Corporate Body

The University of Queensland (1910 - )

From
16 April 1910
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Functions
Education
Website
http://www.uq.edu.au/
Location
Brisbane, Queensland

Summary

Founded in 1910, the University of Queensland began with 83 students, studying in the areas of arts, science and engineering. It is Queensland's oldest University.

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Published resources

Books

  • Gregory, Helen, Vivant Professores: Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910-1940 (St Lucia: University of Queensland Library, 1987), 180 pp. Details
  • Rorke, M., The Vocational Contributions of Women Graduates of the University of Queensland (Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1959). Details
  • Thomis, Malcolm Ian, A Place of Light and Learning: the University of Queensland's First Seventy-Five Years (St Lucia (Qld): University of Queensland Press, 1985), 429 pp. Details
  • University of Queensland, The University of Queensland, 1910-1922 (Bribane: Government Printer, 1923), 93 pp. Details
  • University of Queensland Senate, An Account of the University of Queensland During its First Twenty-Five Years, 1910-1935 (Brisbane: University of Queensland Senate, 1935). Details

Journal Articles

  • 'Historical Notes on the Establishment of the Queensland Medical School', Medical Journal of Australia, 2 (1936), 727-731. Details
  • Golding, S. D., 'History of geochronology in Queensland', Australian journal of earth sciences, 55 (6/7) (2008), 741-4. https://doi.org/10.1080/08120090802163567. Details
  • Hill, Dorothy, 'The First Fifty Years of the Department of Geology of the University of Queensland', University of Queensland, Department of Geology, 10 (1) (1981), 1-68. Details
  • Mainstone, John, 'The selection of physics as a foundation discipline at the University of Queensland: a long winding path to recognition', Crossroads, 5 (2011), 45-55. Details
  • Nairn, M. E., 'University of Queensland School of Veterinary Science - Looking Both Ways', Australian Veterinary Journal, 65 (3) (1988), 80-82. Details

Resources

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