Corporate Body

Australian National University (1946 - )

From
1946
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Functions
Education
Website
http://www.anu.edu.au/
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Summary

The Australian National University (ANU) was established in 1946 by an Act of Parliament. Originally the University was Australia's only full-time research university, offering no undergraduate studies. In 1960 ANU amalgamated with the Canberra University College and broadened its range of activities, adding undergraduate teaching. Another amalgamation took place in 1992, with the Canberra Institute of the Arts joining ANU. The University is located on a 150-hectare campus close to the centre of Canberra.

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Published resources

Articles

Books

  • Australian National University, Science in Australia: Proceedings of a Seminar Organised by the Australian National University, Melbourne, 1952 (Melbourne: F. W. Cheshire, 1952). Details
  • Fenner, Frank and Curtis, David, The John Curtin School of Medical Research: the First Fifty Years, 1948-1998 (Gundaroo, New South Wales: Brolga Press, 2001), 565 (577) pp. Details
  • Foster, S.G.; and Varghese, Margaret M., The Making of the Australian National University 1946-96 (St Leonards, NSW: Allen and Unwin, 1996), 475 pp. Details
  • Gunning, Brian; Jahnke, Roland; Manifold, Marion; and Wellington, Bruce, First know the nature of things: celebrating the life and work of Denis John Carr (1915 - 2008): botanist, scholar, mentor (Canberra: Phytoglyph Press, 2021), 390 pp. Details
  • Ophel, Trevor and Jenkin, John, Fire in the Belly: the First Fifty Years of the Pioneer School at the ANU (Canberra: Research School of Physical Science and Engineering, Institute of Advanced Studies, ANU, 1996), 157 pp. Details

Conference Papers

Conference Proceedings

  • Science in Australia: proceedings of a seminar organised by the Australian National University on the occasion of the jubilee of the Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, July 24-27, 1951 (Melbourne: F. W. Cheshire, 1952), 192 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Gani, J, 'Fifty Years of Statistics at the Australian National University, 1952-2002', Historical Records of Australian Science, 16 (1) (2005), 31-44. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR05001. Details
  • Lafferty, K.J., 'The John Curtin School of Medical Research: Past Achievements and Future Directions', Medical Journal of Australia, 163 (11-12) (1995), 609-611. Details
  • McCarthy, Gavan, 'Generating History: the heritage value of the archives of the Australian National University Homopolar Generator', Transactions of The Institution of Engineers, Australia: Multi-Disciplinary Engineering, GE11 (2 (November)) (1987), 101-106. Details
  • McDougall, I., 'Brief history of isotope geology at the Australian National University', Australian journal of earth sciences, 55 (6/7) (2008), 727-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/08120090802155258. Details
  • Porter, R., 'The John Curtin School of Medical Research', Medical Journal of Australia, 142 (1985), 205-213. Details

Resources

Reviews

  • Fenner, Frank and Curtis, David, The John Curtin School of Medical Research: the First Fifty Years (2001)
    McCalman, Janet, Health and History, 5 (2), (2003), 161. Details
  • Fenner, Frank and Curtis, David (Eds), The John Curtin School of Medical Research: the first fifty years, 1948-1998, Brolga Press, Gundaroo, New South Wales, 2001, 565 pp.
    Moyal, Ann, 'Review', Historical Records of Australian Science, 14 (1), (2002), 105-106. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR02901C_BR. Details

See also

  • Allen, Harry, 'The first university positions in prehistoric archaeology in New Zealand and Australia', Bulletin of the history of archaeology, 29 (1:2) (2019), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.5334/bha-606. Details
  • Fischer, Gad and Gilbert, Robert G., 'Ian Gordon Ross 1926-2006', Historical Records of Australian Science, 20 (1) (2009), 91-107 , https://doi.org/10.1071/HR09003. Details

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