What's On at UWA

Beethoven: A Tale of Triumph Concert - to be held at St George's College as part of their Spring Concert Series. The concert will see a selection from Beethoven's piano sonatas including the famous Moonlight Sonata performed by Perth's mightiest pianists! Performing: Mark Coughlan, Caroline (...)

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For most women before 1960, ‘shopping in Perth’ meant donning hat and gloves and driving or catching the bus or tram ‘into town’ to visit their favourite department store. Bargains, advertised in a local paper or on the radio, checked out it was time for tea and (...)

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In this presentation Professor Bunbury will illustrate early influences on his awareness of the importance of contemporary history, both as a child growing up after World War Two; later as a teacher and how later still his work at the ABC in the Radio National’s Social (...)

The Gold Standard GAMSAT will hold a 2-day GAMSAT Course (practice test and review) at the University Hall, UWA on February 12 - 13, 2015. The course will start at 9 am and ends at 6 pm.

The teacher of this GAMSAT course is Dr. Brett Ferdinand, author of the Gold Standard GAMSAT textbook (...)

The University of Western Australia's Careers Fair provides excellent opportunities for students to engage, network and meet prospective employers looking to recruit students for graduate programs, vacation work, internships and voluntary positions. From first year to final year, Undergraduate to (...)

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Listening to artefacts: decay on historic shipwrecks interprets the past and provides future hope.

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Dr Ian MacLeod works for the Western Australian Museum and is the Executive Director of the Fremantle Museums. He has over 36 years' (...)

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From a scientific perspective, Aboriginal people entered the landmass of Sahul (greater Australia) more than 50,000 years ago and were in the Pilbara region of Western Australia by 42,000 BP. These first settlers left their mark in these artefacts and in abundant rock art (...)

This is the first of this year's Chaplain's International Lectures, where religious perspectives attempt to advance contemporary issues and is sponsored by the chaplains of the University of Western Australia. Ray Simpson is the Guardian of the International Community of Aidan and Hilda based on (...)

The UWA Special Collections is a treasure trove of wonderful rare books and manuscripts that are available to students, researchers and members of the community. Leather-bound antiquarian books, handwritten documents on vellum, rare facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts and early hand-painted maps (...)

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Peter Kennedy met and interviewed the past 11 WA premiers after starting in journalism at The West Australian in 1970. In his talk he will touch on the background of each of the premiers, including aspects of which even he was unaware, despite dealing with them in a (...)

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In Turkey, works of art cover the floors. The region has long been known for its carpet-weaving traditions. From nomadic tribal flatweaves and knotted pile carpets to the luxurious silk textiles of the Ottoman court, rich colours and bold geometric designs have (...)

In a famous scene in Monty Python's Life of Brian, the rhetorical question is asked "What have the Romans ever done for us?" and the answer turns out to be quite a lot.

This talk asks the same question in contemporary Australia and, unsurprisingly, will suggest a similar answer (...)

Achieving security in a new era of water supply. In response to the dramatically drying climate in South West Western Australia, the Water Corporation has embarked on a process of reform to drought proof Perth by 2022 so that sufficient water supplies are maintained, whatever the weather.

Semi-finals from 9.15 - 12.00. Finals from 3-5pm.

In his talk, 'Look Up Perth', Richard Offen will touch on the history of some of Perth's superb wealth of heritage buildings, telling the story of their birth and people behind their creation. From the city's oldest standing building, the Old Court House to treasures such as His Majesty's Theatre (...)

The final 2015 meeting of the Friends of the UWA Library will be held on Tuesday 10 November at 7.30pm in the Tunley Lecture Theatre in the School of Music. Dr Victoria Rogers will present a talk entitled The Celluloid Piano: at the movies with Eileen Joyce. Born in Zeehan, Tasmania and raised in (...)

The Gold Standard GAMSAT will host a GAMSAT Science Review (Section 3) seminar on Feb 2 - 3, 2016 at University Hall, University of Western Australia. The course will start at 9 am and ends at 6 pm daily.

The tutor of this course is Dr. Brett Ferdinand, author of the Gold Standard (...)

The Gold Standard GAMSAT will host a GAMSAT Practice Test & Review seminar on Feb 4 - 5, 2016 at University Hall, University of Western Australia. The course will start at 9 am and ends at 6 pm daily.

The tutor of this course is Dr. Brett Ferdinand, author of the Gold Standard (...)

In the early days of the Swan River colony most theatrical and musical entertainment took place either in private residences or in the Court House (now the Old Courthouse Law Museum in Stirling Gardens). Gradually as the population increased and more public buildings were constructed, further (...)

Never have there been more immense challenges or greater opportunities for libraries. Technology has caused significant disruption to the model where print information once defined the library and the library’s worth was measured by the total number of books on shelves. As a result, significant (...)