Memorable Student Days at St Lucia

Posted on 29 August, 201729 August, 2017 by Samantha McPherson

My association with UQ began long before I was enrolled as a student there. In the latter years of WWII, my family moved from Red Hill to St Lucia, which was largely undeveloped at that time, and the University was still being built. The only permanent building on site was the Forgan Smith Building.[…]

Sixty Years Teaching with The University of Queensland

Posted on 2 January, 20172 January, 2017 by CAL

At the beginning of March 1943, war-time Brisbane was a garrison city overflowing with an influx of servicemen from Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, amongst others, gathered here as a staging point for northern operations in the South Pacific. Food and clothing were partly rationed, as was petrol, and at night the city[…]