Australian National University

School of Music, ANU

The Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australia, is the only university set up by the Federal Government of Australia.^[1] The law to start the university was passed in 1946. It was set up to be a research university for subjects of national importance. These included physics, medicine, social sciences and Pacific studies.^[1] The university started undergraduate courses in 1960.^[1]

Nobel prizes

ANU has had five Nobel Prize winners:^[1]

Sir Howard Florey (1946) who was Chancellor of the University 1965—1968
Professor John Eccles (1963) - first Professor of Physiology at the John Curtin School of Medical Research
Professor John C. Harsanyi (1994) - economics teacher at ANU from 1958—1961
Professor Rolf Zinkernagel and Professor Peter Doherty (1996) - researchers at the John Curtin School of Medical Research.
Brian Schmidt (2011) - astrophysicist

Australian National University Media

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Remains of the ANU homopolar generator designed by Mark Oliphant
ANU School of Art located at the former Canberra High School building
ANU's main campus in Acton, Canberra
The Di Riddell Student Centre opened in 2019
Side of the Kambri Cultural Centre, The Australian National University, Canberra.
Llewllyn Hall, ANU School of Music
The Crawford School of Public Policy is based at the ANU.
Paraboloidal dish for concentrated solar power at ANU
ANU John Curtin School of Medical Research