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College Life in the Sixties

Posted on 17 June, 201717 June, 2017 by CAL

I arrived at the Women’s College in 1962. Having lived with two quiet adults, I now had to adjust to slamming doors, loud radios, and heavy footsteps down corridors. Freshers settled in during Orientation Week, but when the older students returned, the Fresher System came into play. As the junior residents, freshers were expected to[…]

Posted in Family Tagged 1960s, Avalon Theatre, Bookhouse, Cloudland, Colympics, Dram Soc, Freshers, initiations, Schonell Theatre, UQ Alumni Book Fair, Women's College

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