Access to University records


Access to official Australian National University records for research purposes is granted in accordance with the provisions of the Archives Act 1983. This means that the generality of records over 30 years old may be made available for research, except for records deemed to be exempt under section 33 of the Act. Exemptions that are most likely to apply to University records are:

Specific access restrictions may apply to some collections of personal papers held by the Archives.

Researchers using University records are asked to sign an access agreement, which sets out conditions of access to the records. Under these conditions:

You will be asked to sign an access agreement when you visit the Archives to use University records.