Corporate Body

The University of Western Australia (1911 - )

From
1911
Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
Functions
Education, Engineering, Medicine, Research administration, Science and University
Website
http://www.uwa.edu.au
Location
Crawley, Western Australia

Summary

The University of Western Australia was established in 1911 by an act of the Parliamnet of Western Australia. It opened for students in 1913 with the first degrees conferred at Government House on 29 July 1914. The University is located on the banks of Perth's Swan River.

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Chronology

1910
Operational event - Sir John Winthrop Hackett completes his work as chair of a Royal Commission which recommends that a university be 'established' in Western Australia.
1911
Operational event - The University of Western Australia Act 1911 is passed by the WA State Parliament.
1913
Operational event - Teaching commences in the Irwin Street buildings with 184 students in three founding faculties - Engineering, Science and Arts.
1914
Event - Edward Sydney Simpson is the first student to graduate with a degree from UWA.
29 July 1914
Operational event - First conferring of degrees in law, science arts, medicine and engineering. Most admitted 'ad eundem gradum' (at the same degree) from Universities elsewhere.
1916
Event - Sir John Winthrop Hackett dies leaving a bequest to the University which eventually provides £425,000 ($35 million in the 2020s)
1919
Operational event - A 999-year lease commenced for UWA's Crawley site.

Related People

Published resources

Books

  • Alexander, Fred, Campus at Crawley: a Narrative and Critical Appreciation of the First Fifty Years of the University of Western Australia (Perth: F. W. Cheshire for the University of Western Australia, 1963), 875 pp. Details
  • Crawford, Patricia; Tonkinson, Myrna, The Missing Chapters: Women Staff at the University of Western Australia, 1963-1987 (Perth: University of Western Australia, 1988), 87 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Glover, John, 'Geology at the University of Western Australia: the difficult years' in Geological journeys: from artifacts to zircons (Perth: Geological Society of Australia (Western Australian Division), 2003), pp. 132-4. Details

Journal Articles

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See also

Ailie Smith

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