Series 240 - Photographs, scrapbooks and audiovisual material from the ANU North Australian Research Unit

Identity area

Reference code

AU ANUA 240

Title

Photographs, scrapbooks and audiovisual material from the ANU North Australian Research Unit

Date(s)

  • 1974 - 1997 (Creation)

Level of description

Series

Extent and medium

.5 m (1 type 10 box and 4 separate albums)

Context area

Name of creator

(1973 -)

Biographical history

The North Australia Research Unit (NARU) was established in 1973 to specialise in research in north Australia and to provide a base and logistic support for Australian National University staff and members of other Australian and overseas institutions undertaking research in north Australia. Its management committee is chaired by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), with members from the Research School of Biology, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment; the School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Research School of Humanities and the Arts and the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR), ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences; and the Facilities & Services Division. It is located in Darwin, next to the Charles Darwin University Casuarina Campus.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

This collection is of photographs, press cuttings and audiovisual material from the North Australia Research Unit (NARU), an ANU facility located in Darwin. It comprises mostly photographic prints, with some negatives, in five albums, two scrapbooks of material about NARU as well as the Northern Territory generally, and two films taken in 1974 (after Cyclone Tracy) and 1976, along with an audiotape commentary. The photographs range in subject from official visits and fieldwork to social functions, and many are not individually listed.

Accruals

System of arrangement

Single number imposed

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Access under a twenty-year rule

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

Script of material

Language and script notes

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Item list

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Access points

Subject access points

Place access points

Name access points

Genre access points

Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Rules and/or conventions used

Dates of creation revision deletion

Prepared by Maggie Shapley on 30 January 2008 and revised by Steve Stuckey on 4 March 2009. Revised by Kathryn Dan on 9 August 2023

Language(s)

Script(s)

Sources

Accession area

Related subjects

Related people and organizations

Related genres

Related places