UWA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: UWA HISTORIES
In 2013, the University of Western Australia celebrated 100 years of excellence in teaching, learning and research, in one of Australia's leading universities with a reputation for international excellence.For the past 100 years, UWA has contributed significantly to the intellectual, cultural and economic development of the State of Western Australia and the nation as a whole.
This site brings together a range of historical materials documenting UWA's Centenary.
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UWA ORAL HISTORIES
A collection of interviews with former UWA staff, recorded by the UWA Historical Society to mark the Centenary of the University in 2013. The UWA…
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Jean Brodie-Hall interview, 13 August and 24 October 2014
Lady Jean Brodie-Hall (Verschuer), AM, is a West Australian with a long and distinguished career as a landscape architect.
In the 1960s, she was a…
Chris Marsh interview, 15 July 2015, 28 July 2015, 05 August 2015
McGillivray Oval in Mount Claremont, now known as UWA Sports Park , celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2015. Turf Manager Chris Marsh has worked at…
Jan Lord interview, 31 March 2015, 21 April 2015 and 6 May 2015
Janice Lord née Ransom was born in Perth in 1944, the eldest child of Dorothy and Aubrey Ransom. Her father was a lawyer, her mother a stay at home…