Australian Capital Territory

Australian Defence Force Academy
The Australian National University
University of Canberra

AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE ACADEMY

Australian Special Research Collection

Dr Marie-Louise Ayers
Australian Defence Force Academy Library, Northcott Drive, Canberra, ACT 2600
Phone: (02) 6268 8126
Fax: (02) 6247 2324
Email: m.ayres@adfa.oz.au

Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm
Location: ASRC, Library
280 Australian literary manuscript collections, 70 military. Australian literary manuscripts of national significance. Research and teaching collection. Schools and other groups welcome. Some restrictions apply.
(350 collections (800 metres); established 1986; 3 staff)
National significance: manuscripts of the Almost Managing Company; Frank Hardy; David Foster; Peter Corrigan; John Romerill; Robert Anderson; Robert Grey; Kate Llewellyn; Alex Miller; Philip Hodgins; Graeme Blundell; Bob Ellis; Dorothy Green; Nick Enright.
Web: http://www.lib.adfa.oz.au/web/asrc/asrc.htm

THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Anthropology Collection, Stanner

Professor Francesca Merlan
THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Canberra ACT, 0200
Phone: (02) 6249 8228
Fax: (02) 6249 2711
Email: Francesca.Merlan@anu.edu.au

Anthropology/ archaeology/Aboriginal; some ex Institute of Anatomy
(163+ objects; 0 staff)

Art Collection

Nancy Sever (Director); Katarina Paseta (Art Registrar)
THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Canberra, ACT 0200
Phone: (02) 6249 2501
Fax: (02) 6247 2595
Email: nancy.sever@anu.edu.au
katarina.paseta@anu.edu.au

Opening Hours: Drill Hall Gallery: Wednesday to Sunday 12 to 5 pm. Public art accessible and specific works by appointment.
Location: Throughout campus buildings and grounds and selected exhibits at the Drill Hall Gallery.
Contemporary Australian art; Ward Furniture Collection, and the Faculty of Arts African collection.
(1200 art works; established 1949; 2 staff)
National significance: Icons of Australian art and monumental sculptures.
International significance: Important works for Asia and the Pacific.

Classics Museum

Dr Elizabeth Minchin
THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Canberra ACT, 0200
Phone: (02) 6249 5106/2913
Fax: (02) 6249 5039
Email: Elizabeth.Minchin@anu.edu.au

Open to schools (bookings necessary) and the public
(589 objects; established 1962; 0.09 staff)
International Significance: 20 terracotta vases from one tomb painted by the "Menzies painter" (CDM65.19-65.38)
Web: http://arts.anu.edu.au/languages/classics/classics%20museum.html

Geology Museum

Dr Timothy Munson
THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Canberra ACT, 0200
Phone: (02) 6249 5133
Fax: (02) 6249 5544
Email: Timothy.Munson@anu.edu.au

Undergraduate teaching collection; some public areas within and without the university
(78,241 objects; established 1959; 1.0 staff)
National significance: research collections of rocks, minerals and fossils
International significance: fossil fish and tektites.

Herbarium, Gauba

Dr Michael Crisp
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Botany & Zoology, Canberra ACT, 0200
Phone: (02) 6249 2882
Fax: (02) 6249 5573
Email: Mike.Crisp@anu.edu.au

Primarily a teaching collection; about half the specimens are historical Gerba items
(20,000 specimens)

UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA

Art Collection

Johanna Owens
Executive Services Division, UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA, ACT 2601
Phone: (02) 6201 2488
Fax: (02) 6201 5120
Email: jeo@adminserver.canberra.edu.au
Location: Throughout campus
(400 objects; established 1969; 0.4 staff)

Education Collections

Curriculum Resources Centre, UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA, ACT 2601
Fax: (02) 6201 5065
Email: clema@education.canberra.edu.au

Location: Ground Floor, Building 5
Small collection of school furniture, travelling science kit & historical curriculum materials. (Not a formal museum or collection.)

The Mineral and Economic Geology Teaching Collection

Paul Millsteed
UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA, ACT 2601
Phone: (02) 6201 2934
Fax: (02) 6201 5030
Email: millstee@science.canberra.edu.au

Opening hours: Mon - Fri from 8.30 am to 5.00 pm; free
Teaching and research collection. Free identification service; material available for loan and exchange. Specialities are national and international ore suites, research rocks and minerals and local soil profiles.
(5,673 objects; established 1974; 0.5 staff)
National significance: Suites of ore rock assemblages; 10 years of research rocks and drill core specimens from the Bombala region from which a 1:100,000 geological map has been constructed; rcosk and mineral assemblages from the Paddy's River project.

Satellite Collection

Brian Button, Faculty of Applied Science
UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA, ACT 2601
Phone: (02) 6201 2565
Fax: (02) 6201 5353
Email: button@science.canberra.edu.au

Opening Hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
Location: 170 Hayden Drive, Bruce, ACT
Photographs of Australia taken from satellites.
(500 prints)
National significance: Continental-wide coverage, supplemented by an extensive digital data archive.

