International House is probably Australia’s most tangible expression of its new consciousness of Asia. Geoffrey Blainey, 1957 International House in Melbourne was officially opened by Prime Minister Robert Menzies on 24 May 1958. It was a sunny Saturday and Empire Day, the precursor to the King’s Birthday holiday. Also at the event were Ian Clunies […]
Brian Jones Brian Jones was the first Warden (Head) of International House. This article was published in Satadal in 1959. The publishing of the first International House Magazine is a notable event in the history of the House. We are much in the debt of those by whose enterprise and exertions this has been achieved. […]
Sam Dimmick Sam Dimmick was Secretary and President of the Students’ Representative Council. In 1959, when he wrote this article, he was Liaison Officer for Overseas Students. He went on to become the second Warden (Head) of International House. This is an edited version of an article published in Satadal in 1959. Early post war […]
Gopal Bhattacharyya Gopal Bhattacharyya arrived in Australia from India in 1956 to study education at the University of Melbourne. He arrived at IH in 1957. This is an edited version of an article he wrote for the first issue of Satadal in 1959. It was January, 1956, the year I arrived in Australia. As I […]
George Hicks This is an edited version of an article published in the first issue of the International House magazine Satadal, published in 1959. A referendum on Australia’s Restricted Immigration Policy was conducted last June by the students of Melbourne University. Some 2,820, or two-thirds of the full-time students, voted. Of these, 77 per cent, […]
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