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Group photo of Pacific Collections workshop participants, courtesy of the International Centre for Documentary Heritage (ICDH).

Pacific Collections workshop in Sydney, 28-30 October 2025

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Those of us who inhabit the Pacific region have a shared history – of colonisation, of trade, of missionary endeavour, and, in many cases, of war. Pacific nation states have links to most of these historical situations.

Sophie Netchaef (Powerhouse Museum) and Abbey Turrell and Kathryn Dan (ANU Archives) with the certificates of inscription for the Tooth and Company Collection.

UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register Inscription Ceremony 2025

Friday, April 11, 2025

The inscription of ten new collections of significant documentary heritage on the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register was celebrated in a ceremony on 27 March 2025, in the McDonald Room, R G Menzies Library, The Australian National University.

Pasifika Collections in the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register

Friday, February 28, 2025

2025 is an important year for the Pacific region, as it marks the 50th anniversary of Papua New Guinea as an independent nation.