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Join the ºÚÁÏÌìÌÃNoel Butlin Archives Centre and the ºÚÁÏÌìÌÃCentre for Economic History for a celebration of 70 years of the study of business history at the ANU. 

After taking up his academic position at the ºÚÁÏÌìÌÃin 1951, Noel Butlin started acquiring the historical records of Australian companies. Five years later, now 70 years ago, Butlin published the booklet "Business Records at the Australian National University". It identified the purpose of a repository of business records at the ANU. After Butlin's passing, this became the Noel Butlin Archives Centre. His initiative started business history research at the ANU.

Program on Tuesday 20 October 2026:

• up to 5:15pm: explore the NBAC-curated ;
• 5:15pm-5:45pm: Andrew Leigh MP launches the recently published book . The book draws on the NBAC record holdings and is co-authored by Australia’s business historians Simon Ville, Pierre van der Eng, André Sammartino, David Merrett and Monica Keneley;
• 5:45-6:30pm: three business historians will celebrate Noel Butlin’s initiative and provide an overview of 70 years of business history in Australia and at the ANU: Professor (University of Wollongong), Professor (ANU) and Associate Professor (ANU).