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Music rehearsal, 1985
Waite plant experiments, 1986
Milestones and achievements
1981
Adelaide University Touch Club
is formed
1983
Dame Roma Mitchell appointed
the first female Chancellor of the
University of Adelaide
of card catalogue system
1983 Closure
in library
1984
of the University of
1985 Establishment
Adelaide Alumni Association
1986
Sonny Flynn, the first University of
Adelaide Indigenous undergraduate
student, completed his Bachelor of
Arts (Honours)
1987
Appointment of the University's
first Aboriginal Liaison Officer to
recruit more Indigenous students
to tertiary study
Celebrating a century of female academia
In 1985, the University celebrated a milestone in the education of women in Australia with
the opening of the Research Centre for Women’s Studies. The year was significant because
it marked the centenary of Edith Emily Dornwell’s graduation from Adelaide—the first female
graduate in Australia and only the second in the world. It was only fitting that another
distinguished female academic, Professor Susan Magarey, was appointed as the Centre’s
inaugural Director.
She held the position until 2002 and is now
an Adjunct-Professor in History. Professor
Magarey has degrees in English Literature
and History from the University of Adelaide
and the Australian National University and
is the author of two monographs: the
prize-winning biography of Catherine Helen
Spence, Unbridling the Tongues of Women
(1985) and Passions of the First-Wave
Feminists (2001). She is the founder of
the Magarey Medal for Biography and a
member of the Board of the History Trust
of South Australia.
(Left to right) Robyn Archer AO, Susan Sheridan,
Professor Susan Magarey AM with the first issue of
Australian Feminist Studies journal, 1985
Sprigg bequest aids Aboriginal education
Geologist and explorer Reg Sprigg was a pioneer of outback Australia
and a founder of South Australia’s oil and gas industry. It was during his
many field trips that he gained a deep respect for Australia’s Indigenous
population. The Reg Sprigg Aboriginal Education Assistance Fund was
established in 1988 from monies raised through the sale of a gift of
shares Dr Sprigg left to the University.
The bursary provides financial assistance to the Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Foundation and University Preparatory Program,
and supports undergraduate students studying part-time or full-time at
the University. Dr Sprigg completed his Bachelor of Science in Zoology
and an honours degree in Geology at the University in 1941.
Roseworthy Agricultural College students, 1982
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