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Celebrating Australia's educational heritage since 1996

Our mission is to promote an historical understanding of Australian education through the development of our collection, through support for research and through collaboration with our network of school museums.

The ANME is an integral part of the University of Canberra, sponsored by the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Arts and Design. We provide an onsite repository for research for pre-service and practising teachers and training for students of heritage, conservation and museology.

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ANME annual lecture 2025

Shining a light on generations of Torres Strait Islander school teachers

Dr Kay Whitehead

Emerita Professor of History of Education at Flinders University and an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Australia.

She has published more than 100 articles, mostly on the lives, work and transnational travel of Australian, Canadian and British women educators from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. She is currently focusing on a history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander school teachers.

When: Friday 19 Sept, 5.30–7.30pm
Where: INSPIRE Centre (Building 25), University of Canberra
Cost: $30 per adult and $10 per student

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Emeritus Professor Noeline Kyle AM

"The power of the ANME lies in its value for heritage, for people and for community. Without it, a large part of the history of childhood will disappear."

Emeritus Professor Noeline Kyle AM
Queensland University of Technology

Our collection

Our onsite repository at the University of Canberra holds our collection of historic text books, journals, manuscripts, photographs, artefacts and ephemera. Five themes organise our interpretation of the archival material: Policy, Administration, Curriculum, Practice and Innovation. A virtual representation of the collection is found on our eHive profile. The contributions of our network members are found under Our Community.

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Our research

ANME offers opportunities to scholars for research and scholarship in the history of education. We conduct regular field trips to school museums and hold seminars and an annual lecture. We publish research monographs and on-line resources.

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Our community

ANME is committed to promoting the development of a national network of school museums. Membership of ANME includes registration on the National Register of School Museums. We promote collaboration among members about museum practice. We offer a repository for selected archival material held in communities and privately.

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