George Lyndon Hicks was a resident at International House from 1958 to 1959. He first became interested in aspects of Asian politics and culture at school; his interests expanded while he was studying Arts at the University of Melbourne (Larkins, 2018, p. 27). In 1959, George Hicks became involved in the Immigration Reform Group, a […]
‘Fifty Years of Women at International House’ is a project aimed at preserving and promoting the archival collection at International House (IH), focussing specifically on holdings relating to women. Supported by the Russell and Mab Grimwade Miegunyah Fund at the University of Melbourne, the project is timed to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the […]
The second purpose-built accommodation wing at International House, ‘Wadham’, opened in 1963. Planning for Wadham had begun in earnest in 1960, when International House launched an appeal to raise money for a new building. The goal was to raise £250,000 (equivalent to more than 7.5 million dollars in 2020 1) to construct accommodation for an […]
1961 saw the first issue of the IH orientation booklet Selamat Datang. The orientation program that year included cricket matches, tennis tournaments, talks, a formal dinner, processions and two sherry parties. Writing in his foreword, the Warden (Head of College) Sam Dimmick urged students to find a balance between these social activities and their academic […]
The first residents of IH were all male. So when did female residents arrive? In April 1953, the University Council agreed that IH should “eventually” have a building for women (Larkins, 2018, 9). According to Norman Harper, a member of the International House Committee in the 1950s, it was felt that there was a more […]
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