Caitlin Stone

  1. ‘The most urgent need’: The IH Library

    When the first residents arrived at International House in 1957, there was no library as such. A small collection of books, newspapers and magazines near the common room provided reading materials, but a library was yet to come. Interviewed by the newspaper the Warrnambool Standard in 1957, the first Warden of International House Brian Jones […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/international-house-melbourne/2022/03/24/the-ih-library

  2. Matron-Housekeeper

    In late 1956, the University of Melbourne advertised for a ‘Matron-Housekeeper’ for the soon-to-open International House. A flat was being built, ‘most meals’ would be provided and the starting salary of £600-£750 would be ‘according to experience’ (“Advertising,” 1956). The arrival of the first Matron, Mrs S. G. Berriman, was reported in Melbourne’s Herald newspaper […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/international-house-melbourne/2021/09/23/matron-housekeeper

  3. George Hicks Building

    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 […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/international-house-melbourne/2021/09/13/george-hicks-building

  4. Fifty Years of Women at International House

    ‘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 […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/international-house-melbourne/2021/04/21/fifty-years-of-women-at-international-house

  5. The Samuel Wadham Wing: ‘A microcosm of the world’

    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 […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/international-house-melbourne/2021/03/22/the-samuel-wadham-wing

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