Corporate Body

The University of Adelaide (1874 - )

From
1874
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Functions
Education
Website
http://www.adelaide.edu.au
Location
Adelaide, South Australia

Summary

The University of Adelaide was established in 1874 and is one of Australia's oldest universities. At the beginning of the 21st century the University has an enrolment of approximately 14,000 students.

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Published resources

Books

  • Andrewartha, H. G., 'Biological Research in the University of Adelaide'. in Introducing South Australia (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1954). Details
  • Anon, The University of Adelaide centenary (Adelaide: University of Adelaide, 1974), 54 pp. Details
  • Best, Rupert J., Discoveries by Chemists: a History of the Chemistry Departments of the University of Adelaide, 1885-1984 (Adelaide: University of Adelaide Foundation, 1987), 252 pp. Details
  • Duncan, W.; and Leonard, R., The University of Adelaide, 1874-1974 (Adelaide: Rigby, 1973), 203 pp. Details
  • Edgeloe, V. A., Chemistry in the University of Adelaide, 1876-1980 (Adelaide: University of Adelaide Foundation, 1987), 61 pp. Details
  • Edgeloe, V. A., Engineering Education in The University of Adelaide 1889-1980: a Registrar's Retrospect (Adelaide: Kinhill Engineers Pty Ltd, 1989), 71 pp. Details
  • Ferguson, Richard, Antarctic Artefacts: a Selective Description and Annotated Catalogue of Artefacts in the Mawson Collection at the University of Adelaide (Adelaide: University of Adelaide, 1995), 282 pp. Details
  • Lendon, A. A., Jubilee of the Medical School (University of Adelaide) (Adelaide Hassall: 1935). Details
  • Runge, P., Historical Collection in the Physics Department (Adelaide: University of Adelaide, 1986). Details
  • Whiting, Michael, Augustus Short and the founding of the University of Adelaide (Adelaide: Barr Smith Press, 2014), 100 pp. Details

Edited Books

  • Medlin, E. H. ed., Some Reflections on 'Physics at the University of Adelaide' (Adelaide: University of Adelaide, 1986), 87 pp. Details
  • Nicholson, B. ed., Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science 50th anniversary review, 1938-1988 (Adelaide: Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, 1988), 149 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • 'Joseph Garnet Wood, DSc, FAA, Professor of Botany, University of Adelaide, 1900-59', Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia, 84 (1961), 1-9. Details
  • Badger, Geoffrey, 'One Hundred Years of Teaching of Chemistry: Centenary Dinner at the University of Adelaide, 9 November 1985', Lumen (1985), 4-5. Details
  • Cooper, J. A.; Foden, J. D.; Prescott, J. R., Veeh, H. H.; and Webb, A. W., 'Geochronology in South Australia', Australian journal of earth sceinces, 55 (6/7) (2008), 745-51. https://doi.org/10.1080/08120090802094101. Details
  • Jenkin, John G., 'The Appointment of W.H. Bragg, FRS, to the University of Adelaide', Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, 40 (1) (1985), 75-79. Details
  • Last, Peter, 'The founder of the Adelaide Medical School', Adelaide Medical Students’ Society review (1949), 7-21. Details
  • Medlin, E. H., 'The University of Adelaide', Australian Physicist, 23 (1986), 135-137. Details
  • Potts, R. B., 'Mathematics at the University of Adelaide, Part 3: 1944-1958', Australian Mathematical Society Gazette, 12 (2) (1985), 25-30. Details
  • Rae, Ian D., 'Geoffrey Malcolm Badger 1916-2002', Historical Records of Australian Science, 20 (1) (2009), 41-66 , https://doi.org/10.1071/HR09001. Details
  • Squire, Jayden, Curnow, Paul, Milnes, Anthony and Gostin, Victor, 'Notes on the Pens Collection of Australites in the Tate Museum, The University of Adelaide, and their use as artefacts', Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 147 (2) (2023), 161-72, https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2023.2240994. Details
  • Tomlin, S. G., 'Physics at Adelaide University - the Kerr Grant era', Australian Physicist, 14 (4) (1977), 55-60. Details

Resources

Theses

  • Simpson, Donald, 'The Adelaide medical school, 1885-1914 : a study of Anglo-Australian synergies in medical education', Thesis, University of Adelaide, 2000, 260 pp. Details

See also

  • Briggs, B. H., 'Observations of atmospheric dynamics using radar techniques', Australian Journal of Physics, 46 (1993), 127-47. Details
  • Edgeloe, V. A., 'Mitchell, Sir William (1861-1962), scholar, educationist and administrator' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 535-537, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mitchell-sir-william-7610. Details
  • Kidman, Barbara P., 'Ralph Tate, his Natural History Museum at the University of Adelaide and the "Tate Museum"', Historical Records of Australian Science, 26 (2) (2015), 101-21, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR15003. Details
  • Morison, Patricia, The Martin spirit: Charles Martin and the foundation of biological science in Australia (Canberra: Halstead Press, 2019), 296 pp. Details

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