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Barr Smith Library catalogue, 1978
Barr Smith Library eastern wing, 1972
Milestones and achievements
Operation bridge-hang
1970
Redesign of Union buildings
commences
1971
The Aboriginal flag—designed by
Harold Thomas, a Luritja man who
studied Anthropology at the University
in the late 1970s—is first flown in
Victoria Square
1972
Radio 5UV (now Radio Adelaide)
makes its first broadcast
“Under cover of the early hours of one Friday
morning, a group of volunteers pushed
the FJ Holden under the bridge next to the
water on the southern bank of the Torrens,”
said David. “The car was lifted using beams
and lifting gear attached to a small handoperated crane located on the footbridge.
1972
Centre for Aboriginal Studies in
Music established
1972
1974
First issue of Lumen magazine
“The crane, with car attached, was then
pushed out to the centre of the bridge.
The car was firmly secured to the bridge
using a large chain. The crane and
volunteers then quickly disappeared into
the night and were never found.”
1974
Redevelopment of Barr Smith Library
links in with construction of Hughes
and Wills buildings.
1976
Charles Hawker Conference Centre
and building opened at the Waite
following a gift from K. Lilias Needham
to honour her brother, Charles Hawker,
who died in 1938 in one of Australia’s
worst aviation accidents.
It was a Prosh Day prank to beat all
Prosh Day pranks—and it was a great
demonstration of the ingenuity of University
of Adelaide engineering students. At a
30-year class reunion in 2003, engineering
graduate David Gray told the story of how, in
1971, his fellow students suspended an FJ
Holden under the University Footbridge.
The prank is still part of student folklore.
Prosh Day prank at University Footbridge, 1971
Roseworthy Agricultural
College becomes a College of
Advanced Education
Roseworthy library gift salutes a war victim
The death of a young soldier in World War I continues to be remembered at
Roseworthy campus library through the generosity of his brother Eric Goyne
Stephens. Mr Stephens, a Bachelor of Science graduate in 1912, made initial
donations in 1975 and 1976 to purchase reference works for the college
library in memory of his brother Cyril Forster Stephens, who was a gold
medallist at Roseworthy Agricultural College in 1913. In his will, Mr Stephens
made a further significant bequest to the college, which is being used to
further extend the research collections of the library, with investments from
the bequests returning an annual income for further purchases. Today there
is material within the library that has been incorporated into the Cyril Forster
Stephens and Eric Goyne Stephens Memorial Library and the gifts have been
commemorated by a plaque.
Students on Barr Smith lawns, 1971
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