Australian National University facts for kids

School of Music, ANU

The Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australia, is the only university set up by the Federal Government of Australia. 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. The university started undergraduate courses in 1960.

Nobel prizes

ANU has had five Nobel Prize winners:

• 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

Related pages

• Mount Stromlo Observatory
• Siding Spring Observatory

Images for kids

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  Remains of the ANU homopolar generator designed by Mark Oliphant

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  ANU School of Art located at the former Canberra High School building

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  Acton, Canberra

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  The Di Riddell Student Centre opened in 2019

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  Llewllyn Hall, ANU School of Music

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  The Crawford School of Public Policy is based at the ANU

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  Paraboloidal dish for concentrated solar power at ANU

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  ANU John Curtin School of Medical Research

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  The Peter Baume Building houses the ANU Research School of Psychology.

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  Linnaeus Way at ANU

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  Kinloch Lodge

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  Lena Karmel Lodge

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  Fenner Hall

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  Davey Lodge

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  Law Library contained within the ANU College of Law

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  Marty Natalegawa, 16th Foreign Minister of Indonesia (2009–2014).

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  Brian Schmidt, Nobel Prize in Physics Laureate (2011) and current ANU Vice-Chancellor.

See also

• In Spanish: Universidad Nacional Australiana