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Preface ... xi
Acknowledgements ... xiv
Introduction ... xvi
Section I
Our history, our place and its unique atmosphere
1. Were they to stay the same, but under a different sky? ... 3
Robert Haworth and Neville Crew
2. A university for the north ... 14
James Belshaw
3. Landscape and reminiscence: towards an emotional geography of the University of New England ... 35
Dr Maria Cotter
Section II
Campus beginnings and the settling-down period
4. The scene for new staff in 1955 ... 47
Robin Stokes
5. Pleasure in the first degree ... 51
Robert Baker
6. Becoming a person-at NEUC, and then with UNE ... 60
Frank S. Davidson
7. Early UNE: an era of education for life by elation ... 72
Ian M. Johnstone
8. Reminiscences of NEUC in 1953 ... 87
Robert H.T. Smith
9. Our family and the university in Armidale ... 91
Suzanne Robertson
10. Called to Physics ... 108
D. Creagh
Section III
Early campus colleges and their atmosphere/development
11. Residence on Campus-the Grand Plan: the report to the Vice-Chancellor's College Committee ... 119
Professor D.R. Grey
12. Memories of New England-a two-generation perspective ... 127
Paul Barratt, AO
13. Reminiscences of Robb College ... 140
R.D.B. (Wal) Whalley, AM
14. Some experiences of UNE in the early 1960s ... 153
Elizabeth Standen (née Rock)
15. UNE in the 60s ... 165
Judith (Judy) Bean
16. New England University-some recollections ... 174
Sharon Sullivan
17. Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May ... 184
Frances Letters
18. Return to Booloominbah, 2005: forty years from Wright and Mary White via Booth Block, Botany, Physics and the world ... 195
Colin Perrott
19. Dominicans on Campus: Sixty Years of University Ministry ... 201
Very Rev. Kevin Saunders, OP
20. A Collegiate University in New England : An overview ... 216
Geoffrey Johnston
21. UNE Sports Union/SportUNE: ... 232
Jack Hobbs
22. Wright College 1982–1986: Vicissitudes and college spirit ... 234
Phil Hurst
23. Zelman Cowen (1919–2011): The man who changed the tone and style of the University of New England forever ... 241
J.S. Ryan
Section IV
The adult education story
24. Arthur Dunton: UNE's most remarkable distance teacher ... 249
J.S. Ryan and Jennifer (Dunton) Garden
25. External Studies at the University of New England ... 262
Warren Halloway
26. My UNE association and its influence ... 266
Max Hopper, OAM
Section V
But ever on the hill...
27. The Parthenon on the Hill ... 287
James Belshaw
28. A lasting legacy: reflections on leadership in the former Armidale Teachers' College and Armidale College of Advanced Education.......... 293
Warren Newman, OAM
29. Building bridges, building worlds: the unique contribution to the University of New England of Lionel Gilbert ... 308
John F. Atchison, OAM
30. Our Mr Gilbert ... 324
Les Murray, AO
31. Amalgamation: Thoughts on the merger of Armidale College of Advanced Education and the University of New England ... 328
Gus Plater
32. Armidale Teachers' College and Armidale College of Advanced Education: A selective chronology of major events ... 346
Compiled by Warren Newman, OAM
Section VI
Perspectives and further outreach
33. Governance at UNE ... 357
Professor Eilis S. Magner
34. The University of New England's role in capturing archival records
of the New England Region ... 368
William Oates
35. The Changing World of Physics ... 375
Colin Sholl
36. Memories of the Botany Department, or Botanical Memories, 1978 to 1995 ... 385
Warren Sheather
37. A shared history ... 390
Frank Bongiorno
38. Coming Full Circle: One person's journey in Rural Science ... 400
Geoffrey B. Fox
39. The University of New England: A chronology of major events ... 422
Compiled by Ian M. Johnstone and Celia Munro
epilogue
40. Epilogue: technology-teaching approaches at UNE ... 439
Dr Michael Crock
Indices
Names Index ... 443
Subjects and Themes Index ... 458 |
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