Last update: 13 November 2002.

AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE ACADEMY
Australian Special Research Collection
Dr Marie-Louise Ayers Australian Defence Force Academy Library, Northcott Drive, Canberra, ACT 2600 Phone: (02) 6268 8126 Fax: (02) 6247 2324 Email: m.ayres@adfa.oz.au	Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm Location: ASRC, Library 280 Australian literary manuscript collections, 70 military. Australian literary manuscripts of national significance. Research and teaching collection. Schools and other groups welcome. Some restrictions apply. (350 collections (800 metres); established 1986; 3 staff) National significance: manuscripts of the Almost Managing Company; Frank Hardy; David Foster; Peter Corrigan; John Romerill; Robert Anderson; Robert Grey; Kate Llewellyn; Alex Miller; Philip Hodgins; Graeme Blundell; Bob Ellis; Dorothy Green; Nick Enright. Web: http://www.lib.adfa.oz.au/web/asrc/asrc.htm
THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Anthropology Collection, Stanner
Professor Francesca Merlan THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Canberra ACT, 0200 Phone: (02) 6249 8228 Fax: (02) 6249 2711 Email: Francesca.Merlan@anu.edu.au	Anthropology/ archaeology/Aboriginal; some ex Institute of Anatomy (163+ objects; 0 staff)
Art Collection
Nancy Sever (Director); Katarina Paseta (Art Registrar) THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Canberra, ACT 0200 Phone: (02) 6249 2501 Fax: (02) 6247 2595 Email: nancy.sever@anu.edu.au katarina.paseta@anu.edu.au	Opening Hours: Drill Hall Gallery: Wednesday to Sunday 12 to 5 pm. Public art accessible and specific works by appointment. Location: Throughout campus buildings and grounds and selected exhibits at the Drill Hall Gallery. Contemporary Australian art; Ward Furniture Collection, and the Faculty of Arts African collection. (1200 art works; established 1949; 2 staff) National significance: Icons of Australian art and monumental sculptures. International significance: Important works for Asia and the Pacific.
Classics Museum
Dr Elizabeth Minchin THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Canberra ACT, 0200 Phone: (02) 6249 5106/2913 Fax: (02) 6249 5039 Email: Elizabeth.Minchin@anu.edu.au	Open to schools (bookings necessary) and the public (589 objects; established 1962; 0.09 staff) International Significance: 20 terracotta vases from one tomb painted by the "Menzies painter" (CDM65.19-65.38) Web: http://arts.anu.edu.au/languages/classics/classics%20museum.html
Geology Museum
Dr Timothy Munson THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Canberra ACT, 0200 Phone: (02) 6249 5133 Fax: (02) 6249 5544 Email: Timothy.Munson@anu.edu.au	Undergraduate teaching collection; some public areas within and without the university (78,241 objects; established 1959; 1.0 staff) National significance: research collections of rocks, minerals and fossils International significance: fossil fish and tektites.
Herbarium, Gauba
Dr Michael Crisp AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Botany & Zoology, Canberra ACT, 0200 Phone: (02) 6249 2882 Fax: (02) 6249 5573 Email: Mike.Crisp@anu.edu.au	Primarily a teaching collection; about half the specimens are historical Gerba items (20,000 specimens)

UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA
Art Collection
Johanna Owens Executive Services Division, UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA, ACT 2601 Phone: (02) 6201 2488 Fax: (02) 6201 5120 Email: jeo@adminserver.canberra.edu.au	Location: Throughout campus (400 objects; established 1969; 0.4 staff)
Education Collections
Curriculum Resources Centre, UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA, ACT 2601 Fax: (02) 6201 5065 Email: clema@education.canberra.edu.au	Location: Ground Floor, Building 5 Small collection of school furniture, travelling science kit & historical curriculum materials. (Not a formal museum or collection.)
The Mineral and Economic Geology Teaching Collection
Paul Millsteed UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA, ACT 2601 Phone: (02) 6201 2934 Fax: (02) 6201 5030 Email: millstee@science.canberra.edu.au	Opening hours: Mon - Fri from 8.30 am to 5.00 pm; free Teaching and research collection. Free identification service; material available for loan and exchange. Specialities are national and international ore suites, research rocks and minerals and local soil profiles. (5,673 objects; established 1974; 0.5 staff) National significance: Suites of ore rock assemblages; 10 years of research rocks and drill core specimens from the Bombala region from which a 1:100,000 geological map has been constructed; rcosk and mineral assemblages from the Paddy's River project.
Satellite Collection
Brian Button, Faculty of Applied Science UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA, ACT 2601 Phone: (02) 6201 2565 Fax: (02) 6201 5353 Email: button@science.canberra.edu.au	Opening Hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00 am to 5.00 pm Location: 170 Hayden Drive, Bruce, ACT Photographs of Australia taken from satellites. (500 prints) National significance: Continental-wide coverage, supplemented by an extensive digital data archive.