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Pacific Collections workshop in Sydney, 28-30 October 2025
Tuesday, October 28, 2025Those 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.

UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register Inscription Ceremony 2025
Friday, April 11, 2025The 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, 20252025 is an important year for the Pacific region, as it marks the 50th anniversary of Papua New Guinea as an independent nation.