{"id":55,"date":"2022-04-11T12:26:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T04:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:28:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:28:06","slug":"collections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Some of our collections"},"content":{"rendered":"<section\n                class=\"block cards-image block--no-indent\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n    \n\n    <div class=\"card-grid\" data-card-size=\"standard\" data-card-count=\"3\" data-card-background=\"white\">\n                    <div id=\"melanesian-film-archive\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MFA-Photo-2a-Vol-1-scaled-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpg\" alt=\"Melanesian Film Archive\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Melanesian Film Archive<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p><em>Collection 80.<\/em> This unique medical and ethnographic archive holds film and other records from Papua New Guinea, Southeast Asia and South America ranging from 1926 through to 1980. Access to the films is restricted.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/melanesian-film-archive\/\" aria-label=\"Learn more\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">Learn more<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"curtin-university-handbooks\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/42762_834575-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpeg\" alt=\"Curtin University Handbooks\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Curtin University Handbooks<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p>Our Handbook collection covers the period from 1967 to the present day and represents changing publishing methods and styles, from hardcopy only to online only.  Please contact Curtin Information Management and Archives for more information.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"architectural-plans-drawings\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20211027103700330_0006-copy-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpg\" alt=\"Architectural Plans &#038; Drawings\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Architectural Plans &#038; Drawings<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p><em>Collection 125.<\/em> We are currently in the process of appraising and accessioning this archive. <\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"\/archives\/collections\/architecture-project\/\" aria-label=\"Read about this project\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">Read about this project<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section\n                class=\"block cards-image block--no-indent\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n    \n\n    <div class=\"card-grid\" data-card-size=\"small\" data-card-count=\"6\" data-card-background=\"white\">\n                    <div id=\"publication-photographs\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/84167_857970_05-scaled-aspect-ratio-2-1-3-480x240.jpg\" alt=\"Publication photographs \"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Publication photographs <\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p>Photographs taken for use in the WAIT and Curtin Reporter and Gazette, 1979 to 1990<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"hayman-theatre-productions\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/65010_730850_09-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpeg\" alt=\"Hayman Theatre Productions \"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Hayman Theatre Productions <\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p><em>Collection 126. <\/em> Curtin University&#8217;s Theatre Arts course opened in 1973 and was based in Hayman Hall. This collection holds records of these Theatre Arts productions.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/collections\/hayman-theatre-productions\/\" aria-label=\"Learn more\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">Learn more<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"wait-historical-photographs\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/29982_836251-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpeg\" alt=\"WAIT Historical Photographs\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">WAIT Historical Photographs<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p><em>Collection 91.<\/em> This collection contains historical photographs and audio-visual materials of Curtin&#8217;s predecessor, the Western Australian Institute of Technology during the period 1967-1987.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"\/archives\/collections\/wait-historical-photographs\/\" aria-label=\"Learn more\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">Learn more<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"wa-school-of-mines\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MineArea-scaled-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpg\" alt=\"WA School of Mines\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">WA School of Mines<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p><em>Collection 28. <\/em>Opened in 1902, The Western Australian School of Mines was established to provide\u00a0training in mining and related fields such as metallurgy, engineering, surveying.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"\/archives\/collections\/western-australian-school-of-mines\/\" aria-label=\"Learn more\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">Learn more<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"department-of-surveying\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/65010_394_15_ANON_c.1980_WAITTechnicalFacilitiesSurveyingInBush-copy-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpg\" alt=\"Department of Surveying\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Department of Surveying<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p><em>Collection 23.<\/em> The Department of Surveying became an autonomous department at WAIT in 1970. This collection is composed of historical documents and records from the Department, 1967-1987.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"\/archives\/collections\/department-of-surveying\" aria-label=\"Learn more\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">Learn more<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"official-journals-of-the-university\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/65015_472_05-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpg\" alt=\"Official Journals of the University\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Official Journals of the University<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p><em>Collection 171.<\/em> This collection contains the official printed journals of the University from 1968-2017 including The Gazette, The Reporter, CurtiNews and CITE Magazine.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"\/archives\/collections\/official-journals-of-the-university\" aria-label=\"Learn more\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">Learn more<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[13,14,6],"class_list":["post-55","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-collections","tag-digital-archive","tag-melanesian-film-archive"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}