Lost & Found

The Lost and Found Office is located in the Fulton Muir Building (95), on Daley Road. Please email security@anu.edu.au before visiting the Fulton Muir Building. 
It is open from 9:30 am - 4 pm, closed 12 pm - 2 pm each weekday.
 

Reporting lost property

Reports of lost items can be made at any time by emailing security@anu.edu.au 

When reporting a lost item, please provide the following information:

• Your name,
• The name of the owner (if not yourself),
• A contact address and telephone number for the item,
• A description of the item,
• Areas on campus where you believe the item may have been lost, and
• The date/time that you noticed the item was missing.

Found property

Items that have been found can be handed into the Lost and Found / Parking Office. The items will be registered, and you will be asked to provide the following information:

• Your name,
• Your contact address and telephone number,
• The location, time and date where the item was found.

Property that is handed in is assessed for its value and is held under the following conditions as mandated by legislation (Uncollected Goods Act 1996):

• Perishable goods: disposed of immediately (anything that might pose a risk to public health if kept, including food and beverage containers),
• Goods of no value (less than $20 in value): kept for 7 days,
• Good of low value (between $20 and $500 in value): kept for 1 month,
• Goods of significant value (over $500 in value): kept for 3 months.

If not collected by the finder after the above stated periods, the property will be handed over to charity or destroyed. Any passports are immediately taken to the Canberra City Police Station to be processed by their system.

Collecting lost property

Lost property may be collected from the Lost and Found Office by appointment only. Please email security@anu.edu.au. You will be asked to show proof of identity and, if necessary, ownership of the item. You will also be asked to sign a receipt to acknowledge that you have received your property.

Further information

The Lost and Found office is administered by Campus Environment in accordance with the Lost Property guideline.

Further information can be obtained by contacting the Lost and Found Office by emailing security@anu.edu.au