research Grant for 2017. Geraldine's thesis will examine the…
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…
