Category: History Mysteries
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Who was Mavis Jackson?
Microbiologist Mavis Jackson (1913–2000) was a key figure in fundraising for International House and a chair of the International House Council. She was born in India and moved to Melbourne to attend boarding school. In 1935, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Melbourne (Kilpatrick, 2000). In the early 1950s, Mavis […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/international-house-melbourne/2020/09/17/who-was-mavis-jackson
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What was on the menu in the 1960s?
Food is an important part of the history of IH. Menus reflect changing tastes and nutritional ideas, as well as the changing composition of the IH community. In this History Mystery, we look at what was on the menu at IH in the 1960s. In February 1960, the Acting Warden (Head of College) reported to […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/international-house-melbourne/2020/09/10/what-was-on-the-menu-in-the-1960s
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Who were the first IHers?
The very first residents arrived at Melbourne’s International House at the end of 1956. But we don’t know for certain who the first of the first was. According to an article in The Age newspaper, it was ‘an American’ who arrived in early November 1956, even before the building was completed (“International House Has First […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/international-house-melbourne/2020/09/02/who-were-the-first-ihers
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When did the Founders’ Building open?
Built on the site of the old International House squash court, the building we know as Founders’ was completed in November 2004 and opened on 11 February 2005 (Larkins, 2018, 165).1 But the building wasn’t yet called Founders’; instead it was simply the ‘New Building’ (Munro, 2008, 3). The building was named in 2008, after […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/international-house-melbourne/2020/08/27/when-did-the-founders-building-open
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Why is Scheps that shape?
The hexadecagonal (sixteen-sided) Scheps building is a familiar Royal Parade landmark. But why is Scheps that shape? Scheps appears to be a ‘rescaled version’ of a similar, sixteen-sided building in Hobart in Tasmania, the Wrest Point Casino (Larkins, 2018, p. 84). However, the casino was built by a different construction company, A. V. Jennings Industries […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/international-house-melbourne/2020/08/20/why-is-scheps-that-shape
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