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Opening of the Plant Research Centre, Waite, 1995 (from left): University of Adelaide Chancellor,
Bill Scammell, Professor Harold Woolhouse, Professor Malcolm Oades, South Australian
Farmers’ Federation representative Tony Eichner, The Premier of South Australia, Dean Brown
and Director of CSIRO Plant Production and Processing Institute, Dr John Radcliffe
In 1995, Professor Paul Davies AM received the prestigious Templeton Prize
for his contribution to the dialogue between science and religion
Milestones and achievements
Hickinbotham Roseworthy
Wine Science Laboratory
New wine science
laboratory
Members of the Hickinbotham family
took a personal interest when the
University’s wine science teaching
was transferred to the Waite campus
in the 90s. They donated funds towards the building of a new stateof-the-art science laboratory at the Waite which was opened in 1998
and named the Hickinbotham Roseworthy Wine Science Laboratory.
The building honours Alan Robb Hickinbotham, one of the founders
of the winemaking course back in 1936, and his grandson Stephen
Hickinbotham, a promising young winemaker who was killed in a
plane crash at just 30. It also honours the long tradition of wine
education at Roseworthy Agricultural College.
1991
Roseworthy Agricultural College
becomes part of the University
of Adelaide
1992
Establishment of the Women's
Studies Department
1992
Co-location agreement at the Waite
between the University, South
Australian Government and CSIRO
1993
The first Adelaide Big Day Out held
at the University of Adelaide’s North
Terrace campus
1993
Former graduate Ong Teng Cheong
became the fifth president of
Singapore and the first directly elected
1996
Former graduate Andy Thomas
became the first Australian-born NASA
astronaut to travel into space
1996
Wirltu Yarlu established as a dedicated
centre for Aboriginal education
1998
Departments of Chemical and
Mechanical Engineering, and local
company Fuel & Combustion
Technology win contract to design the
flame technology for the Sydney 2000
Olympic torch and the fuel and burner
system for the Olympic Cauldron
Clark is the first Aboriginal
1998 Yvonne
student awarded a Master's degree
1999 in Psychology
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